Version 6.1.5 adds "Open With" to Quick Search, delivers feature enhancements, and fixes an issue in Adobe apps.
If you already bought Version 6, this update is free.
If you're using version 5.7.8 or earlier, this may be a PAID UPGRADE.
If you have a Default Folder X license purchased on or after March 1, 2023, this upgrade is free. Your existing license number will work in version 6.
If your license was purchased between September 1, 2022 and March 1, 2023, the upgrade is $9.95. For licenses bought prior to that, upgrades are $19.95.
If you're new to Default Folder X 6:
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.
Use the keyboard to quickly access favorites, recent files, folders, apps or Finder windows. Pop up Default Folder X's new Quick Search window with a keyboard shortcut, type a few characters of an item's name, and then quickly go to it in a file dialog or open it in the Finder.
Wide filename field when saving files. Pretty self-explanatory - the default macOS Save As dialogs have an edit box that's way too narrow to accommodate a descriptive file name. Default Folder X 6 makes it bigger.
Drag and drop files and folders to Default Folder X's icon in the menu bar to move or copy them to another location. Pick a destination folder quickly from DFX's Recent and Favorites menus, or drill down to any folder using it's hierarchical menus.
Customize Default Folder X's menu in your menu bar. Add, remove and reorganize menus and menu items to fit your workflow.
Perform actions on files after saving them. Automatically open the saved file, attach it to an email, or run AppleScripts, Automator Workflows or Shortcuts on it.
Sync your Default Folder X settings between Macs. If you've got more than one Mac with the same file and folder organization, sync your settings via iCloud so Default Folder X works the same on both machines.
More powerful drawer in the Finder. Default Folder X's Finder drawer has been rewritten to be more useful and intuitive. Use it as a temporary drag-and-drop holding space, or as a location for often used files and folders.
Support for macOS 15 Sequoia. Yes, it's compatible with Apple's latest and greatest.
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.
When you add a folder to be ignored in Default Folder X > Settings > Recent, any recent files or folders that lie within it will be removed from Default Folder X's menus immediately. Previously, the setting only applied to recent items accessed after the exclusion was added.
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:
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