Version 6.2.2 of Default Folder X is available, adding support for the Bloom file manager and tinted folders in menus. It also allows you to toggle between opening a folder in a new Finder window vs. an existing one, and fixes a number of bugs.
Bloom is an excellent replacement for the Finder that offers multi-pane views, auto-resizing columns, sync browsing and much more. Default Folder X’s Finder-click feature sees its windows and will open files and folders in Bloom instead of the Finder.
Version 6.2.2 will also colorize folders in its menus when you tag them with a color in the Finder or Default Folder X.
In addition, when choosing a folder from Default Folder X’s menus you can now hold down the Option key to toggle whether it opens in a new Finder window or in the frontmost window. This also applies to Bloom or any of the other supported Finder-substitutes. And because I took the Folder Sets menu out of the default menu configuration in version 6, Default Folder X will now offer to add the Folder Sets menu if you don’t have one when you switch between folder sets in the Settings.
Finally, there are a bunch of bug fixes. While several are specifically for Tahoe issues, a number apply to all versions of macOS, so this update is recommended for all Default Folder X users, regardless of which version of macOS you’re using.
As usual, this update is free for anyone who has purchased a license for version 6 of Default Folder X. Just choose Check for Update from Default Folder X’s menu in your menu bar, or go to the What’s New page for download links and release notes.
Version 1.9.4 of Jettison is available, delivering better handling of its notification sounds and fine-tuning a few details for Tahoe. If you’ve purchased a license for Jettison, this update is free.
The most visible change in this release is the new liquid glass icon for macOS 26, which is optimized for Tahoe’s dark and clear icon styles as well as the default appearance.
In addition, Jettison’s notification sounds are now displayed with their localized names, making them consistent with what you see in the Sound settings in System Settings. And when Jettison plays them, they’ll be played at the volume of the system alert sounds rather than the overall system sound volume.
Version 1.9.4 also addresses a few bugs, and will automatically quit the PhotosReliveWidget and com.apple.amp.devicesui processes before sleep if they’re being run by the system. That ensures that those processes won’t keep files open on any external drives and interfere with Jettison ejecting the drives.
Release notes and a download link are available on the What’s New page. Or if you’re already running Jettison, just select “Check for Update” from its menu in your menu bar.
Version 6.2 of Default Folder X is available, delivering support for macOS 26 Tahoe as well as addressing a number of issues. This update is free if you’ve already purchased a license for version 6, and you can just select “Check for Update” from Default Folder X’s menu in your menu bar to get it.
While the headline feature for version 6.2 is its compatibility with macOS 26, it also includes a number of other changes that benefit users running any supported version of macOS (10.13 – 26.0). Default Folder X’s buttons in the Finder’s toolbar are more attractive and work better, and issues with Adobe apps have been addressed. The “Open With” menu that was introduced in version 6.1.7 works more smoothly, and there are new AppleScript commands for integrating with other apps such as Alfred.
In addition to that, a number of bugs have been squashed and little details have been improved. They’re listed in the change history on the What’s New page, along with download links for version 6.2 in various languages.
As always, thanks for your support, suggestions and bug reports. We couldn’t do this without you!
The newest public beta version of Default Folder X 6.2 is available – you can download Default Folder X 6.2b6 here. It includes quite a few fixes for various appearance niggles that weren’t quite right in Tahoe, as well as some improvements that affect users of older versions of macOS.
First, there’s a bug fix for incorrect drag-and-drop behavior in the Quick Search window. If you dragged an item out of your Quick Search results – to move it in the Finder or to open it in a particular app – the Quick Search window would just stay on screen afterwards. It now closes as it should when you drag and drop an item out of it. This impacted all versions of macOS.
An improvement for versions of macOS from Big Sur up to and including Tahoe are the new Finder toolbar buttons.
They’re now proper toolbar buttons, and work much more smoothly than the old ones. If you’re running 6.2b6, I’d appreciate it if you turn them on in the General tab of your Default Folder X settings and give me your feedback.
