– In the left-hand toolbar selection box, you can now rename the displayed names for paths and bookmarks without physically renaming the folder or file, of course. Since the last path component is used as the name, this helps to distinguish between elements with the same name more easily. And sometimes the default name is simply too long or not very meaningful. – For Smart Columns, which display the pixel resolution for images, the page number for PDFs and the duration for audio/video files (and can of course also be sorted), there are two new switches in the “View” menu and in the settings: – To speed up the display of very large directories, metadata reading can now be disabled. – Since iCloud files may need to be downloaded, this can be disabled separately with another switch. (thanks to Frank!)

Since I use Folder Rack myself on a daily basis, there are regular minor updates with improvements, bug fixes and the like. Any special news will be posted here. Thank you for using Folder Rack!

– Bug fixing

– Small fixes for Dark Mode (Command + 0)

– Adjustments for macOS 26 Tahoe – Menu option „View, Show Icon Preview”: Next to the file name, either the (general) file icon or the (file-specific) preview icon can be displayed.

– The toolbar lists for folders and bookmarks contain a tooltip with the complete path. – Date columns show relative values such as “today”, “yesterday” etc. – New “Folder” column: this is particularly useful in panels with search results where the items are not all located in the same folder. – Web links (URLs) are saved as .webloc files in “Clipboard, Save as File”. When opened, the browser is automatically launched with the URL. – You can also drag selected text, images, PDFs, and URLs directly from Safari into a panel with the mouse. Depending on the type, a corresponding file is created; for example, a URL results in a .webloc file, and text results in a .txt file.

– New, more compact toolbar: if not all buttons are displayed, you can scroll horizontally across the toolbar. – Press Shift + Command + Return to start a Spotlight search that also searches connected external drives. – Return searches the current panel, Command + Return starts a Spotlight search in the user directory. – Spotlight search with wildcard characters ? and * such as *.txt, image*.jpg, or image??.jpg has been improved.

– Bug fixing – Extended tutorial

You can manually sort bookmark entries so that they appear in the toolbar list (Shift+click on the combo box) in any order you want—in addition to “Last Used,” “Most Used,” and “Name”. The bookmark list contains a new option for this: “Sort Entries”. You can also display this bookmark list with your most important folders and files as a separate panel at any time via “Panel, New Panel with Bookmarks”. Bookmark folders can be drop targets, so that folders such as “Downloads” or “Desktop” can also appear in the list and be filled with elements from other panels. Folders and files are bookmarked using Command+B, the toolbar button, or the menu option “File, Add Bookmark”. In lists, they are displayed in blue and bold font.

– Menu “Columns”: Reset columns in table and tree views to default values. – Menu “Panels”: “New panel” for folder, selection, clipboard, bookmarks. – Folders in results lists can be target of drag & drop actions.

The “Panel” menu has three new options that help you navigate the file jungle: – New panel with folder: Works for both folders and files. For files, the contents of the folder in which the file is located are displayed in the new panel. – New panel with selection: The selected folders/files are displayed together in the new panel. This quickly shows selected files in a clear list. – New panel with bookmarks: All folders/files that have been bookmarked (Command+B) are displayed in the new panel. Ideal for frequently used folders/files, especially if they are spread across the entire hard drive. With all three options, the folders/files are accessible together in the new panel (regardless of where they are physically located) and can be clearly edited and sorted in the new panel. The three options are also located in the (default) context menu. – The PDF with the current keyboard shortcuts, which can be generated under “Help” now also lists the keys for table/tree controls – expanding and collapsing the tree view works wonderfully with the keyboard.

– Drag & drop (internal and external) now also available for the “breadcrumb” path control. But a simple click is also useful! – Two small helpful buttons at the bottom right – if you don’t want to remember the keyboard shortcuts.

– The Backspace key takes you to the parent directory (like Command+Up Arrow, etc.). – Drag & Drop now also works correctly outside of Folder Rack, e.g., from the Finder or into a Mail window. – The font size and preview font of a text file (system or monospaced font) are now saved with the panels and reloaded. – The app window can be collapsed and expanded (see “Window” menu). Particularly useful if Folder Rack is always displayed in the foreground, but you need the space for a moment.

– Under “Help”: The current keyboard shortcuts (including your own, if applicable) as a clear PDF cheat sheet for printing – Text preview with button to switch between proportional and monospaced font

– Comprehensive tutorial as PDF file with lots of tips and tricks (in the “Help” menu) – Clipboard with option key “Finder-compatible” (in the “Edit” menu) – Incremental search based on initial letters, independent of sorting – Preview for text files with button “Wrap” for window width/text width