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Product Description:
Recently rated 5 mice by MacUser UK and 4.5 mice by Macworld, Default Folder X attaches a toolbar to your Open and Save dialogs in any OS X-native application. The toolbar gives you fast access to various folders and commands. You just click on the buttons to go to your favorite and recently used folders, manage the folders and files shown in the list, and make changes to your settings.
Default Folder also adds the ability to see zoomable previews in Open dialogs and to save Spotlight comments and OpenMeta tags for documents in the Save As dialog, while you're saving them.
Default Folder also adds the ability to see zoomable previews in Open dialogs and to save Spotlight comments and OpenMeta tags for documents in the Save As dialog, while you're saving them.
What's new in this version:
- 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.
Operating System Requirements:
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
- Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
- Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
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| Overall Rating: |   (4.0) |
Features: | (5.0) |
Support: | (5.0) |
| Ease of Use: | (5.0) |
Quality / Stability: | (4.7) |
Price: | (3.3) |
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Wouldn't want a Mac without it - Version: 4.3.4, 12/1/2009 08:01AM PST
shish1
I've used this utility since the early days, pre OSX and it's extremely useful. I'm a minimalist when it comes to software that enhances the OS but this is in the top 5 list. In combination with good tagging software (such as Tags or freeware alternatives) it's an effective combination for simplifying organization and finding things quickly. Highly recommended.
On a critical note, the settings could be more clear & distinct. A built in upgrader which downloads and installs for you (like Adium) would be nice but hardly deal-breakers. Still worthy of 4.5 stars!
Useful application - Version: 4.3.2, 11/2/2009 10:22AM PST
(3 of 3 users found this comment useful)
12 Masters
Very useful application.
This tool should be implemented in OS X.
This tool should be implemented in OS X.
Good product but one very bad thing.... - Version: 4.3.2, 11/1/2009 09:33AM PST
(2 of 5 users found this comment useful)
wealthychef
So Default Folder works great. I'm a registered user and recommend it. That being said, the downside is that they frequently want you to update their product, and this is the type of thing you want to stay on top of. Updates are complicated and cumbersome. You click "yes I want to download," then go to their web page and have to hunt for the small download link on their odd web page, then download the installer, then run the installer, click OK, then you have to log out and in to have it take effect. This happens frequently enough. They could make it easier and I have asked and they acknowledge this is something they could improve but they cannot be bothered to do it yet. Because of this thing, I give it 3 stars, as it is a frequent and significant annoyance they could fix but don't.
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- upgrading isn't complicated (1 replies)
