Default Folder X Changelog

What's new in Default Folder X 6.0.5

Apr 16, 2024

You can paste or type a complete path into the Quick Search window to open an item at that location.
Default Folder X now shows the correct name, icon and location for OneDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox and Box folders.
The history of recent Finder windows is updated when any tab of a Finder window is closed, not just when a window or its frontmost tab is closed.
Items that you've added to the Finder drawer or Drag Zone are updated instead of being removed when the items they refer to are moved or renamed.
Fixed a bug that could cause a Finder window to jump back to its previous location and size after being resized if Default Folder X's drawer was attached to it.
If you've customized the name of a Favorite, changing that Favorite to point to a different folder will not change its name.
The ToggleFinderDrawer AppleScript command returns a boolean result indicating whether the drawer is open.
Fixed a bug in Finder-click that prevented it from recognizing QSpace windows on a second display.
There's a new Info button in the Folders tab of the settings to explain what a Folder Set is.
Updated support for Alfred 5.

New in Default Folder X 6.0.4 (Jan 3, 2024)

New in Default Folder X 6.0.3 (Dec 8, 2023)

New in Default Folder X 6.0.2 (Nov 22, 2023)

New features:
In the Quick Search window, you can now browse through all recent items by hitting the Down Arrow key when there's no search string.
Added Command-L as a default keyboard shortcut for "Enter Filename" in Save dialogs so you can easily move back to the filename edit field.
Changed the layout of items in the Finder drawer so they're clustered together in the center rather than distributed across the entire width of the drawer.
In Default Folder X > Settings > Recent, "Forget All Recently Used Items" now also removes recent Applications and the "rebound" history.
Bug fixes:
Corrected problems that could cause Default Folder X to switch folders in file dialogs slowly or not at all.
Resolved an issue that caused the cursor to disappear in file dialogs in macOS Sonoma.
Fixed a bug that could result in a default folder not working if it applied to only a specific file extension.
Fixed problems with keyboard focus and text selection in Save dialogs not working correctly under certain conditions.
Fixed a bug that prevented double-clicking on items in the Drag Zone from working on some systems.
Corrected an issue with Default Folder X's preview window failing to resize when a file dialog was moved.
Fixed a problem with Default Folder X getting stuck if you tried to go to a hidden iCloud Drive folder in a file dialog.
Resolved problems with slow or non-responsive file dialogs within Default Folder X's own settings window on Sonoma.
Fixed a bug that caused Default Folder X to show recent items in some system folders when it shouldn't have.
Resolved a bug when syncing settings via iCloud that could delete a folder set when iCloud Drive syncing failed in a particular manner.
Fixed a problem that could cause the keyboard to stop responding if you customized Default Folder X's menu to show recent items in the top level of the menu rather than in a submenu.
Corrected an issue that could result in Default Folder X's toolbar not aligning correctly with a file dialog after the dialog was moved from one display to another.
Reenabled the user defaults option to show a custom color icon in the menu bar.

New in Default Folder X 6.0.1 (Oct 17, 2023)

New features:
There's an alternate style for Default Folder X's icon in the menu bar. You can change it in the General tab of the settings.
The keyboard shortcuts for search options in the Quick Search window have changed and are now configurable in Settings > Shortcuts.
Hitting the Quick Search keyboard shortcut twice in a row will pop up the window with a search mode of "All".
In Quick Search, Command+Down Arrow steps through your previous searches.
Quick Search now remembers your selected search mode across restarts.
Applications in /System/Library/CoreServices will not be remembered in the Recent Apps history.
The Finder toolbar menu will include the About / Settings / Help / Quit menu if Default Folder X's icon is turned off in the menu bar.
Removed the option to hold down the Command key to open a folder in Terminal. This conflicted with the standard use of the Command key to reveal an item in the Finder.
You can turn on a setting to disable Default Folder X's detection of apps that have custom dark themes. This reduces the frequency of notifications in Sonoma's menu bar telling you that Default Folder X is capturing your screen. Use this command in Terminal: "defaults write com.stclairsoft.DefaultFolderX5 toolbarIgnoresAppDarkMode 1".
Inclusion of files and folders synced by cloud services is now disabled by default.
Improved the appearances of the menu bar icon and Finder toolbar icons.
Bug fixes:
Fixed a conflict which prevented TextExpander from working in Save dialogs.
Resolved a bug that caused performance and stability problems on macOS 12 and earlier.
Worked around a bug in Sonoma that sends keyboard input to the wrong text field in Save dialogs.
Fixed a problem with the Finder toolbar buttons being unresponsive until Default Folder X was relaunched.
Corrected a problem during drag and drop operations with menus not displaying folders that have large numbers of items.
Fixed a problem with Save Action settings not being synced properly between Macs when iCloud sync is turned on.
Fixed a crash that occurred when the menu bar menu was configured to have the About / Settings / Help / Quit items above another menu item.
When validating a license, Default Folder X will always try to connect to our server so connection management apps like Little Snitch will prompt you to allow it. Previously, it wouldn't trigger Little Snitch because it wouldn't even try to connect after the system told it the host was unreachable.
Corrected a bug in which some keyboard shortcuts couldn't be changed in Settings > Folders > Favorites after deleting a favorite.
Changed license prompts to ensure consistent use of the term "License number" instead of "Serial number".
Resolved a conflict that caused SnagIt's mouse tracking to slow down when taking screenshots.

New in Default Folder X 6.0 (Sep 25, 2023)

