Default Folder X makes OS X Better
Make better use of Spotlight
St. Clair Software is happy to announce the release of Default Folder X 3.0.2, a free update to its award-winning utility for enhancing Open and Save dialogs.Awarded Macworld Magazine's 2002 Editors' Choice Award for Best System Enhancement Utility, Default Folder X makes OS X Open and Save dialogs "work the way they should," according to Macworld's editors. Default Folder X makes it easier for you to manage files by adding features and correcting flaws in the file dialogs of all Mac OS X applications.
1. Navigate through folders with menus. You no longer have to navigate one folder at a time. With Default Folder X's hierarchical menus, you can quickly descend through multiple levels of folders without clicking your time away.
2. Open from or Save to windows you have open in the Finder. Simply click on the window you want and the Open or Save dialog will display that folder. If you can't click on the window you want, a popup menu lets you choose from any window you have open in the Finder.
3. Quickly go to recently used and favorite folders. Default Folder X's menus track folders you've used recently and give you fast access to your favorite folders. And you can assign command keys to your favorites to get to them even faster.
4. Rename, delete, archive, and get information on files and folders without leaving a file dialog. Default Folder X provides many useful commands so you don't have to leave the Open or Save dialog to do something basic like renaming a file.
5. "Rebound" back to the last item that you selected in a folder. You no longer have to hunt through a list of files for a particular document you were working on before. Choose Open from the File menu, and it's already selected.
6. The Finder integrated. When you really need to do more with a file or folder, you can make Default Folder X tell the Finder to open the same folder shown in an Open or Save dialog. You can also assign hotkeys to your favorite folders to open them in the Finder instantly.
7. Set a default folder for any application. The first time an application presents an Open or Save dialog, the contents of the file dialog may show your Documents folder or some other location that's not where you want to be. With Default Folder X, you control the initial location shown in Open and Save dialogs.
8. Make better use of Spotlight. Apple introduced Spotlight and Smart Folders in Mac OS 10.4, but there's no way to easily add keywords and comments to files as you create them. Default Folder X fixes this by letting you enter Spotlight comments when you save a file.
Default Folder X will operate on any Macintosh running Mac OS X version 10.3 or higher, including Mac OS 10.4 (Tiger), and is a Universal Application compatible with both PowerPC- and Intel-powered Macintoshes. Default Folder X is distributed as shareware, requiring a $34.95 registration fee for use beyond a free 30 day trial period.
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Details about Default Folder X 3.0.2 (with download links)
* Default Folder X product page
* Direct download
(Blacksburg, VA -- August 5, 2006)
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