44 Macworld • February 2022

REVIEWS

Default Folder X

Price as reviewed: £32.95 from fave.co/3rRcTkD

D

efault Folder X 5.6 offers

sophisticated, easy-to-

access file-navigation

options that Apple should

have built into macOS decades ago.

It’s fortunate for Jon Gotow, its

developer, that the company did not,

because it’s given him a canvas to

explore, and it has grown and matured

along with the operating system.

With Default Folder installed, all

your open and save dialogs have a

highly configurable overlay that lets

you click icons to one side or use

keyboard shortcuts to get quickly

to the folder location you want to be

in. Apple’s built-in navigation feels

like a cranky old jalopy compared to

the jet-powered race car of Default

Folder. That overlay hides a massive