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Default Folder X 6.2.8: Finder-click updates for Path Finder and Bloom, plus important bug fixes.

Monday, May 18th, 2026

Version 6.2.8 of Default Folder X is available now, delivering a compatibility fix for the Finder-click feature when used with Path Finder 26 and a new Finder-click capability when used with Bloom.

The Finder-click feature, which allows you to click on a Finder, ForkLift, Path Finder or Bloom window to show the contents of that window in an Open or Save dialog, no longer worked in Path Finder because of changes that CocoaTech made in the latest Path Finder 26 release. The new version of Default Folder X accommodates those changes, making Finder-click work again.

When using Finder-click with Bloom, you can now turn on Bloom’s “Enable Precise Location Detection” setting (below) to let Default Folder X “see” multiple panes in each window. Clicking on a pane will take you to the folder shown in that pane rather than the folder in the pane that currently has keyboard focus.

Advanced Settings in Bloom

Default Folder X 6.2.8 also works around a bug in macOS Tahoe that often leaves column view scrolled all the way to the left in Open and Save dialogs. In order to see and select files and folders, you have to scroll to the right every . single . time. It’s a stupid, maddening little annoyance. Default Folder X works around this by automatically scrolling the columns to the right when a file dialog opens or when you switch to a new folder.

And because of another Tahoe bug, I’ve turned off playable previews of audio and video files. The system-provided AVPlayer controller, which DFX uses to display previews of these files, has been crashing frequently on Tahoe. The issue appears to be a problem with the player drawing SF Symbol images for the playback controls. When they can’t be displayed (it looks like the SF Symbol library is corrupted or unreadable on some Macs), the AVPlayer just aborts the entire host app – which means that Default Folder X just suddenly quits. To avoid the possibility of this happening, Default Folder X will just show static previews of audio and video files until Apple fixes the problem.

If you want to live dangerously, you can turn playable previews back on in Default Folder X by holding down the Option key and choosing Settings from Default Folder X’s menu in your menu bar. You’ll get this Additional Settings sheet – just turn on the “Show playable audio and video previews” checkbox and you’re good to go.

The rest of the changes in Default Folder X 6.2.8 are fixes for bugs that have been discovered in the past couple of months. These range from little annoyances to possible crashes, so I recommend that all Default Folder X users update – the update is free if you’ve already purchased a license for version 6.

All of the fixes are detailed in the change history shown on the What’s New page or when you choose Check for Update from Default Folder X’s menu in your menu bar.

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Default Folder X 6.2.5 improves Bloom support and fixes bugs

Sunday, January 18th, 2026

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.

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Default Folder X 6.2.2 supports Bloom, tints folders and resolves reported issues

Friday, October 17th, 2025

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.

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