Default Folder X

September 14, 2025
Version 6.2 supports macOS 26 Tahoe, improves toolbar buttons in the Finder, fixes issues with Adobe apps and more!
What's new in version 6.2:
Compatible with macOS 26 Tahoe.
The Finder toolbar buttons have been rewritten to work better in Big Sur through Tahoe.
The Open With submenu (hold the Command key while selecting a file in Default Folder X's menus) works more smoothly.
Default Folder X now considers any file or folder added to the Downloads folder as a recent item, even if you haven't opened it.
Worked around a bug in Adobe Creative Cloud 2025 apps (including InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator) that resulted in incorrect text selection in Save As dialogs.
A new GetRecentItems AppleScript command retrieves a merged list of recently used items that contains files, folders, apps and / or Finder windows.
Added GetCurrentSet to Default Folder X's AppleScript dictionary and Shortcut actions to get the current folder set in scripts or shortcuts.
Fixed a bug that prevented Save Actions from running after saving a file if the Actions tab wasn't visible in the Save dialog.
Corrected issues with Copy'Em and App Tamer disabling the toolbar in file dialogs under some circumstances.
Eliminated visual glitches in the path control located above the file listing in Open and Save dialogs.
Fixed the display of metadata in the Info pane below Open dialogs when the dialog is very narrow.
Default Folder X's popup menus are no longer covered by other menus in apps like Ableton Live.
Fixed a bug that left the Quick Search window open after dragging an item from it to another app.
Corrected the display of drag & drop instructions in the Finder drawer when it's empty.
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June 24, 2025
Version 6.1.7 enhances Default Folder X's menus with multiple ways to open files, addresses bugs and other issues.
If you're still running version 5, you'll find details and screenshots of the new v6 features on the Default Folder X 6.0 Tour page.
What's new in version 6.1.7:
Holding down the Command key while selecting a file in Default Folder X's menus adds a submenu with options for handling that file. These include Open, Reveal in Finder, Copy, Copy Path, Share and Open With. .
The contextual menu in Quick Search now includes a Share command which brings up a standard Share sheet.
Corrected an issue that prevented typing into app-specific edit fields in a Save dialog.
Fixed a bug that could make two edit fields in a file dialog appear active at the same time.
Default Folder X now correctly enhances Save dialogs in Quick Look previews (after trimming a video, for example).
Fixed a bug that resulted in Default Folder X repeatedly performing certain operations, causing it to use more CPU than it needed to.
Corrected a problem with data not refreshing properly in the Tags and Comments panes below Open and Save dialogs.
Eliminated a rare crash that occurred when switching folders in an Open or Save dialog.
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May 13, 2025
Version 6.1.6 adds a Focus Filter to automatically switch between folder sets, improves performance and fixes bugs.
What's new in version 6.1.6:
Switching between folders in Open and Save dialogs is faster.
Corrected problems when assigning keyboard shortcuts containing the Shift key.
Fixed a bug that could make Finder-click show the wrong name for a Finder window.
Resolved issues with keyboard focus getting confused in Save dialogs when using the Comment and Tags fields.
Fixed a bug that could result in strange "File not found" errors when using the New Folder command on iCloud Drive.
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For macOS 10.13 - 15.5 
macOS 10.13 through 15.5

March 12, 2025
Version 6.1.5 adds "Open With" to Quick Search, delivers feature enhancements, and fixes an issue in Adobe apps.
What's new in version 6.1.5:
When using Quick Search, the contextual menu item for each file in the search results includes an "Open With" menu to open it with any capable application.
In the Quick Search window, using the Command-M keyboard shortcut pops up the contextual menu for the selected result. Command-O brings up the Open With menu.
Corrected problems with Default Folder X's toolbar using Dark Mode in Adobe apps even when the apps are running in Light Mode.
Default Folder X correctly supports the Command-= keyboard shortcut to minimize and un-minimize Save dialogs.
If you try to set a keyboard shortcut that's already used elsewhere in the system, you have the option to add it anyway.