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.
Other new features:
Finder label colors are shown in the menus.
Recently used Applications are now tracked.
The Finder Windows menu can now be sorted alphabetically by holding down the Option key.
The Option key toggles Default Folder X's menu sorting between sort-by-name and sort-by-date.
The path to a selected item is shown in the Info tab below Open dialogs. Click on the path to copy it.
Keywords from PDF files are included in the metadata shown in the Info pane below Open dialogs.
Finder-click optionally recognizes folders _within_ Finder windows, not just the folder associated with the Finder window itself. Enable this using Settings > Open & Save > Behavior > Choose folders within windows when you click on them.
Support has been added for the macOS Shortcuts app so you can query and control Default Folder X from Shortcuts.
Selecting "Show Item in Finder" in the Finder drawer or Drag Zone will open the item in an alternate file browser (like Path Finder) if one is configured and running.
Finder-click now distinguishes between Finder, ForkLift and Path Finder windows by showing the icon of the app that owns them.
Each time Default Folder X switches to a default folder, you'll see a reminder until you choose "don't tell me again". This should help folks who inadvertently configure a default folder and are later confused by the behavior.
If you assign keyboard shortcuts to Default Folder X's menus in file dialogs, those shortcuts are shown in the toolbar's tooltips.
When popping up a single menu using AppleScript, the menu items for Settings, About, etc will not be added to the bottom of the menu.
You can set up an AppleScript to provide default filenames in Save As dialogs instead of just getting "Untitled". This can be used to add the current date to the default name, apply a standard naming convention for certain documents, etc.
Default Folder X's ShowMenu AppleScript command now has an option to show a Recent Apps menu.
Added more detail to the command descriptions in the AppleScript scripting dictionary.
Improved support for the "increase contrast" mode that's available in System Settings > Accessibility > Display.
Improvements to the Settings user interface:
Settings have been reorganized to make them easier to navigate and understand.
Settings for recent items, including excluding recent items within certain folders, have been given their own tab in the Settings window.
You can reorder folder sets in Default Folder X > Settings > Folders > Edit Folder Sets. They can be dragged up and down in the list or moved using the arrow buttons.
Favorites and default folders can be copied or moved between folder sets via a contextual menu in Settings > Folders.
The Edit Folder Sets window is resizable and supports multiple selection (Command+click) for reordering and removing folder sets.
You can turn on the tracking of recent items for cloud sync services on a service-by-service basis. When turned on, items synced from the cloud are treated as if you opened them.
In Settings > Folders you can now select multiple favorites or default folders when reordering, deleting or showing them in the Finder.
Favorite and default folders in Settings > Folders are now grayed out if they refer to a folder that's been deleted or moved.
Added an option in Default Folder X > Settings > Menus to show items with color tags at the top of menus.
There's a keyboard shortcut to move keyboard focus to the file listing in Open and Save dialogs.
Bug fixes:
Switching between folders in Open and Save dialogs is more reliable.
Fixed the assignment of keyboard shortcuts in Recent menus so they're on the correct items when menus are sorted by name rather than by date.
If a minimized Save dialog pops up, Default Folder X usually maximizes it for you. It will not do so if that causes the dialog to extend past the sides or bottom of the screen.
The Finder toolbar menu no longer includes "About Default Folder X", Settings and other application-level items.
Changes to the system Light / Dark Mode are immediately applied when there's a file dialog open.
Revealing an alias in the Finder will correctly reveal the alias file rather than the target of the alias.
Editing dates in the Info pane below Open dialogs works more smoothly.
When selecting a destination for the Copy, Move, and Create Alias commands, choosing a folder from the Recent Folders menu now correctly switches to that folder.
Resolved an issue with Default Folder X stalling when Safari sleeps or hangs while loading a web page.
Creating a new, empty folder set and then immediately creating a duplicate works correctly.
Fixed a bug in which hierarchical menus could show iCloud Drive nested within itself.
Disk space is no longer shown in menus in the Computer submenu because disk space no longer has meaning under APFS.
Fixed the "Mirror recent and favorite items in ~/Library" feature so it works correctly for filenames that have a '/' character in them.
Worked around a bug in the Bay ROES app that prevented it from launching when Default Folder X was running.

New in Default Folder X 5.7.8 (May 31, 2023)

New in Default Folder X 5.7.7 (May 16, 2023)

New in Default Folder X 5.7.6 (Mar 21, 2023)

New in Default Folder X 5.7.5 (Feb 20, 2023)

New in Default Folder X 5.7.4 (Jan 20, 2023)

New in Default Folder X 5.7.3 (Dec 22, 2022)

New in Default Folder X 5.7.2 (Nov 26, 2022)

New in Default Folder X 5.7.1 (Oct 7, 2022)

New in Default Folder X 5.7 (Sep 26, 2022)

New in Default Folder X 5.6.6 (May 29, 2022)

New in Default Folder X 5.6.5 (May 25, 2022)

New in Default Folder X 5.6.4 (Feb 3, 2022)

New in Default Folder X 5.6.3 (Jan 14, 2022)

New in Default Folder X 5.6.2 (Nov 19, 2021)

New in Default Folder X 5.6.1 (Nov 9, 2021)

New in Default Folder X 5.6 (Oct 12, 2021)

New in Default Folder X 5.5.9 (May 20, 2021)

New in Default Folder X 5.5.8 (Apr 16, 2021)

New in Default Folder X 5.5.7 (Mar 26, 2021)

New in Default Folder X 5.5.6 (Feb 12, 2021)

New in Default Folder X 5.5.5 (Jan 31, 2021)

New in Default Folder X 5.5.4 (Jan 8, 2021)

New in Default Folder X 5.5.3 (Dec 4, 2020)

New in Default Folder X 5.5.2 (Nov 24, 2020)

New in Default Folder X 5.5.1 (Nov 11, 2020)

New in Default Folder X 5.5 (Nov 6, 2020)

Changes for Big Sur:
Compatible with macOS 11.0 and 11.0.1 Big Sur.
Default Folder X is a Universal App that runs natively on Apple Silicon.
Updated the look of Default Folder X's application icon, preferences window, Open/Save toolbar and Finder toolbar buttons and other graphical elements to integrate with Big Sur.
Enhancements for all macOS versions:
Recent file and folder tracking now recognizes changes that result from syncing via iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive and Box Sync.
When running Path Finder or ForkLift in addition to the Finder, the Finder-click feature and Finder Windows menu will show windows sorted in front-to-back order based on the order of the Finder, Path Finder and / or ForkLift.
Added tooltips to favorite and default folder lists in the preferences so you can see the full path of a folder by hovering the mouse over it.
Tooltips now respect the "Increase contrast" setting in System Preferences > Accessibility > Display.
Default Folder X will follow symbolic links and aliases when accessing its settings folder at ~/Library/Application Support/com.stclairsoft.DefaultFolderX5.
There's a hidden switch to prevent Default Folder X from copying tags and comments from existing files when you're saving a file. This can prevent accidentally applying a tag or comment to a newly saved file. Hold down the Option key while selecting the Preferences menu to get to it.
Another new hidden option removes the "Forget Recent Folders", "Forget Recent Files" and "Forget Recent Finder Windows" menu items so you don't accidentally erase your history by choosing the wrong menu item. Hold down the Option key while selecting the Preferences menu to get to it.
Bug fixes:
Corrected a problem with Default Folder X's menus being sorted incorrectly for sub-folders that contained a large number of items.
Files that you open after performing a search in an Open dialog will now correctly be added to Default Folder X's list of recently used files.
If you command-drag Default Folder X's Finder toolbar buttons to move them to a different position in the toolbar, their locations will no longer be reset back to their defaults when Default Folder X switches to or from Dark Mode.
Fixed an intermittent bug in file dialog management that could result in occasional failures to switch between folders.
Worked around two macOS bugs that could cause Default Folder X to hang at startup.

New in Default Folder X 5.4.6 (Jun 8, 2020)

New in Default Folder X 5.4.5 (Apr 20, 2020)

New in Default Folder X 5.4.4 (Mar 10, 2020)

New in Default Folder X 5.4.3 (Mar 6, 2020)

