# Default Folder X 6.2.8 — Version 6.2.8 - Product: Default Folder X (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/default-folder-x) - Vendor: St. Clair Software - Date: 2026-05-18 - Version: 6.2.8 - Original notes: https://www.stclairsoft.com/DefaultFolderX/release_notes6.html - Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/default-folder-x/releases/6.2.8 - Labels: Platforms: macOS What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog. Reuse: the summaries, labels and curation here are © What's New. Quote freely with attribution and a link back; wholesale republication of the corpus is not permitted — terms: https://whatsnew.fyi/terms. The vendors' own release notes remain their publishers'. --- - **changed** — The Finder-click feature works with Path Finder 26 - **changed** — Finder-click distinguishes between panes in Bloom windows when Bloom's Precise Location Detection setting is enabled - **fixed** — 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** — Fixed a problem with Default Folder X getting confused if a file dialog is opened and then dismissed very quickly - **fixed** — Resolved an issue with recent items not including files and folders located in OneDrive for Business folders - **fixed** — In Save dialogs, you sometimes had to double-click on folders twice to open them - **fixed** — Rebound correctly remembers the last selected file in column view - **fixed** — Fixed a crash when opening items in the Finder drawer - **fixed** — Eliminated an intermittent crash when building hierarchical menus for folders containing lots of items - **fixed** — Fixed a crash that occurs when one of Default Folder X's helper apps can't be accessed within its application bundle - **changed** — The Calibre eBook app is included in Default Folder X's exclusion list because it doesn't correctly support the macOS Accessibility API - **changed** — Playable audio and video previews in Open dialogs are disabled by default because the macOS AVPlayer crashes frequently in macOS 26.4 and higher - **added** — Added a preference to always start with the filename in Save dialogs unselected - **added** — Added a Default Folder X: Alias command in Finder contextual menus - **changed** — The contents of all menus in the Actions pane below Save dialogs are sorted alphabetically - **fixed** — Corrected problems with keyboard focus and text selection in the filename edit field in Save dialogs - **fixed** — Save As dialogs will not lose keystrokes when you start typing a filename before Default Folder X's controls are added - **added** — You can reveal files and folders in Bloom with Bloom version 1.5.19 or higher - **added** — Added a default keyboard shortcut in file dialogs so Command-, opens Default Folder X's settings Default Folder X 6.1.3 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 YES Version 6.2.7: - Added a "Default Folder X: Alias" command in Finder contextual menus. - The contents of all menus in the Actions pane below Save dialogs are sorted alphabetically. - Corrected problems with keyboard focus and text selection in the filename edit field in Save dialogs. - Save As dialogs will not lose keystrokes when you start typing a filename before Default Folder X's controls are added. - Fixed problems with folders failing to open in the Finder on some systems (again). - Resolved compatibility issues with the aText text expansion utility. Version 6.2.6: - When copying or moving multiple items, the alert that notifies you about duplicates includes a Skip button as well as Replace, Keep Both and Stop. - Fixed a bug that prevented Default Folder X from opening a folder in Finder or Terminal if its name included double quotation marks. - Eliminated a crash that could occur when updating the contents of menus containing recently used items. - Reduced the frequency of a visual glitch when switching to an empty folder in Open and Save dialogs. - Fixed a bug that could leave a non-responsive file dialog on screen. - Improved performance in Open and Save dialogs. - Added support for the Legacy Arduino IDE app. - Fixed crashes in several rare situations. Version 6.2.5: - You can reveal files and folders in Bloom (requires Bloom version 1.5.19 or higher). - Added a default keyboard shortcut in file dialogs so Command-, opens Default Folder X's settings. - Worked around a bug / feature in macOS 26 that prevented Default Folder X from opening the Applications folder. - Eliminated a crash that could occur when handling a Microsoft Word document on OneDrive when Word isn't installed. - Enabled the OK button when activating a license even if you don't enter your name because Tahoe's severe lack of contrast makes it hard to see the box for your name. - Resolved a problem with the preview player for audio and video items failing to close a file after displaying it. - Fixed a bug that could display the path of the current selection in file dialogs when it wasn't supposed to. - Resolved an intermittent crash when switching to a new folder in an Open or Save dialog. - Eliminated redundant error messages when there's a problem with iCloud. - F _[Truncated at 4000 characters — full notes: https://www.stclairsoft.com/DefaultFolderX/release_notes6.html]_