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 14 Sonoma. Yes, it's compatible with Apple's latest and greatest.

See the full version history for more new features and fixes.

• The previews below Open dialogs 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.

Default Folder X 6 details and screenshots

Default Folder X User's Guide

Full version history

Download Default Folder X 6.0.8
(a server will be selected for you automatically)

Japanese version of Default Folder X 6.0.8
localized by Takanori Taniguchi

German version of Default Folder X 6.0.8
localized by Eberhard Woentz

Danish version of Default Folder X 6.0.8
localized by Mogens Thyregod

French version of Default Folder X 6.0.8
localized by Ronald Leroux

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