Feature enhancements:
Default Folder X is now faster at opening folders in the Finder, Path Finder and ForkLift.
Previews shown in menus and the Finder drawer will no longer grow to show very large versions of application or folder icons.
For very small images, previews are no longer enlarged, pixelized renditions of them. The images are shown at their actual size.
When the "Create aliases of Recent and Favorite items in your Library folder" option is turned on in the preferences, aliases to recently closed Finder windows will also be created.
Holding down the Option key will change the "Forget Recent xxx" menu commands to "Forget All Recent Data", making it easier to erase all of your recent folder, file and Finder window history from Default Folder X. There's also a new button in Default Folder X > Preferences > Menus to forget all historical data.
You can use AppleScript to add files and folders to Default Folder X's Finder drawer and drag zone. See the Add/Get/RemoveDroppedItem verbs in Default Folder X's scripting dictionary.
AppleScript can now be used to show Default Folder X's menus at a particular location on the screen. Use this syntax: tell application "Default Folder X" to ShowMenu location {200, 900}
If you don't want to give Default Folder X permission to record your screen, you can use this Terminal command to bypass it (at the expense of seeing graphical glitches from time to time): defaults write com.stclairsoft.DefaultFolderX5 launchWithoutScreenRecordingPermission 1
Bug fixes:
Fixed problems with Save As dialogs responding very, very slowly when saving to slow network drives.
Corrected a bug that prevented Default Folder X from correctly showing your iCloud Drive folder in the Finder.
Fixed problems with Save dialogs in macOS's built-in screen capture utility in Mojave and Catalina.
Corrected several issues that could make Default Folder X's switching to folders in Open and Save dialogs unreliable.
Fixed problems with tags and comments "coming back" after you remove them while replacing a file with a newly saved version.
The "Open in the frontmost Finder window" option for opening folders now works correctly when you have a floating Get Info window showing in the Finder.
Default Folder X will no longer think folder names with differing capitalization are different folders unless the underlying filesystem is actually case-sensitive.
Corrected the display of the Desktop in the Finder-click feature so all appropriate windows are shown even when TotalFinder is running.
Worked around problems with Default Folder X not working in Pro Tools when Pro Tools takes a long time to launch.
Using an alias to move your Home folder to a different location will no longer confuse Default Folder X.
Fixed graphical glitches when switching to empty folders and with Rogue Amoeba's Fission app.
Fixed Default Folder X's detection of tabs in Finder windows that aren't in the current Space.
Corrected a problem with converting preferences when upgrading from version 4.x.
Resolved a number of infrequent crashes.

New in Default Folder X 5.4.2 (Nov 6, 2019)

New in Default Folder X 5.4.1 (Oct 21, 2019)

New in Default Folder X 5.4 (Oct 8, 2019)

New in Default Folder X 5.3.7 (May 16, 2019)

New in Default Folder X 5.3.6 (Mar 24, 2019)

New in Default Folder X 5.3.5 (Mar 13, 2019)

Default Folder X works correctly in the Save dialog of Mojave's enhanced screenshot utility (Command-Shift-5).
You can now search folders with HoudahSpot and send results from HoudahSpot to waiting file dialogs. The latter requires the upcoming HoudahSpot 5.
Fixed a bug that could cause the wrong file to be chosen if you selected a file from the Recent Files menu that the current application couldn't open.
Default Folder X will no longer hide its controls when LaunchBar's quick entry window pops up. This allows you to run AppleScripts from LaunchBar that use Default Folder X's scripting commands.
Clicking on the '+' icon in Default Folder X's Finder drawer now adds the currently selected item from the associated Finder or Path Finder window.
Fixed the popup previews in the Finder drawer so they enlarge properly and display the names of items correctly in Dark Mode.
Default Folder X's Finder drawer will no longer get in the way of the Finder's tagging popup.
Corrected interface glitches that occurred when removing items from the Finder drawer.
Fixed a problem with the Finder drawer hiding itself when you dragged a file in Path Finder.
Open and Save sheets that span the entire width of the screen will no longer cause Default Folder X to stall.
Default Folder X's folder switching is more reliable when used with third party keyboard and mouse drivers.
Fixed problems when Default Folder X is used with some third party mice that have more than 3 buttons.
The alert requesting permission to control the Finder is now more user-friendly.
Fixed a number of user-interface and VoiceOver issues.
Corrected compatibility issues with CopyPaste Pro.
There are two new "hidden settings". Hold down the Option key and choose Default Folder X > Preferences from the menu bar to access them:
The Finder-click feature can now change the view mode of a file dialog to match that of the clicked Finder window.
You can set a minimum width and height that Default Folder X will ensure for all file dialogs.

New in Default Folder X 5.3.4 (Jan 24, 2019)

New in Default Folder X 5.3.3 (Jan 21, 2019)

New in Default Folder X 5.3.1 (Sep 28, 2018)

New in Default Folder X 5.3 (Sep 19, 2018)

New in Default Folder X 5.2.6 Beta 7 (Sep 10, 2018)

New in Default Folder X 5.2.6 Beta 6 (Aug 13, 2018)

New in Default Folder X 5.2.6 Beta 1 (Jul 18, 2018)

New in Default Folder X 5.2.5 (Jun 19, 2018)

New in Default Folder X 5.2.4 (Apr 19, 2018)

New in Default Folder X 5.2.3 (Apr 16, 2018)

New in Default Folder X 5.2.2 (Feb 16, 2018)

New in Default Folder X 5.2.1 (Jan 8, 2018)

New in Default Folder X 5.2 (Jan 3, 2018)

New in Default Folder X 5.1.9 (Nov 30, 2017)

New in Default Folder X 5.1.8 (Oct 28, 2017)

New in Default Folder X 5.1.7 (Oct 5, 2017)

New in Default Folder X 5.1.6 (Sep 22, 2017)

Compatible with High Sierra (macOS 10.13).
The Finder-click feature's "choose the desktop" option now highlights the desktop with "holes" where Finder windows are located.
You can now enter relative paths for Favorites. If you use a consistent structure for organizing projects, it can be very helpful to set a favorite such as "../images/" to go to an adjacent "images" folder and be able to use the same folder in multiple locations. To enter a relative favorite, choose "Add Path or URL" after clicking the '+' icon in Default Folder X > Preferences > Folders > Favorites.
Previews for aliases are now displayed correctly, rather than just showing the file's alias icon.
Default Folder X no longer adds duplicate tags when you use the macOS-supplied tag field in Save dialogs.
Fixed a bug that caused unsaved comments or tags to disappear if you switched from a Save dialog to another application and then back to the Save dialog.
Default Folder X’s drawer no longer appears when you enter Time Machine.
Open and Save dialogs that appear as floating windows instead of normal modal dialogs are now handled correctly.
Fixed a bug that could cause Default Folder X to incorrectly remember the last state of a Save dialog.
Corrected UI glitches in Finder-click when using Default Folder X's "Minimal Toolbar" appearance.
Icons in the Drop Zone are now loaded when they're needed, eliminating problems with the icons appearing blank when they can't be supplied by QuickLook at startup.
Switching folders using Default Folder X's menus now works consistently in file dialogs brought up when changing preferences.
Fixed a problem with Default Folder X getting confused in certain situations when you clicked on an alias in column view.
Eliminated flashing in the user interface when you click on a disclosure triangle in a Save dialog.
Corrected improper scaling of preview images that could occur in some circumstances.
Fixed a crash that could occur when clicking on the sidebar in file dialogs.
Added an API that allows software developers to disable Default Folder X for special file dialogs in their Mac applications.
Added a warning about Tencent's QQ chat app because it disables DFX's folder switching feature.
Several memory leaks and potential crashes have been eliminated.
Updated Default Folder X's icon.

