Version 6.1.6 of Default Folder X is available, and offers a new Focus filter in addition to the usual handful of improvements and bug fixes.
Your Mac comes pre-loaded with Focus modes like Do Not Disturb and Sleep, but you can add your own for things like Work, Finance or Gaming to customize the way your Mac behaves while you’re in one of these ‘modes’. And Focus filters are app actions that you can trigger automatically when you activate a Focus.
Using Default Folder X’s Focus filter, you can switch to a specific folder set, loading a set of favorites, default folders and recent history. This customizes Default Folder X to show the folders and files you want to access quickly while in that Focus. For more about folder sets in Default Folder X, see the User Guide.
To set up a Focus filter, open System Settings and click on Focus in the left sidebar.
Create a new focus or choose from one of the existing ones by clicking on it. Within that Focus, scroll down to the bottom and click on the “Add Filter” button.
Finally, choose the Default Folder X filter and select a folder set to use. Once you’ve done so, your chosen folder set will be loaded automatically whenever you activate that Focus.
In addition to the new Focus filter, version 6.1.6 of Default Folder X includes a number of other improvements. It’s faster at switching between folders in file dialogs, and problems with keyboard shortcuts, Finder-click, keyboard focus and creating new folders have all been addressed.
For a full change history and download links, see the What’s New page. Or if you’re already running Default Folder X, choose Check for Update from its menu in your menu bar.
