[nbzso]

For all that have circumstances which require using Win 11 I have advice. Buy a Win Explorer replacement. I tested this one and the experience is tenfold. Customization is immense, and you will not wait it to load at all. Directory Opus https://www.gpsoft.com.au/

[varun_ch]

The biggest shock for me when moving to macOS from Windows was discovering how much better Finder is compared to Explorer. It’s night and day in speed, usability, design, etc. And yet, I still see people complaining about macOS Finder… which just goes to show how far behind Explorer is.

[p_ing]

Finder is unfortunately macOS' weak point and Explorer is Windows' strength. I can't even right-click -> New in Finder. It's like I'm back in Windows 3.x.

[ndiddy]

Finder is fast until you need to use a network share. Your choices are NFS (wait on a loading screen for 10-30 seconds every time you change directories) and SMB (changing directories is fast, but Finder does a bunch of blocking calls or something so when you scroll it beachballs every few seconds). I don't have any problems using the same shares on Explorer, Dolphin, or Nautilus, it's Finder specific.

[madjam002]

I had a good experience with an app called Owlfiles for network shares

[nbzso]

On a Mac I use PathFinder. https://cocoatech.io/:)

[sumtechguy]

MS broke search in vista and never fixed it.

[francislavoie]

I use xplorer2, works pretty well. I don't do anything fancy with it, but I like the two-panel layout and the "scrap" panel for quick links