New in Default Folder X 5.1.6 Beta 4 (Aug 28, 2017)

New in Default Folder X 5.1.6 Beta 2 (Jul 14, 2017)

New in Default Folder X 5.1.6 Beta 1 (Jun 9, 2017)

New in Default Folder X 5.1.5 (May 11, 2017)

New in Default Folder X 5.1.4 (Mar 24, 2017)

New in Default Folder X 5.1.3 (Jan 11, 2017)

New in Default Folder X 5.1.2 (Jan 6, 2017)

New in Default Folder X 5.1.1 (Dec 14, 2016)

Feature enhancements:
New Move, Copy and Make Alias commands let you reorganize your files from within Open and Save dialogs.
You can change a file's creation and modification dates by clicking on them in the Info panel below Open dialogs.
Selecting an item from one of Default Folder X's menus while holding the Command key will reveal it in the Finder.
Default Folder X can create folders in your Library folder for Favorites, Recent Folders and Recent Files. They contain aliases to the folders and files shown in Default Folder X's menus, and can be used as a way to access Default Folder X's data from other applications. You can turn this on in the Options tab of your Default Folder X preferences.
You can now set keyboard shortcuts to switch between folder sets.
Bug fixes:
Corrected several bugs that could result in Default Folder X mysteriously disappearing from the menubar.
Fixed reliability issues when changing between folders while the system is busy.
Fixed a bug that could result in tags and comments not being applied when setting them in a Save dialog.
Eliminated a hang that occurred when you had two Finder windows open, both showing the same folder, and tried to use a keyboard shortcut to go to the folder shown in the next Finder window.
When switching to iCloud in Default Folder X's Computer menu, you're now taken to the iCloud Drive folder rather than the root iCloud folder.
Corrected a bug that caused the Drag Zone to show duplicate copies of items and could also make those items impossible to remove.
Changing the "Locked" checkbox in the Info panel will no longer prevent you from unlocking a file or folder later.
After trashing a file or folder, the file listing in the file dialog will update immediately to show the change.
Eliminated crashes caused by Default Folder X's helper services failing to run.
Fixed a problem with Default Folder X warning you multiple times when you remove its menu from the menubar.
Corrected problems displaying the names of folders that contained a single quotation mark.
Fixed a problem with file dialogs flickering when dismissing a modal alert.
The Folder Sets menu no longer gets confused when you delete a folder set.
Added a way to save debug logs so we can bypass Sierra's terrible Console logs.
Compatibility fixes:
Default Folder X's controls will no longer overlap Keyboard Maestro windows that pop up while a file dialog is showing.
Corrected a problem where Default Folder X wouldn't remove its controls when a popup menu popped up.
Worked around a bug in Sierra that would cause sheet-style file dialogs to be the wrong size if Default Folder X was used to save and restore their sizes.
Eliminated a conflict with DwellClick.
Added support for PDF Studio.

New in Default Folder X 5.1 (Dec 13, 2016)

Feature enhancements:
New Move, Copy and Make Alias commands let you reorganize your files from within Open and Save dialogs.
You can change a file's creation and modification dates by clicking on them in the Info panel below Open dialogs.
Selecting an item from one of Default Folder X's menus while holding the Command key will reveal it in the Finder.
Default Folder X can create folders in your Library folder for Favorites, Recent Folders and Recent Files. They contain aliases to the folders and files shown in Default Folder X's menus, and can be used as a way to access Default Folder X's data from other applications. You can turn this on in the Options tab of your Default Folder X preferences.
You can now set keyboard shortcuts to switch between folder sets.
Bug fixes:
Corrected several bugs that could result in Default Folder X mysteriously disappearing from the menubar.
Fixed reliability issues when changing between folders while the system is busy.
Fixed a bug that could result in tags and comments not being applied when setting them in a Save dialog.
Eliminated a hang that occurred when you had two Finder windows open, both showing the same folder, and tried to use a keyboard shortcut to go to the folder shown in the next Finder window.
When switching to iCloud in Default Folder X's Computer menu, you're now taken to the iCloud Drive folder rather than the root iCloud folder.
Corrected a bug that caused the Drag Zone to show duplicate copies of items and could also make those items impossible to remove.
Changing the "Locked" checkbox in the Info panel will no longer prevent you from unlocking a file or folder later.
After trashing a file or folder, the file listing in the file dialog will update immediately to show the change.
Eliminated crashes caused by Default Folder X's helper services failing to run.
Fixed a problem with Default Folder X warning you multiple times when you remove its menu from the menubar.
Corrected problems displaying the names of folders that contained a single quotation mark.
Fixed a problem with file dialogs flickering when dismissing a modal alert.
The Folder Sets menu no longer gets confused when you delete a folder set.
Added a way to save debug logs so we can bypass Sierra's terrible Console logs.
Compatibility fixes:
Default Folder X's controls will no longer overlap Keyboard Maestro windows that pop up while a file dialog is showing.
Corrected a problem where Default Folder X wouldn't remove its controls when a popup menu popped up.
Worked around a bug in Sierra that would cause sheet-style file dialogs to be the wrong size if Default Folder X was used to save and restore their sizes.
Added support for PDF Studio.

New in Default Folder X 5.0.7 (Sep 29, 2016)

New in Default Folder X 5.0.6 (Aug 30, 2016)

New in Default Folder X 5.0.6 Beta 5 (Aug 17, 2016)

New in Default Folder X 5.0.6 Beta 4 (Jul 26, 2016)

New in Default Folder X 5.0.6 Beta 1 (Jun 22, 2016)

New in Default Folder X 5.0.5 (Jun 6, 2016)

New in Default Folder X 5.0.4 (May 13, 2016)

New in Default Folder X 5.0.3 (Mar 29, 2016)

New in Default Folder X 5.0.2 (Mar 4, 2016)

Feature enhancements:
Default Folder X 5.0.2 is faster and more reliable.
Localized in Japanese, French, German and Danish.
Default Folder X now detects that a file dialog has closed even if an application performs a long operation afterwards.
Rebound (reselecting the last selected file in a folder) is turned on by default in column view. If you use the keyboard to navigate in file dialogs, you may want to turn this off. To do so, hold down the Option key while selecting Preferences from the Default Folder X menu in the menubar, then turn off "Re-select the last selected file in column view".
Save dialogs are no longer auto-expanded every time you use one. This is still done once, but after that, Default Folder X will leave it in whatever state you left it.
There's now an "extra settings" preference dialog that allows you to fiddle with various details. Hold down the Option key while choosing Preferences to get to it.
When multiple items are selected in an Open dialog, Default Folder X's preview view will show a preview of the first item rather than turning off previews.
Alias files are now resolved when using Option-arrow keys to traverse recent folders.
There's now a dark background behind the name of a Finder window when you hover over it so that the name is more legible.
Changed Finder window tracking so that Default Folder X's list of windows is updated immediately if you quit the Finder or Path Finder.
The user guide is now online, making the Default Folder X application take up less disk space.
Applications will no longer appear in the Recent Files list.
Folder sets are always sorted alphabetically.
Bug fixes:
Fixed a bug that could cause Default Folder X to hang during startup.
Fixed problems with Default Folder X not enhancing some file dialogs.
Corrected a problem with Default Folder X's controls popping up after a file dialog closed.
Fixed a bug that could cause the Save button to stop working when printing to PDF files, saving files in Word or saving attachments in Mail.
Fixed problems with tags and comments not being added to files from Save dialogs.
The Finder drawer now correctly appears on All My Files and search result windows.
Fixed a number of crashes, including ones in the recent file and folder menus, license code entry, building the utility menu, and the drag zone.
Corrected a bug that caused the path menu (above the file listing in file dialogs) to be incorrect on some occasions on non-English systems.
When importing v4 preferences, default folders aren't added if the application they're associated with can't be found.
If you have a file dialog open and Option-click to switch to another application, DFX no longer mistakenly thinks the dialog has closed.
Default Folder X's toolbar and icons were sometimes offset by 23 pixels when running in Full Screen mode. This has been fixed.
Default Folder X will no longer put its windows behind the Dock if it's at the bottom of your screen.
Names of items in the drag zone no longer get left on your screen when a file dialog closes.
Fixed Reveal in Finder in the Favorite folder preferences so it works correctly.
The contents of Default Folder X's preference tabs are no longer occasionally mis-aligned.
User interface glitches and misalignment of items have been fixed.
Fixed Default Folder X's SetSaveName AppleScript command so it works correctly.
DFX would sometime pop up an incorrect confirmation about importing your preferences after a software update was installed. This has been fixed.
Compatibility fixes:
Default Folder X now disables its keyboard shortcuts when Alfred 2 pops up its window.
Fixed a bug that resulted in Default Folder X's controls not hiding when they should while dragging a window in InDesign.
Fixed compatibility with Final Cut Pro's Share dialogs.
Default Folder X now works in TextMate 1.x.
DFX now works in Finder Get Info windows when retargeting aliases.
Fixed a conflict with MailPlane 3 that would cause it to always default to your Applications folder.
Fixed a conflict with Yoink.
Enabled Default Folder X in MKVToolNix, Spearfish III, Stingray and Infix.
Regardless of your preference settings, Default Folder X will no longer default to a document's parent folder in ProTools because it causes problems for plugins.
Updated to Sparkle 1.13 (even though Default Folder X wasn't susceptible to the recently reported Sparkle security issue).