Due to a bug in macOS, it's possible for the system's list of recent items to contain files and folders that have not been accessed recently. You can make Default Folder X ignore these by using this command in Terminal:
defaults write com.stclairsoft.DefaultFolderX5 ignoreSystemSuppliedRecentItems -bool true
Added support for the FileBot Java app.
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January 7, 2025
Default Folder X 6.1.4 addresses problems, improves Quick Search, drag and drop, iCloud sync and more.
What's new in version 6.1.4:
Corrected a bug that could cause Default Folder X to hang when you opened a Microsoft Word file stored on a SharePoint volume.
After dragging items to a folder in the Finder drawer, the destination folder is opened with the newly moved or copied items selected.
When dragging multiple files and / or folders to Default Folder X's menu bar icon or Finder drawer, the prompt to replace existing items now has an "Apply to All" checkbox.
Corrected problems with Default Folder X failing to list and show Finder labels and colors if your Finder preferences were incomplete.
Quick Search could sometimes include results that didn't completely match the current search. This has been fixed.
Fixed a problem that prevented the Copy 'Em app from working properly in Save As dialogs.
Improved error detection and reporting when syncing Default Folder X's settings via iCloud.
There's an option in the Additional Settings to always hide the sidebar in file dialogs. Hold down the Option key when choosing "Settings" to get to it.
The "defaultfolderx" URL scheme has new options to check for updates and bring up Default Folder X's About box:
defaultfolderx://Update
defaultfolderx://About
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December 9, 2024
Default Folder X 6.1.3 addresses issues with Sequoia, improves support for AppleScript and Shortcuts.
What's new in version 6.1.3:
Eliminated a crash that could occur upon opening a file dialog when tag information in your Finder settings was corrupted or missing.
Fixed a bug that could result in crashes when the macOS window server delivered unexpected or erroneous data.
Correctly detect Sequoia save dialogs that include a format popup (such as when saving RTF files in TextEdit).
Default Folder X accurately tracks recent Microsoft Word documents stored on OneDrive and Sharepoint.
Fixed a bug that could cause crashes when closing previews of certain media files.
The construction of Default Folder X's hierarchical menus is faster.
Fixed a crash that could occur when quitting Default Folder X.
You can now bring up the Quick Search window using AppleScript or Shortcuts.
The "defaultfolderx" URL scheme can be used to bring up Default Folder X's menu, Quick Search window, Finder drawer, and settings. These URLs will work after installing version 6.1.3:
defaultfolderx://Menu
defaultfolderx://QuickSearch
defaultfolderx://Drawer
defaultfolderx://Settings
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November 18, 2024
Default Folder X 6.1.2 addresses problems with Sequoia, improves Quick Search and Finder label support.
What's new in version 6.1.2:
Corrected an issue on Sequoia that could result in various problems, including the failure of Finder-click, items not activating in Save dialogs, and user interface elements showing when they shouldn't.
The handling of Finder labels has been completely revamped. Label colors now show correctly in Default Folder X's menus and Information panel.
Fixed a bug in the Recent Folders and Recent Files menus that could cause errors if you delete a large number of recent items on disk.
Default Folder X would sometimes keep the last previewed file open after using an Open dialog. This has been fixed.
Quick Search puts more weight on how recently you used an item when sorting your search results.
A warning is displayed when Default Folder X encounters a conflict with BetterMouse.
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November 1, 2024
Default Folder X 6.1.1 improves Quick Search, refines features, and addresses issues with Sequoia, Skim and Bean.
What's new in version 6.1.1:
Pressing the Quick Search keyboard shortcut a second time will hide the Quick Search window.
Quick Search now considers sequential character matches to be more important, making the order of search results more intuitive.
The AddFavoriteFolder AppleScript verb can add separators to Default Folder X's Favorites menu. Use the name "DXMenuSeparator" to add one.
In file dialogs, holding down the Command key while selecting an item from Default Folder X's menus will reveal it. Note that some Open and Save dialogs cannot highlight some items, and will just take you to the folder enclosing that item instead.
Fixed a bug that caused Default Folder X to replace the Format menu in Save dialogs with its path menu. This occurred on Sequoia in specific apps, including TextEdit, Skim and Bean.
