Default Folder X
Default Folder X overview
Default Folder X attaches a toolbar to the right side of the Open and Save dialogs in any OS X-native application. The toolbar gives you fast access to various folders and commands. You just click on the buttons to go to your favorite and recently used folders, manage the folders and files shown in the list, and make changes to your settings. It also fixes a number of problems in Open and Save dialogs, "rebounding" to the last selected file, putting the path listing back in the top menu, and correcting bugs in scrolling column views.
Features:
- Directory assistant: You can access the contents of your recent, favorite, and open folders right from Default Folder X's toolbar.
- Real time saving: If you're constantly saving things inside the same folder, Default Folder X can remember that folder for you.
- Finder management: Default Folder X lets you open up or save to any Finder window with a single click.
- Instant Recall: To help you quickly return to folders you've recently used, Default Folder X remembers them for you.
- Spotlight on the spot: Default Folder X lets you add Spotlight keywords, OpenMeta tags, and Finder labels on the spot, while you're still in the Save dialog.
- Information central: With Default Folder X you get previews below every Open dialog, expanded to fill the available space. Need to see more detail? Click on the image and it zooms up to full size.
- Workflow without work: Rather than make you learn and set up a new application, Default Folder X blends into OS X.
What’s new in version 6.0.2
Updated on Nov 22 2023
New features:
- In the Quick Search window, you can now browse through all recent items by hitting the Down Arrow key when there's no search string.
- Added Command-L as a default keyboard shortcut for "Enter Filename" in Save dialogs so you can easily move back to the filename edit field.
- Changed the layout of items in the Finder drawer so they're clustered together in the center rather than distributed across the entire width of the drawer.
- In Default Folder X > Settings > Recent, "Forget All Recently Used Items" now also removes recent Applications and the "rebound" history.
Bug fixes:
- Corrected problems that could cause Default Folder X to switch folders in file dialogs slowly or not at all.
- Resolved an issue that caused the cursor to disappear in file dialogs in macOS Sonoma.
- Fixed a bug that could result in a default folder not working if it applied to only a specific file extension.
- Fixed problems with keyboard focus and text selection in Save dialogs not working correctly under certain conditions.
- Fixed a bug that prevented double-clicking on items in the Drag Zone from working on some systems.
- Corrected an issue with Default Folder X's preview window failing to resize when a file dialog was moved.
- Fixed a problem with Default Folder X getting stuck if you tried to go to a hidden iCloud Drive folder in a file dialog.
- Resolved problems with slow or non-responsive file dialogs within Default Folder X's own settings window on Sonoma.
- Fixed a bug that caused Default Folder X to show recent items in some system folders when it shouldn't have.
- Resolved a bug when syncing settings via iCloud that could delete a folder set when iCloud Drive syncing failed in a particular manner.
- Fixed a problem that could cause the keyboard to stop responding if you customized Default Folder X's menu to show recent items in the top level of the menu rather than in a submenu.
- Corrected an issue that could result in Default Folder X's toolbar not aligning correctly with a file dialog after the dialog was moved from one display to another.
- Reenabled the user defaults option to show a custom color icon in the menu bar.
Information
License
Shareware
Size
17.3 MB
Developer’s website
https://www.stclairsoft.com/DefaultFolderX/index.htmlDownloads
416088
App requirements
- Intel 64
- Apple Silicon
- macOS 10.13 or later
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Nov 4 2023
Version: 6.0.1
UPGRADE PRICING is ~49% off, depending upon the current value of the EURO vs your currency.
Sep 26 2023
Version: 6.0
The very first app I install on a new computer. Mandatory as far as I’m concerned.
Mar 30 2023
Version: 5.7.6
First time user. Been using this for about a week now. @Developer, would it be possible to move files easily by dragging them to a custom folder in the DFX Drawer at the bottom of a window? I'm always moving files around and this feature would make it so much easier. Regards.
May 30 2022
Version: 5.6.6
I keep posting my comments again and again, but it's not here. MU broken ?
I try again. DF is a superb application. Extremely helpful in finding your files and folders, according to the last used or most used, and even more functions. Who is dealing with different files and folders all the time, DF is A Must have. You'll be glad you have it.