New in Default Folder X 5.0.2 Beta 1 (Feb 29, 2016)

Feature enhancements:
Default Folder X 5.0.2 is faster.
Localized in Japanese, French, German and Danish.
Default Folder X now detects that a file dialog has closed even if an application performs a long operation afterwards.
Rebound (reselecting the last selected file in a folder) is turned on by default in column view. If you use the keyboard to navigate in file dialogs, you may want to turn this off. To do so, hold down the Option key while selecting Preferences from the Default Folder X menu in the menubar, then turn off "Re-select the last selected file in column view".
Save dialogs are no longer auto-expanded every time you use one. This is still done once, but after that, Default Folder X will leave it in whatever state you left it in.
There's now an "extra settings" preference dialog that allows you to fiddle with various details. Hold down the Option key while choosing Preferences to get to it.
When multiple items are selected in an Open dialog, Default Folder X's preview view will show a preview of the first item rather than turning off previews.
Alias files are now resolved when using Option-arrow keys to traverse recent folders.
There's now a dark background behind the name of a Finder window when you hover over it so that the name is more legible.
Changed Finder window tracking so that Default Folder X's list of windows is updated immediately if you quit the Finder or Path Finder.
The user guide is now online, making the Default Folder X application take up less disk space.
Applications will no longer appear in the Recent Files list.
Bug fixes:
Fixed a bug that could cause Default Folder X to hang during startup.
Corrected a problem with Default Folder X's controls popping up after a file dialog closed.
Fixed a bug that could cause the Save button to stop working when printing to PDF files, saving files in Word or saving attachments in Mail.
Fixed problems with tags and comments not being added to files from Save dialogs.
The Finder drawer now correctly appears on All My Files and search result windows.
Fixed a number of crashes, including ones in the recent file and folder menus, license code entry, building the utility menu, and the drag zone.
Corrected a bug that caused the path menu (above the file listing in file dialogs) to be incorrect on some occasions on non-English systems.
When importing v4 preferences, default folders aren't added if the application they're associated with can't be found.
If you have a file dialog open and Option-click to switch to another application, DFX no longer mistakenly thinks the dialog has closed.
Default Folder X will no longer put its windows behind the Dock if it's at the bottom of your screen.
Names of items in the drag zone no longer get left on your screen when a file dialog closes.
Fixed Reveal in Finder in the Favorite folder preferences so it works correctly.
The contents of Default Folder X's preference tabs are no longer occasionally mis-aligned.
User interface glitches and misalignment of items have been fixed.
Fixed Default Folder X's SetSaveName AppleScript command so it works correctly.
DFX would sometime pop up an incorrect confirmation about importing your preferences after a software update was installed. This has been fixed.
Compatibility fixes:
Default Folder X now disables its keyboard shortcuts when Alfred 2 pops up its window.
Fixed a bug that resulted in Default Folder X's controls not hiding when they should while dragging a window in InDesign.
Fixed compatibility with Final Cut Pro's Share dialogs.
Default Folder X now works in TextMate 1.x.
DFX now works in Finder Get Info windows when retargeting aliases.
Fixed a conflict with MailPlane 3 that would cause it to always default to your Applications folder.
Fixed a conflict with Yoink.
Enabled Default Folder X in MKVToolNix, Spearfish III, Stingray and Infix.
Regardless of your preference settings, Default Folder X will no longer default to a document's parent folder in ProTools because it causes problems for plugins.
Updated to Sparkle 1.13 (even though Default Folder X wasn't susceptible to the recently reported Sparkle security issue).

New in Default Folder X 5.0.1 (Jan 15, 2016)

New in Default Folder X 5.0 (Jan 11, 2016)

New in Default Folder X 5.0 Beta 19 (Jan 10, 2016)

New in Default Folder X 5.0 Beta 18 (Jan 7, 2016)

New in Default Folder X 5.0 Beta 17 (Jan 5, 2016)

New in Default Folder X 5.0 Beta 16 (Jan 2, 2016)

New in Default Folder X 5.0 Beta 15 (Dec 29, 2015)

New in Default Folder X 5.0 Beta 14 (Dec 26, 2015)

License checking is now working. If you imported your v4 preferences and have a v4 license, you should get a prompt to validate it and to check whether your upgrade is free or not (if you purchased your license after June 1, 2015, the upgrade is free - otherwise it's $14.95 USD).
Fixed several crashes in threading, delayed actions and the recent folder menu.
Tags were not correctly set when saving a file.
Tags are now correctly copied when you click on a file in a Save dialog to copy its name.
The New Folder command now opens the new folder after it is created.
Aliases to folders were not being properly resolved when building hierarchical menus. This has been fixed.
Fixed Finder-click so you can click on the Desktop on multiple-monitor configurations when Mission Control is maintaining separate spaces for each monitor.
I cannot fix problems with Adobe Photoshop's "Export As" dialog because Default Folder X's absence there is due to a bug in Photoshop. I've posted a bug report in Adobe's forums (which seems the only way to report a bug). I'd encourage everyone to do likewise so Adobe sees it as a problem that needs to be fixed. You can "me too" my post here: http://feedback.photoshop.com/photoshop_family/topics/mac-photoshop-file-export-as-doesnt-support-accessibility-and-default-folder-x-5
Affinity Designer and Affinity Photo sometimes bring up a file dialog behind their main window. Default Folder X makes sure that this window comes to the front.
Added a way to make old Carbon applications switch folders faster, even though it causes their file dialogs to flicker. You can turn it on using this command in Terminal: defaults write com.stclairsoft.DefaultFolderX5 fasterFolderSwitching -bool true
Finder click now works in Adobe Illustrator's Save for Web dialog.
Fixed a graphics bug that could draw the minimal toolbar incorrectly when switching it to or from the left side of the file dialog.
VoiceOver now works correctly in the General tab of the preferences.
Fixed errors in counting how many times Default Folder X has helped you (the number displayed in the General prefs).
Removed the Create Aliases preference until version 5.1.

