Jump any Open or Save dialog to the folder open in Finder.
One key or one click. Plus each app's recent folders, search, and a default folder per app.
Three styles
Pick how it looks
Same folders, three ways to pick one. Switch any time in Settings.
No shortcut needed
Or skip the shortcut
Turn it on and a short list of folders sits beside every Open and Save dialog. Click one.
Prefer the mouse? Click any Finder window while a dialog is open and the dialog goes there.
Settings
Set it up your way
Picker style, which folders show and in what order, a default folder per app, folders to never show, your own shortcuts.
Works with Raycast, Alfred and Keyboard Maestro.
Features
One key, the right folder.
macOS already pins folders in the sidebar. It won't send the dialog to the folder you're looking at in Finder. Hither does that.
Straight to Finder
⌃⌥G sends the dialog to the front Finder window. Nothing to look at, nothing to pick.
Pick a folder
⌃⌥Space shows Finder windows and tabs, this app's recent folders, and recent folders anywhere. A menu, a ⌘Tab-style switcher or a list.
Type to find
Start typing in the list and it searches every folder: Finder first, then recents, then Spotlight.
Folders beside the dialog
Optional: a short list next to every Open and Save dialog. Click a folder. Off until you turn it on.
Click a Finder window
Optional: with a dialog open, click any Finder window and the dialog goes there.
Yours to set up
Default folder per app, folders to never show, your own shortcuts. Works with Raycast, Alfred and Keyboard Maestro.
Compare
How it compares
Default Folder X does all of this and much more; keep it if you use the rest. Right Folder is free and open source.
| Hither | Right Folder | Default Folder X | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | €5 once | Free | $39.95, paid major upgrades |
| Folder open in Finder, including tabs | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Recent folders per app | Yes | No | Yes |
| Search any folder | Yes | No | Yes |
| Click a Finder window to jump | Yes | No | Yes |
| Opens without security warnings | Yes | Not yet | Yes |
- Every future update
- All your Macs, home and work
- 14 days of use free: a day counts only when Hither moves a dialog
FAQ
Questions
Why does it need Accessibility access?
Apple has no way for one app to move another app's dialog. Accessibility is how Hither finds the Open or Save dialog and sends it to a folder. It doesn't read your documents or what you type.
And Finder access?
So Hither can ask Finder which folders its windows and tabs show. It never changes anything in Finder.
Does anything leave my Mac?
One thing: checking your licence key with the payment provider, when you activate and now and then after. No analytics.
Which apps and Macs does it work with?
Any app that uses the standard macOS Open and Save dialogs, including App Store apps, on macOS 14 or later, Apple silicon and Intel. Apps that draw their own file pickers aren't covered.
Is it safe to install?
Hither is signed with my Apple developer certificate and notarized: Apple scans each release for malware before it can run without warnings. That's an automated scan, not an App Store review.
Is it a subscription?
No. One price, every future update.