The default Open and Save dialogs included by default in macOS don’t have too many customization options. Default Folder X is a small utility that can help you personalize the entire experience by adding new locations, Spotlight tags, comments, and many more options.

Access favorite folders from the status bar and create your own folders lists
The Default Folder X status bar menu offers you the possibility to navigate to your default, favorite, and recent folders. At the same time, the menu also allows you to view all opened Finder windows and bring any of them forward.

The Default Folder X preferences can be adjusted via a Preferences Pane that will be added to your Systems Preferences. Here you can add specific directories to be used by default with certain applications. Furthermore, you can create your own Favorite Folders list.

Open and Save toolbar
If Default Folder X is running, each time you want to save or open a file in an macOS native  utility, the application will add a toolbar that provides all these options in a more easily accessible manner.

To navigate between the different menus, simply put your mouse on top of them. However, you can also make use of the keyboard shortcuts assigned by default to frequently used functions.

Integrated Spotlight and QuickLook options
To make sure that you can always find your files as fast as possible, Default Folder X enables you to add Spotlight keywords, tags, comments, or labels within the Save dialog.

On the other hand, when you are opening files, Default Folder X allows you to preview the documents in a thumbnail and even zoom to full size.

Intuitive solution for customizing the default Save and Open dialog
Default Folder X is proposing simple solutions for personalizing your experience when opening or saving files. The app is focused on efficiency and will certainly improve your workflow.

What's New:

Version 6.2.8:

• The Finder-click feature works with Path Finder 26.
• Finder-click distinguishes between panes in Bloom windows when Bloom's "Precise Location Detection" setting is enabled.
• Worked around a bug in macOS Tahoe where file dialogs in column view don't scroll to the right to show the current folder.
• Fixed a problem with Default Folder X getting confused if a file dialog is opened and then dismissed very quickly.
• Resolved an issue with recent items not including files and folders located in OneDrive for Business folders.
• In Save dialogs, you sometimes had to double-click on folders twice to open them. This has been fixed.
• Rebound correctly remembers the last selected file in column view.
• Fixed a crash when opening items in the Finder drawer.
• Eliminated an intermittent crash when building hierarchical menus for folders containing lots of items.
• Fixed a crash that occurs when one of Default Folder X's helper apps can't be accessed within its application bundle.
• The Calibre eBook app is included in Default Folder X's exclusion list because it doesn't correctly support the macOS Accessibility API and may crash (this is a bug in Calibre).
• Playable audio and video previews in Open dialogs are disabled by default because the macOS AVPlayer crashes frequently in macOS 26.4 and higher. To turn them back on, hold down the Option key while choosing Settings from Default Folder X's menu, then turn on the "Show playable audio and video previews" checkbox.
• Added a preference to always start with the filename in Save dialogs unselected. Use this command in Terminal:
  

  defaults write com.stclairsoft.DefaultFolderX5 saveNameStartsUnselected -bool NO

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