New in Default Folder X 5.0 Beta 13 (Dec 18, 2015)

New in Default Folder X 5.0 Beta 12 (Dec 10, 2015)

New in Default Folder X 5.0 Beta 11 (Dec 4, 2015)

New in Default Folder X 5.0 Beta 10 (Nov 30, 2015)

New in Default Folder X 5.0 Beta 9 (Nov 28, 2015)

New in Default Folder X 5.0 Beta 8 (Nov 28, 2015)

New in Default Folder X 5.0 Beta 7 (Nov 24, 2015)

New in Default Folder X 5.0 Beta 6 (Nov 23, 2015)

New in Default Folder X 5.0 Beta 5 (Nov 19, 2015)

New in Default Folder X 5.0 Beta 4 (Nov 18, 2015)

New in Default Folder X 5.0 Beta 3 (Nov 10, 2015)

New in Default Folder X 5.0 Beta 1 (Nov 5, 2015)

New in Default Folder X 4.7.4 (Sep 22, 2015)

New in Default Folder X 4.7.3 (Jul 22, 2015)

New in Default Folder X 4.7.2 (Jun 18, 2015)

New in Default Folder X 4.7.1 (Apr 29, 2015)

New in Default Folder X 4.7 (Apr 7, 2015)

New in Default Folder X 4.6.14 (Feb 25, 2015)

New in Default Folder X 4.6.13 (Jan 7, 2015)

New in Default Folder X 4.6.12 (Dec 12, 2014)

New in Default Folder X 4.6.12 Beta 1 (Dec 5, 2014)

New in Default Folder X 4.6.11 (Oct 28, 2014)

New in Default Folder X 4.6.10 (Oct 15, 2014)

New in Default Folder X 4.6.9 (Oct 3, 2014)

New in Default Folder X 4.6.9 Beta 2 (Sep 27, 2014)

New in Default Folder X 4.6.9 Beta 1 (Sep 26, 2014)

New in Default Folder X 4.6.8 (Jul 28, 2014)

New in Default Folder X 4.6.7 (Jul 28, 2014)

New in Default Folder X 4.6.6 (Jun 27, 2014)

New in Default Folder X 4.6.5 (Apr 29, 2014)

New in Default Folder X 4.6.4 (Mar 13, 2014)

New in Default Folder X 4.6.2 (Jan 7, 2014)

New in Default Folder X 4.6.1 (Nov 22, 2013)

New in Default Folder X 4.6 (Nov 18, 2013)

New in Default Folder X 4.6 Beta 3 (Nov 16, 2013)

New in Default Folder X 4.6 Beta 2 (Nov 13, 2013)

New in Default Folder X 4.6 Beta 1 (Nov 9, 2013)

New in Default Folder X 4.5.12 (Oct 10, 2013)

New in Default Folder X 4.5.11 (Sep 24, 2013)

New in Default Folder X 4.5.10 (Jul 25, 2013)

New in Default Folder X 4.5.9 (Jun 20, 2013)

New in Default Folder X 4.5.8 (Mar 13, 2013)

New in Default Folder X 4.5.7 (Mar 9, 2013)

New in Default Folder X 4.5.5 (Mar 7, 2013)

New in Default Folder X 4.5.4 (Dec 22, 2012)

New in Default Folder X 4.5.3 (Nov 29, 2012)

New in Default Folder X 4.5.2 (Nov 21, 2012)

New in Default Folder X 4.5.1 (Nov 20, 2012)

New in Default Folder X 4.5 (Oct 29, 2012)

New in Default Folder X 4.5 Beta 1 (Aug 25, 2012)

New in Default Folder X 4.4.12 (Apr 25, 2012)

New in Default Folder X 4.4.11 (Apr 24, 2012)

New in Default Folder X 4.4.10 (Apr 13, 2012)

New in Default Folder X 4.4.9 (Feb 17, 2012)

New in Default Folder X 4.4.8 (Jan 16, 2012)

New in Default Folder X 4.4.7 (Nov 9, 2011)

New in Default Folder X 4.4.6 (Oct 7, 2011)

New in Default Folder X 4.4.5 (Sep 23, 2011)

New in Default Folder X 4.4.4 (Aug 26, 2011)

New in Default Folder X 4.4.3 (Jul 22, 2011)

New in Default Folder X 4.4.2 (Jul 18, 2011)

New in Default Folder X 4.4.1 (Jun 20, 2011)

New in Default Folder X 4.4 (Jun 16, 2011)

Enhancements
Favorites are now displayed in Default Folder X's menus even if they're on unmounted drives. Default Folder X will attempt to mount the drive if you select one of those Favorites.
Default Folder X will now preload recent and favorite folder data in the background to minimize delays when you click on a Default Folder X menu or bring up a file dialog.
We added a 3 finger swipe gesture: Swipe left or up to go up a folder level in the hierarchy (the same as typing command-up-arrow).
Cmd-F now moves the keyboard focus to the spotlight search field.
Added support for file dialogs used by Flash, JavaScript or plugins in Firefox 4.
Added support for Chromium, Brother ControlCenter, Shimo and Neu.
Added a new AppleScript command "SetSaveName" to Default Folder X's scripting dictionary. A file dialog must be active and _frontmost_ for this command to work.
Default Folder X no longer responds to hotkeys in applications that are listed in the exclusion list in your DFX preferences.
The option to "Choose the Desktop for all other clicks outside a file dialog" is no longer turned on by default.
This release is compatible with the latest developer preview of Mac OS 10.7 Lion. Note that to accomplish this, Default Folder X now needs to ask you for your administrator password the first time it runs. Please see the notes below for known issues with Lion.
Fixes
Corrected a compatibility problem with Quark XPress.
Fixed a bug that could cause a file dialog's height to be set to zero.
Corrected a bug that could cause the Default Folder X bezel to come up on top of dialogs that are put up by Save As dialogs.
Fixed the positioning of the toolbar when it falls offscreen.
Fixed a bug which would cause RealBasic to display incorrect colors in some of its windows.
Corrected a bug that caused Default Folder X to mis-identify some applications, including the scanner application Doxie.
Fixed a bug in menu previews that could cause the large preview size to be smaller than it should be.
Eliminated many Console messages about dropped DO connections.

