Version 6.3.2 adds more control of the new drag target, fixes issues with Adobe apps and menus in Save dialogs.
If you have a license for Version 6, this update is free.
If you have a Default Folder X license purchased on or after March 1, 2023, this update is free. Your existing license number will work.
If your license was purchased between September 1, 2022 and March 1, 2023, upgrading to version 6 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, you'll find details and screenshots of the new features in the Default Folder X 6.0 Tour.
What's new in version 6.3.2:
Added a checkbox in Default Folder X > Settings > General to turn off the drag target below Default Folder X's icon in the menu bar.
Resolved a conflict that could make it impossible to select from popup menus in Save dialogs when Apple's Weather icon was showing in the menu bar.
Worked around a bug in Adobe applications that caused Quick Look preview windows to display incorrectly in Open and Save dialogs.
Improved the appearance and behavior of the drag target when dragging files in the Finder.
What was new in the recent 6.3 release:
New features:
Supports macOS 27 Golden Gate.
Recent files and folders can be "pinned" in the menu to keep them there. Press the Shift key when a recent file or folder is highlighted in its menu to pin it. Repeat to unpin it.
When you begin dragging a file or folder in the Finder, Default Folder X shows a drag target below its menu bar icon. Drop the item on it to choose a destination folder using Default Folder X's menus.
Clicking on the path shown in the Info pane below Open dialogs copies the path of the selected item and displays a popover to indicate that it was copied.
When a file has a "Where from" attribute, that information is shown in the Info pane below Open dialogs.
Existing Finder tags can be sorted by name or by date in the Tags pane below Open and Save dialogs.
After dragging an item to Default Folder X's icon in the menu bar or using its "Default Folder X: Move / Copy / Alias" services in the Finder's contextual menu, you can switch folder sets while choosing a destination folder. To do so, the Folder Sets menu must be added to your menu configuration in Settings > General > Customize Menu.
The Finder-click feature will no longer obscure windows floating over Open and Save dialogs, allowing you to use drag-and-drop utilities like Dropzone, Dropover, Unclutter, etc.
Added a "menu type" argument to the CopyUsingMenu and MoveUsingMenu AppleScript commands so you can invoke it with just the Favorites menu, for instance.
If the "Say No to Notch" app is running, Default Folder X will not warn about its icon being behind the screen notch.
Finder toolbar icons use the same style as the icon selected for the menu bar.
Bug fixes:
Fixed a problem with Default Folder X hanging when adding folders in Settings > Folders.
Clicking on grayed-out filenames works correctly in Save dialogs when using column view.
Fixed problems with recent settings changes not getting saved before restart and shutdown.
Corrected a bug that resulted in more iCloud traffic than necessary when syncing settings via iCloud.
Fixed an inability to determine the location of an empty folder on a volume mounted at a non-standard mount point.
Corrected a bug on macOS 27 where clicking on a folder in a Save dialog while in List View would immediately open that folder.
Removed the option to automatically download and install updates. It can't be done reliably without displaying a prompt to relaunch, which makes it just as intrusive as normal updates.
Added LanguageTool to Default Folder X's exclusion list because it causes Default Folder X to run very very slowly.
Corrected problems when the DFX and DFX Drawer helper apps are used in Bloom's toolbar.
Fixed text color in the menu configuration editing window when running on High Sierra.
Eliminated oversized menu item icons in High Sierra.
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