There’s a full list of changes on the Default Folder X beta testing page. The overall takeaway is that this build is more polished in its support of Tahoe’s new look, while also providing bug fixes for all supported versions of macOS. If you’re already running a 6.2 beta, just choose “Check for Update” from Default Folder X’s menu in your menu bar to get the new build.
We’re excited that Default Folder X has been chosen as Hookmark’s Partner of the Month for August! If you haven’t tried Hookmark yet, it’s a great tool for speeding up your workflow when you’re juggling information across multiple apps. Instead of hunting down emails, contacts, web pages, or notes over and over, Hookmark lets you link them all together and quickly jump between them.
If you’re a Default Folder X user, we know you value efficiency and easy navigation. Hookmark delivers that in spades when you’re integrating information from different applications — it really has no equivalent on the Mac.
What does Hookmark Do?
Hookmark works by creating special links — kind of like URLs, but instead of just opening web pages, these links open things on your Mac like calendar events, tasks, files, contacts, PDFs, notes, and even individual emails. The Hookmark website lists the many apps that support these links.
You then “hook” links together. For example, if you’re working on a report, you can hook your draft, client emails, research articles, and meeting notes, and instantly switch between them without any searching. It’s a cool way to think about how the pieces of your work connect. You simply pop up Hookmark’s contextual window or bookmark window and click on a link – it’s that easy to navigate between hooked information.
Hookmark + Default Folder X : Faster and Easier
If you use Default Folder X, you know how much it helps you quickly get to the right file or folder. With Hookmark, you can hook related websites, files and other information together to access them even faster! Open a recent file from Default Folder X’s menu, then use Hookmark to instantly navigate to any information you’ve hooked to that file – contacts, notes, to-do lists, websites – they’re all just a click away.
There’s also one more trick. Default Folder X’s integration into Save dialogs lets it create a Hookmark link the moment you save a file. That means the link is automatically copied to your clipboard and ready to use in Hookmark, saving you yet another step. For setup details, check out this blog post.
If you use CogSci Apps’ excellent Hookmark app to link together information on your Mac, you’re undoubtedly already enjoying how easily you can jump between files, notes, web pages, contacts, and other data you’ve hooked together. But did you know you can speed things up even more using Default Folder X?
Default Folder X enhances Save dialogs in a way that lets it process any file right after you save it. With this, you can automatically add a bookmark in Hookmark whenever you save a file in a specific app — making it instantly ready to hook to other related information.
Setting this up is simple: just add an AppleScript to Default Folder X’s Save Actions. To start, open a Save dialog in any app. Click the “Actions” tab below the Save dialog, then select “Send the saved file to the AppleScript” and click “Open Scripts folder in Finder.”
When the Scripts folder opens in Finder, download this file:
Unzip it and drag the “Bookmark with Hookmark.scpt” script into the Scripts folder. It will then appear in the Actions menu.
Now, when you save a file and want it automatically bookmarked in Hookmark, simply enable the “Bookmark with Hookmark” action below the Save dialog. Usually, you’ll want to check “Remember these actions next time” so Default Folder X always adds a bookmark for that app — saving you from having to enable it every time you save.
Build number 5 of the Default Folder X 6.2 public beta is available! It supports Apple’s latest macOS 26 Tahoe betas and even includes a glassy new icon created with Icon Composer 😁
The importance of this release depends on whether you’re using any of Adobe’s Creative Cloud 2025 apps. If you are, version 6.2b5 will solve problems with selecting or typing text into edit fields in Save dialogs. And although the Default Folder X betas are primarily for getting things working smoothly on Apple’s macOS 26 Tahoe beta releases, these fixes work on any supported version of macOS (10.13 High Sierra through 26 Tahoe). So yeah, if you’re running InDesign 2025, Illustrator 2025, or any other Adobe “2025” app, get Default Folder X 6.2b5.