New in Default Folder X 4.3.10 (Sep 10, 2010)

New in Default Folder X 4.3.9 (Jun 25, 2010)

New in Default Folder X 4.3.8 (Jun 23, 2010)

New in Default Folder X 4.3.7 (Apr 22, 2010)

New in Default Folder X 4.3.6 (Mar 5, 2010)

Fixed the handling of recently used folders in Carbon applications such as Photoshop, InDesign, Word, Excel and Firefox.
Default Folder X works in Google Chrome when attaching files in Gmail, uploading videos to YouTube and other situations in which Ajax or Flash code brings up a file dialog.
Default Folder X now uses Sparkle to check for and install updates automatically.
Clicking in column headers in the preference pane sorts the list correctly.
You can drag any file or folder onto the Default Folder X icon in the Dock to Get Info on it.
A new 'Tell a Friend' button in the preference pane creates an email for you in your default mail program so you can tell a friend how great Default Folder X is :)
Added a new option to set a minimum default size for the sidebar in all file dialogs. Run Terminal and execute this command:
defaults write com.stclairsoft.DefaultFolderX minimumSize.sidebarWidth 180
Worked around a bug that caused a white "ghost" of Default Folder X's toolbar window to appear at seemingly random times.
Remembering column sizes and the size of the sidebar was broken in Snow Leopard. It is now fixed.
After creating a new folder, the file dialog didn't always switch to show that folder as it should have. This has been fixed.
Corrected a problem that could cause Default Folder X to get its state confused, thinking a file dialog was still open when it wasn't. This contributed to problems with rebound and Default Folder X windows showing up at random times.
The option to Open and Save to the same folder was getting confused in Carbon applications, causing them to start in the wrong folder. This has been fixed.
The Get Info command now works much more smoothly in Leopard and Snow Leopard.
Fixed a compatibility problem with PhotoMechanic.
Fixed the GetInfo command when running on Tiger.
Fixed a bug that caused the Dock menu not to appear when running on Tiger.
Changed the sort order for files and folders in the path menu of Open and Save As dialogs so it's consistent with the Finder's sorting.
Default Folder X will no longer query the size of disk drives unless "Show disk space" is turned on in the preferences. This helps keep sleeping drives from spinning up.
Added a defaults setting to print progress messages to the Console during the OpenMeta upgrade process. In order to turn them on, open Terminal and type this command:
defaults write NSGlobalDomain OMUpgradeDebugLevel 1
To turn the progress messages back off, execute this command in Terminal:
defaults delete NSGlobalDomain OMUpgradeDebugLevel
Fixed a bug so the "Show hidden Finder windows" setting works again.

New in Default Folder X 4.3.5 (Dec 2, 2009)

New in Default Folder X 4.3.4 (Dec 1, 2009)

New in Default Folder X 4.3.3 (Nov 7, 2009)

New in Default Folder X 4.3.2 (Oct 29, 2009)

New in Default Folder X 4.3.1 (Sep 14, 2009)

New in Default Folder X 4.3 (Aug 17, 2009)

Full support for Snow Leopard, including running in 64 bit applications and support for garbage-collected memory management.
Corrected a problem on Snow Leopard that could cause Default Folder X's hierarchical path menu to freeze or crash.
Fixed a bug which could cause DFPreviewServer to consume excessive amounts of CPU time and memory. This occurred when previewing very large files that Mac OS X incorrectly identifies as text files.
You can list items in hierarchical menus chronologically rather than alphabetically by holding down the Control key.
Corrected a problem in the "Make Save dialogs automatically default to the current document's folder" setting that would cause Default Folder X to default to the top level of your hard disk or your home folder in certain applications (including Address Book).
Save As sheets are now automatically resized to fit the screen when you switch from a large display to a smaller one.
You can globally set a minimum file dialog size and column width. Use these commands in terminal to set the values:
defaults write com.stclairsoft.DefaultFolderX minimumSize.width 800
defaults write com.stclairsoft.DefaultFolderX minimumSize.height 600
defaults write com.stclairsoft.DefaultFolderX minimumSize.columnWidth 250
Change the numbers at the end of the commands to the sizes you want to use (in pixels).
There is now a way to override the time before menu previews zoom to full size. In Terminal, use this command to change the value (the default value is 1.5 seconds): defaults write com.stclairsoft.DefaultFolderX menuZoomDelay 1.5
Change the "1.5" in the line above to the number of seconds you want for the delay. Note that you need to turn Default Folder X off and back on again for this change to take effect.
Eliminated a problem that could cause custom controls in Save dialogs to get scrambled (this affected Graphic Converter as well as other applications).
Default Folder X's "New Folder" command would not work in some applications when creating a folder inside a folder that was reached by double-clicking on an alias. This has been fixed.

New in Default Folder X 4.2.1 (Jul 7, 2009)

Default Folder X now gives you file previews in its menus. As you mouse through Default Folder X's hierarchical menus from the menu bar, you'll see a preview of each file. Hover there for a couple of seconds and the preview will enlarge for a better view.
In Open and Save As dialogs, Default Folder X now puts a "Computer" item at the top of the folder hierarchy in the path menu.
New Spotlight tags were sometimes not written out to OpenMeta's shared recent tag list. This has been fixed.
Spotlight tag completion now ignores differences in diacritical marks.
You can now use Path Finder as a helper application for the Get Info command.
Support has been added for Fluid site-specific browsers when they're running as menu extras.
Previews now correctly follow aliases so that a preview of the original file is shown when you select an alias in an Open dialog.
When two folders with the same name are in a menu, the menu items for them will now include the name of the parent folders that uniquely identify those folders (Default Folder X used to just show their immediate parent folders, but sometimes those had the same names too).
Fixed an AppleScript problem that would cause Preview to print a PDF file over and over again if you selected the file in the Finder and chose Print from the File menu.
Changed the rebound feature so that filenames with a ':' character are recognized correctly in Cocoa applications.
Corrected a problem that would result in Default Folder X not loading in multiple running applications that had the same creator signature (when running both Photoshop CS3 and CS4 at the same time, for instance).
Default Folder X was saving empty Finder comments, resulting in Spotlight attaching empty com.apple.metadata:kMDItemFinderComment attributes to some files. This has been fixed.
Fixed compatibility problems with python-based applications that use appscript.
Added support for 64-bit PowerPC applications to the scripting addition.
Corrected inconsistent rebound behavior on network server drives.
Updated to the most recent OpenMeta sources.
Fixed the Extras/DFX script so it doesn't show a busy cursor when it pops up the Default Folder X menu.

New in Default Folder X 4.2 (Apr 3, 2009)

New in Default Folder X 4.1.1 (Jan 23, 2009)

New in Default Folder X 4.1 (Nov 25, 2008)

New in Default Folder X 4.0.8 (Aug 11, 2008)

New in Default Folder X 4.0.7 (Jul 22, 2008)

New in Default Folder X 4.0.6 (Jun 5, 2008)

New in Default Folder X 4.0.5 (Apr 24, 2008)

New in Default Folder X 4.0.4 (Apr 18, 2008)

New in Default Folder X 4.0.3 (Mar 28, 2008)

New in Default Folder X 4.0.2 (Feb 23, 2008)

New in Default Folder X 4.0.1 (Feb 11, 2008)