Corrected a problem that made Default Folder X's Finder toolbar buttons return to their default locations after you manually moved them.
Default Folder X's Finder drawer will now appear correctly when Stage Manager is active with its app icons displayed on the right side of the screen.
A conflict with the uBar and Sidebar apps would result in the path menu failing to update in Open and Save dialogs when running Sequoia. This has been fixed.
Worked around a bug in Sequoia that disables Default Folder X's ability to track some user interface objects. This could confuse it or get its Finder Windows menu out of sync.
In the Information panel below Open dialogs, the Finder label menu shows your favorite labels (set in your Finder settings) rather than the system's default labels.
The Information panel now correctly shows the labels assigned to files stored in iCloud.
Icon rendering in the Quick Search window has been made less CPU intensive.
A few graphical glitches that occurred on Sequoia have been fixed.
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September 4, 2024
Default Folder X 6.1 adds Sequoia compatibility, enhances access to favorite URLs and fixes bugs.
 
If you already bought Version 6, this update is free.
If you're new to Default Folder X 6:
Support for macOS 15 Sequoia. Yes, it's compatible with Apple's latest and greatest.
What's new in version 6.1:
Compatible with macOS 15 Sequoia.
Quick Search can be used to open web URLs that are saved in your favorites.
You can now open folders in the Warp terminal app as well as in Terminal and iTerm.
When selecting a web URL in Settings > Folders > Favorites, the full URL is displayed.
Fixed a hang that could occur when clicking on the Recent Files menu in the menu bar when there are no recent files for the current app.
Resolved an issue with Default Folder X losing track of a file dialog's current folder if the folder has a localized name (like ~/Movies/TV/Media/).
Fixed problems with text color when selecting favorite and default folders in Settings > Folders.
Default Folder X could hang when adding some https:// URLs as favorites. This has been fixed.
Fixed flickering of the preview image displayed below Open dialogs.
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July 8, 2024
Default Folder X 6.0.8 previews audio and video, supports web URLs as favorites, and warns about unsupported OS versions.
To get compatibility with Apple's latest Sequoia beta, download the beta version of Default Folder X 6.1.
If you're still running version 5, here are the major changes you'll see when upgrading to version 6. More details and screenshots are on the Default Folder X 6.0 Tour page.
What's new in version 6.0.8:
The previews below Open dialogs can now play audio and video content.
You can add web URLs as Favorites and Default Folder X will open them in your browser.
There's now a warning when Default Folder X is run on an unsupported version of macOS.
A keyboard shortcut is available for opening Default Folder X's settings. Set it at the bottom of the Shortcuts tab in your settings.
Quick Search queries for Recent items will show recently closed Finder windows as well as recent files & folders.
The information pane below file dialogs truncates very long filenames in the middle instead of at the end.
The Shortcuts settings are more intelligent about keeping the Quick Search and Search All shortcuts in sync.
The layout of the information pane has been improved to accommodate very long file and folder names.
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May 17, 2024
Default Folder X 6.0.7 corrects issues that could cause problems in Open and Save dialogs and adds a way to use the arrow keys to edit in Quick Search.
What's new in version 6.0.7:
Fixed a bug that could cause folder switching to fail in Open and Save dialogs. This could result in the mouse cursor disappearing or the file dialog hanging until you clicked on it.
Corrected two issues that could leave Default Folder X's toolbar displayed even when a QuickLook window popped up in front of an Open or Save dialog.
Improved error handling when Default Folder X is unable to select the last selected file in an Open dialog.
Fixed a problem with Open and Save dialogs hanging when using the macOS Accessibility Zoom feature.
Improved the wording in the "Launch Default Folder X automatically when you log in?" dialog.
Fixed the text alignment in the menu configuration sheet.
Added a setting so you can use the left and right arrow keys to edit text in the Quick Search window. To move into and out of folders in the search results, use the Tab and Shift+Tab keys instead. Use this command in Terminal to enable the setting:
defaults write com.stclairsoft.DefaultFolderX5 quickSearchTraversesWithTabKey -bool YES
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macOS 10.13 through 14.5