Version 6.2.5 of Default Folder X is available. While the release notes are fairly short, there’s quite a bit of depth to what’s been addressed.
First the easy ones: Bloom‘s developer has added a way for Default Folder X to reveal files and folders in Bloom — the new release of Default Folder X takes advantage of this. If you hold down the Command key and select any item from one of Default Folder X’s menus, it’ll reveal that item instead of opening it. If you’ve got Bloom selected as a substitute for the Finder in your DFX settings, it can now do so in Bloom.
The other important change is that Default Folder X is once again capable of opening your Applications folder in the Finder. In the latest release of macOS 26 Tahoe, Apple changed the Finder so that if you give it a URL to the Applications folder (file:///Applications), it just ignores it. I’m not sure if this is intentional (some kind of security measure?) of if it’s a bug, since asking it to open the Applications folder by supplying the path in AppleScript still works. At any rate, Default Folder X sidesteps the problem by not asking the Finder to open it via a URL.
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Another “fix” in version 6.2.5 is enabling the OK button in Default Folder X’s license entry dialog even if you leave the Name field blank. This was necessitated by the fact that Tahoe’s Liquid Glass UI has such poor contrast that it’s virtually impossible to see that there IS a box there to enter your name.
So now you can enter your license number, click OK, and be scolded for not entering your name correctly. What progress! At least confused people won’t be stuck there wondering why the OK button is disabled.
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Aside from enabling support for Enfocus Griffin, the rest of the changes in Default Folder X 6.2.5 are fixes for crashes that have come in through its automated crash reporter. The exciting bit is that a number of the crashes could be traced back to a couple of small bugs deep in Default Folder X’s handling of Open and Save dialogs. While the crashes were very few and far between (experienced by less than half a dozen users each), I’m very happy to have fixes in place to eliminate that little bit of unreliability.
As usual, this update is free for licensed Default Folder X 6 users. Just choose Check for Update from Default Folder X’s menu in your menu bar or visit the What’s New page to see the full release notes and download the update.