Added an option to display the toolbar as a gray sidebar for those users that don't like the HUD look. You can turn this on in the "Options" tab of the preferences.
The preview generator has been rewritten, greatly improving performance and reliability, especially on Mac OS 10.4. Previews are also now created for many types of text files that weren't supported before on Leopard, and text, html, and rtf files now have previews under Tiger.
Fixed a problem with the path menu in Open and Save dialogs - in some cases, the hierarchical menus would not work. This has been fixed.
Copy and Paste now work in Default Folder X's Spotlight keyword windows.
Provided an option to turn off graphical UI effects like windows fading in and out, animated window resizing, and menus swooshing around.
If you drag the preview window smaller, it will stay that size when another preview is displayed. To return the behavior to the default "automatic resizing" mode, resize the preview window so its lower edge is at the bottom of your screen.
Greatly reduced the transparency of HUD menus when running on Tiger to increase readability.
Reduced the transparency of all HUD windows slightly.
Tooltips now work correctly in the Default Folder X toolbar.
The info panel now correctly shows the size of application packages and other packaged files.
Fixed a problem with Default Folder X's hotkeys and system menu not working when Mail.app was set as a login item.
Fixed a bug in which dragging a file onto Mail.app in the Dock would create two messages instead of one.
The New Folder command now works with Japanese, accented, and other special characters in old Carbon applications.
The rebound feature will no longer activate if you select a file before Default Folder X rebounds to the last file you selected.
Rebound now correctly activates the selected file so that keyboard navigation works without requiring a click in the Open dialog.
Eliminated repeated warnings that say "You downloaded this application from the Internet. Are you sure you want to run it?"
Eliminated Console warnings when Default Folder X enhances 64-bit applications.
Enabled Default Folder X inside of Apple's Help Viewer.
Default Folder X was mistakenly moving the keyboard focus away from the filename field in Save As dialogs when the dialogs were in column view.
Hierarchical menus will no longer show huge icons when a custom icon for a file or folder is large.
The "Make Save dialogs automatically default to the current document's folder" feature now works correctly with Photoshop.
Default Folder X now only shows Finder or Path Finder windows when the Finder or Path Finder isn't hidden.
Enhanced Default Folder X's "ShowMenu" AppleScript command to allow showing just one of its submenus (like recent folders).
Added AppleScript commands to temporarily disable and reenable Default Folder X.
Fixed menu fonts so that menus are always the right size when you turn on the "small menu fonts" option in the expert settings dialog.
Fixed support for very old Carbon applications like FileMaker Pro 5.
Updated the DFX AppleScript in the Extras folder to be a universal binary.

New in Default Folder X 4.0.1 Beta 3 (Feb 8, 2008)

New in Default Folder X 4.0.1 Beta 1 (Jan 28, 2008)

Added an option to display the toolbar as a gray sidebar for those users that don't like the HUD look. You can turn this on in the "Options" tab of the preference settings.
The preview generator has been rewritten, greatly improving performance and reliability, especially on Mac OS 10.4. Previews are also now created for many types of text files that weren't supported before on Leopard, and text, html, and rtf files have previews under Tiger.
Fixed a problem with the path menu in Open and Save dialogs - in some cases, the hierarchical menus would not work. This has been fixed.
Provided an option to turn off graphical UI effects like windows fading in and out, animated window resizing, and menus swooshing around.
If you drag the preview window smaller, it will stay that size when another preview is displayed. To return the behavior to the default "automatically resizing" mode, drag the bottom of the preview window all the way to the bottom of the screen.
Reduced the transparency of all HUD windows slightly.
Greatly reduced the transparency of HUD menus when running on Tiger to increase readability.
Hierarchical menus will no longer show huge icons when an actual custom icon is large.
Copy and Paste now work in Default Folder X's Spotlight keyword windows.
The New Folder command now works with Japanese, accented, and other special characters in old Carbon applications.
The rebound feature will no longer activate if you select a file before Default Folder X rebounds to the last file you selected.
The "Make Save dialogs automatically default to the current document's folder" feature now works correctly with Photoshop.
Rebound now correctly activates the selected file so that keyboard navigation works without requiring a click in the Open dialog.
Eliminated repeated warnings about opening Default Folder X because it was downloaded from the Internet.
Only show Finder and Path Finder windows when the Finder or Path Finder isn't hidden.
Added AppleScript commands to temporarily disable and reenable Default Folder X.
Enhanced Default Folder X's "ShowMenu" AppleScript command so you can show just one of its submenus (like recent folders).
Fixed the menu fonts so that menus are always the right size when you turn on the "small menu fonts" option in the expert settings dialog.
Fixed a problem with the Default Folder X menu in the menu bar occasionally not responding.
Fixed support for very old Carbon applications like FileMaker Pro 5.
Updated the DFX application in the Extras folder to be a universal binary.

New in Default Folder X 4.0 (Dec 13, 2007)

New features:
Full compatibility with Leopard, including support for 64-bit applications like Xcode.
A slick, HUD-style user interface for the toolbar, preview, and Spotlight windows that enhance Open and Save dialogs.
A new preview window that floats below every Open dialog. Default Folder X uses QuickLook to generate preview images, displays file information such as size, kind, and creation and modification dates, and allows you to see and change Finder labels, permissions, and other attributes.
Full-screen previews of files by clicking on an icon in the preview window.
The ability to set the Finder label color for a file while you're in a file dialog.
A new "Reveal in Finder" command that allows you to locate the selected item in a file dialog using the Finder.
Saving and restoring the previous position of Open and Save dialogs - a feature that Apple removed in Leopard.
Up and down arrow keys in the Spotlight comment window will go through recently used keywords once you are in auto-completion mode.
Support for TagBot.
Compatibility fixes:
Many under-the-hood changes have been made to work more smoothly and efficiently with Leopard.
Corrected the horizontal positioning of columns in column view in Carbon applications.
The "New Folder" command now handles Japanese and other non-Roman folder names correctly.
Error messages are no longer written to the console when you are running Path Finder and Default Folder X together.
Fixed crashes in GraphicConverter under Leopard.
Fixed a problem that would cause YummyFTP to crash if you clicked on the "Where:" menu in Save As dialogs.
Fixed a bug that would cause Default Folder X to float on top of of some QuickTime export settings dialogs. This affects Amadeus Pro, Fission, and any other Cocoa-based application that uses QuickTime exporters within its Save As dialog.
Hotkeys for favorites and option-arrow keys now work when you are typing into the Spotlight keyword window.
The Get Info window can no longer come up with its title bar hidden behind the menu bar.
If the Default Folder X toolbar is off the right side of the screen, it will now be put on the left side of the file dialog instead.
Turning on "Create aliases" in the Advanced settings will initially cause Default Folder X to merge any existing aliases with its preferences, ensuring that you don't lose any Favorites you've already set up.
The control-up/down arrow shortcut for switching between Finder windows conflicts with the standard hotkeys for Spaces in Leopard. Default Folder X now uses option-shift-up/down arrow instead.
Fixed a bug that resulted in Spotlight comments not being saved when you replace an existing file using a Save As dialog in a Carbon application under Leopard.
Changed the Spotlight recent comment menu to remember the same number of items that the recent folder menu does. It previously just remembered the 10 most recently saved comments.
Mail.app no longer creates two messages instead of one when a file is dragged onto its icon in the Dock.
Modified the startup and patching procedures so that they don't bog down the system when other applications don't respond immediately or when Default Folder X doesn't have permission to talk to them (such as backup or utility programs that run with root privileges).
When running on a non-English system or displaying items on a file server, Default Folder X now sorts its hierarchical menus alphabetically rather than relying on the system to return items in the right order (which it didn't for localized application and folder names, and for files and folders on Windows NT / XP file servers).
The installer no longer asks for your administrator password to delete old copies of Default Folder X when you install for all users.
Keyboard handling and autocompletion are automatically disabled in the Spotlight comment window if Japanese is the current language. This avoids problems with the Kotoeri input method.
Renaming the active folder set in the preference pane now works correctly.