This build also includes a second attempt to fix a rare bug that has shown up a few times in crash logs, but that I’m unable to reproduce here. The system is throwing an odd exception, but I can’t figure out how to cause it, so the included fix is my best guess at working around the issue. We’ll see if the crash logs stop trickling in 🤷🏻♂️ If you’re actually seeing a crash in Default Folder X, please get in touch!
Version 1.9.3 of Jettison is available, bringing a number of improvements and fixes to our drive management app.
Jettison now understands volume groups, which are the coupled drives that house a macOS system and its associated data. If you manually eject or mount a system drive, Jettison will also eject or mount the data drive that’s associated with that system. You can’t eject the system you’re currently running, but if you’ve got a second copy of macOS installed – like the macOS Tahoe beta that Apple is currently testing – Jettison will handle its data drive for you automatically.
If you’ve got Jettison set up to eject drives when your Mac goes to sleep, it normally waits 5 seconds after the machine wakes up before it tries to remount those ejected drives. That gives external drives time to power up before Jettison goes looking for them, but in some cases that’s not long enough. You can now specify a longer delay in your settings if you’ve got a drive that’s not reliably remounting after sleep:
This update also adds support for NTFS and extFS drives mounted over a network, and fixes a bug that caused SSHFS drives to eject really, really slowly. In addition, the macOS corespotlightd and managedcorespotlightd processes are quit before any external drive is ejected. This gets rid of problems with those processes keeping a drive busy and causing errors when Jettison tried to eject it.
And one more thing… Jettison’s progress window would sometimes get stuck on-screen if you were running a beta of macOS Tahoe. This should be fixed in version 1.9.3 – at least I can no longer reproduce it here. If you run into further problems with Tahoe, let me know.
This update is free for folks who’ve already purchased a license for Jettison – thank you! Just choose “Check for Update” in Jettison’s menu in your menu bar. Or for release notes and download links, visit the What’s New page.
Version 6.1.7 of Default Folder X is now available, delivering a feature that was originally included in the version 6.2 beta last week. When you hold down the Command key, Default Folder X adds a submenu to whatever file is currently selected in its menu:
The menu gives you multiple options for handling the file, rather than just opening it. Those include revealing it in the Finder, copying the path of the file or the file itself to the clipboard, or bringing up a standard Share sheet to attach it to an email, AirDrop it, send it in Messages, etc. Or you can use the Open With submenu to open the file in any app you have that recognizes it.
These options are also available in Default Folder X’s Quick Search window by Control-clicking or right-clicking on a search result:
In addition, the 6.1.7 release addresses a number of issues that have been reported since the last update, including incorrect text input in Save dialogs, problems with Save dialogs in Quick Look, Finder tags not always working correctly in Save dialogs and more.
The update is free for everyone who’s purchased a license for version 6. For a complete list of changes and download links, see the What’s New page. Or if you’re already running Default Folder X, just choose “Check for Update” from its menu in your menu bar.
A public beta version of Default Folder X 6.2 is available, providing preliminary support for macOS 26 Tahoe. It enables DFX’s toolbar in Open and Save dialogs and makes its existing user interface fit with the new dimensions of Tahoe’s “liquid glass” UI. It does not yet include revamped icons and artwork to conform to Tahoe’s new look – those will come in a future beta release. The focus for Beta 1 was to enable all of Default Folder X’s functionality on the new system.
In addition to support for Tahoe, version 6.2b1 also includes a new feature and a number of fixes. First off, if you hold down the Command key while traversing Default Folder X’s menus, you’ll get a new submenu when you select any file. It provides Open, Reveal, Copy, Copy Path, Share and Open With commands for that file:
It’s a convenient way to work with a recent file if you want to edit it with a different app, email it, etc.
There are also a number of fixes in 6.2b1, including solutions for problems entering text in custom fields within Save dialogs, working with Save dialogs in Quick Look, incorrect setting of Finder tags in some situations, and elimination of a rare crash.
