Default Folder X

Licence: Shareware ($34.95)
Version 4.0.4 | Release Date: 2008-04-17 | Download
  • Fixed a bug that could cause crashes in FileBuddy and other Carbon applications when "Make Save dialogs automatically default to the current document's folder" was turned on.
  • Fixed a bug that could cause incorrect application behavior when a Save As dialog was cancelled with the filename edit box empty.
  • Got rid of Leopard's "You've downloaded this application from the Internet" warning by clearing the quarantine attributes when Default Folder X is installed.
  • Corrected a problem that could cause Default Folder X to crash or enter text incorrectly when accented characters were typed in the Spotlight comment box.
  • Added a setting to make the "Make Save dialogs automatically default to the current document's folder" feature also work for Print to PDF and Export dialogs. Option-click on the Settings button, and turn on the "ExportAndPrintToDocumentFolder" checkbox.
  • The Finder label and "remember for next time" controls in the Spotlight dialog no longer overlap when a Save As dialog is very small.
  • The "Change folder set" menu now displays your folder sets as it should.
Version 4.0.3 | Release Date: 2008-03-28 | Download
  • Found and fixed a lurking memory corruption problem that affected many Carbon applications, including Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, Quark Xpress, Filemaker, Firefox, and iTunes.
  • Added contextual menus to Open and Save dialogs. This allows you to control-click on a file or folder to rename, trash, or compress it in Save dialogs as well as Open dialogs.
  • Corrected a bug that could cause Default Folder X to use CPU time while it was sitting idle in the background.
  • Finder labels now show the names you have set in your Finder preferences, not just the default color names.
  • Default Folder X now remembers both the position and size of Open and Save dialogs because Leopard doesn't always do so reliably.
  • Hierarchical menus now show the names of aliases, rather than the names of the files or folders to which the aliases refer.
  • In order to change the sort order of the Recent Folders menu, you must now hold down the Control key instead of the Option key.
  • Fixed the "hold down the option key while choosing Open to display all files" feature so it works correctly in Cocoa applications.
  • Caps-lock prevented click-to-copy-a-filename from working in Save dialogs. This has been fixed.
  • The appearance of a button in the Spotlight comment dialog was incorrect in the German version.
  • Fixed a keyboard focus problem in Aperture 2 export dialogs.
  • Added support for MarcoPolo.
Version 4.0.2 | Release Date: 2008-02-21 | Download

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<LI>Default Folder X now works correctly in Word 2008, Fetch, and other Carbon applications that display sheets on windows that have toolbars.
</LI><LI>Fixed a problem with the preview window disappearing in Carbon applications running under Mac OS 10.4.
</LI><LI>After renaming a folder, the new folder is now always correctly selected.
</LI><LI>Corrected selection and window activation problems.
</LI><LI>Added a hidden setting to make Finder-click show Finder windows even when the Finder is hidden. Option-click on the Settings button to turn it on.
</LI><LI>The hierarchical menu in the menu bar now shows the icon of the original file when it displays an alias.
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Version 4.0.1 | Release Date: 2008-02-11 | Download
  • 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 application in the Extras folder to be a universal binary.
Version 4.0.1b2 | Release Date: 2008-02-05 | Download
  • 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 info panel now correctly shows the size of application packages and other packaged files.
  • The preview server now releases images after sending them to Default Folder X. On some machines, its failure to do so would eventually cause previews to fail.
  • If the preview server fails (usually because a file's data is corrupt), it now just prints a message to the Console and shows the icon for the file rather than crashing.
  • 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.
  • Updated French and German localizations.
Version 4.0.1b1 | Release Date: 2008-01-29 | Download
  • 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. Additional preview types have also been added in Leopard and Tiger.
  • Fixed a problem with the path menu in Open and Save dialogs - in some cases, the hierarchical menus would not work.
  • Provided an option to turn off graphical 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 asking for confirmation before running 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 to allow showing just one of its submenus (like recent folders).
  • 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 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.
Version 4.0 | Release Date: 2007-12-12 | Download
  • Full compatibility with Leopard, including support for 64-bit applications such as Xcode.
  • A smooth, HUD-style user interface.
  • A new preview window that floats below all Open dialogs. The window uses QuickLook to generate preview images, displays file information such as size, creation and modification dates, and allows you to see and change Finder labels, Spotlight comments, file permissions, and other attributes.
  • Full-screen previews by clicking on an image in the preview window.
  • The ability to set the Finder label color along with Spotlight comments in the Save As dialog.
  • A new "Reveal in Finder" command that allows you to locate the selected item in a file dialog using the Finder.
  • Numerous compatibility fixes.
Version 3.0.6 | Release Date: 2007-07-09 | Download
  • Fixed crashes that could occur during the entry of Spotlight keywords.
  • Default Folder X is compatible with the latest Mac OS 10.5 Leopard seed.
  • Spotlight keyword completion now preserves the case of the letters you type, rather than making the case match that of the last matching keyword you entered.
  • Worked around a bug which would disable Japanese Kotoeri input in the Spotlight keyword dialog.
  • Corrected a problem that caused some messages to display in English instead of Japanese on Japanese systems.
  • A conflict with Menufela has been resolved. Default Folder X's toolbar and Spotlight keyword window now display correctly even when Menufela is hiding the menu bar.
Version 3.0.5 | Release Date: 2007-06-25 | Download
  • Adds auto-completion of Spotlight keywords. If you've already entered a Spotlight keyword while saving a file, Default Folder X will automatically suggest it the next time you begin typing it.
  • Spotlight keywords now auto-complete as you type.
  • Default Folder X is compatible with the latest Mac OS 10.5 Leopard seed.
  • Modal dialogs and alerts displayed by Default Folder X could interfere with the password prompt when waking a computer from sleep. This has been fixed.
  • Rebound behavior is now more consistent between Cocoa and Carbon applications.
  • Corrected a problem with iDVD 6 not being able to find its theme templates.
  • A hidden option is available to disable the "Are you sure you want to quit?" warning when quitting Default Folder X. Command-option-click on the Settings button to access this option.
  • Spotlight comments are now read and written correctly for files on server disks that have the same name as a local disk.
  • Filenames longer than 255 characters in a Save As dialog could cause Default Folder X to crash. This has been fixed.
  • The Finder no longer crashes when using the Move Items X contextual menu plugin and have Default Folder X installed.
  • Default Folder X now ignores the Caps Lock key when looking for the option-arrow-up/down key combination.
  • Added a hidden option to disable the gradual fade in/out of the spotlight comment window and Default Folder X toolbar. Command-option-click on the Settings button to access this option.
  • Fixed a problem that could result in Default Folder X not working with some language systems, including Hebrew.
  • Fixed a rare crash that could occur when using the Default Folder X Get Info window in Cocoa applications.
  • Fixed a problem that could increase processor load when Default Folder X had been running a long time.
Version 3.0 | Release Date: not specified | Download
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