Dec 13 2021
Version: 5.6.2
My good old iMac crashed after 7 years of use and I had to replace it with a new one. After a few days I realized that my reliable company "Default Folder" was missing! Why did it take me so long to take note of its absence is even unknown to me! I guess this nifty app that has been accompanying me for the last 30 years has become so much part of my computer that I take it for granted that it's a component of my operating system! It's like air that is invisible and yet essential for living. You don't notice it unless you miss it! As such, only the first time I wanted to save my documents and the wrong folder came up I noticed its absence!! Add to this the issues I experienced when launching my favorite apps from "Default Folder"'s menu and all other essential functions and you come up with the answer to why no Mac should be ever without it. Fariborz AMIRSHAHI Verona (Italy)
Oct 26 2021
Version: 5.6
I have been using this app for some months now and have the latest 5.6 version. Ran Fine under Catalina, Big Sur but when I updated to Monterey this morning, as soon as I tried to open my HD Icon, the finder went into a quit/relaunch/quit/relaunch etc. Removing DFX from my logiitems folder, the problem went away.iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, 2017)4.2 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i764 GB 2400 MHz DDR4. Hopefully there will be a fix soon
Mar 26 2021
Version: 5.5.7
I have been using Default Folder since version 1 and it is the first utility I install when I purchase a new computer. Apple has made very few changes to the open/save dialog in the past 20 years but the developer of Default Folder has made up for Apple's lack of. No need to go over all the great features, many are already listed above. Spend a week using DF and then try to stop using DF and you will then realize the convenience of getting to that folder in a split second instead of moving through a bundle of folders to get to that folder buried deep inside another folder. My favorite feature is being able to click on a folder in the Finder from with a Default Folder open/save window and be taking to that folder instantaneously.
You want to save a few days of your life? Start using Default Folder and you'll save those seconds, that add up to minutes, hours and days. Maybe if you live long enough you could save a year of your life.
Try this app and you will end up buying it, if you value your time.
Nov 22 2020
Version: 5.5.2
Absolutely essential software for any Mac. Don't know why Apple hasn't bought this and integrated it into the Finder. Can't do without it.
Nov 21 2020
Version: 5.5.2
For a couple of days, after installing macOS 11.1 beta, DFX stopped working. You never think about how valuable this utility is for your productivity until it’s not there. As always, the developer was quick to address the issue and this latest update made things right again! Thanks, Jon!
Nov 14 2020
Version: 5.5.1
Excellent, time-saving and hassle-free file/folder open/close. Equally excellent response to questions as well as correction of occasional bugs. If you have more than a few folders with few or no sub-folders, this is an app to have to facilitate getting work done instead of navigating only through the native framework.
Nov 11 2020
Version: 5.5.1
Default Folder X is amazing software. It is a classic given that it has remained so useful, simple, and unsurpassed for so many years.
Nov 9 2020
Version: 5.5
Default Folder is hands down one of the top must-have products, especially if you move, save, seek, use files all over your Mac and network. I have had it for years and would not have any setup without it!
Think of this: You've been working on images, charts, sound files, videos, for like the past four hours, and NOW you've got to place them all - DF remembers where you were, and you can go back to any folder you've been in, off a list. But of course, it does so much more!
You can set up DF to use a specific folder for a specific application, or project, or just about anything. It will remember a favorites list, and will, or won't, give you a preview of a file just by highlighting it.
Imagine these features, and anything related you can think of, and it's in there. For the busy user, nothing else comes close.
I want to mention, I am not paid for writing this, I have communicated with the author along the years when I had issues, but I write this because it works, and it should do as good for you too!
Dec 10 2019
Version: 5.4.2
Have used this for years and it continues to work great. Very responsive developer. Enormously time saving.
Nov 6 2019
Version: 5.4.2
This is something that Apple should have included by default to macOS!
Aug 12 2019
Version: 5.3.7
I've tried a few iterations of v5 in El Capitan but there's always a lag in open/save dialogs before you can click on a Finder's window.
Reverting to 4.7.4 fixes it! No particular issue in El Capitan with that old version.
EDIT: well... actually, it looks like some app won't use it — all the browsers I've tried just now.
Reverting to 4.7.4 fixes it! No particular issue in El Capitan with that old version.
EDIT: well... actually, it looks like some app won't use it — all the browsers I've tried just now.
May 16 2019
Version: 5.3.6
Can't imagine using my Mac without Default Folder X installed. Apple should buy this and integrate it into the system.
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