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Here is what I mean. For example, usually you save your Safari downloads to ~/Downloads. But today you have found a useful PDF on the web, and you want to save it to ~/Documents/your_project. You have never saved files from Safari to this folder, and therefore you won't see this folder in "Recent Places" of the Safari's Save As dialog window (see the screenshot). You can press Shift-Command-G to open Finder's Go to Folder pop-up window, but what next? The list of folders in this pop-up window doesn't have to include the ~/Documents/your_project folder.

There are two workarounds I'm aware of:

  • To drag the folder from Finder to Save As window using mouse/trackpad.
  • To open Spotlight, to type your_project, Command-C, Escape, Shift-Command-G, Command-V.

But maybe there is a more convenient way?

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  • In Go To Folder pop up you can type ~/Documents/your_project to go to that folder
    – Mateusz Szlosek
    Commented Apr 25 at 10:30
  • But then I need to type (and to remember) the whole path, whereas the point of my question is to minimize manual work. Actually I've just found another workaround. Open Spotlight, type your_project, Command-C, Escape, Shift-Command-G, Command-V. But still not really convenient to me.
    – user480875
    Commented Apr 25 at 10:33
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    BTW TAB completion works in that pop up as well, just like in Terminal
    – Mateusz Szlosek
    Commented Apr 25 at 10:34
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    Also you can just "search" for your_project in Save As popup, it uses the same "Spotlight" search you've mentioned. Just press Cmd+F
    – Mateusz Szlosek
    Commented Apr 25 at 10:37
  • @MateuszSzlosek Duh! Thanks for this idea.
    – user480875
    Commented Apr 25 at 10:40

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You can use Search in Save As dialog, to look for your folder. Just press ⌘ cmd+F

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If you're specifically talking about saving PDFs to a fixed location, you can do this very easily by adding an alias of the destination to ~/Library/PDF Services, and then it will appear in the PDF button menu of the Print dialog.

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  • Thanks, this is useful, but this is not what my question is about :)
    – user480875
    Commented Apr 25 at 10:51
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If your folder is open on the desktop you can drag the icon in its top bar into your dialog box to move there.

This is sometimes tough if you can't see it or if it's on a different Space, but it's still possible.

To eliminate the 'hard to find it' aspect entirely, have a look at Default Folder X [paid, with free trial] which can see through to the desktop folders [optionally even if they're in a different Space]. For me, it's been one of those can't-live-without utilities for decades. No affiliation.

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  • Hi. It seems we are talking about the same, but I might be wrong. You: "If your folder is open on the desktop you can drag the icon in its top bar into your dialog box to move there." Me: "There are two workarounds I'm aware of: To drag the folder from Finder to Save As window using mouse/trackpad." Not sure why you talk about Desktop, though...
    – user480875
    Commented Apr 25 at 14:40
  • Thanks for the Default Folder X solution.
    – user480875
    Commented Apr 25 at 14:52
  • D'oh. Not sure why i didn't spot you'd already mentioned that… my only excuse is not enough coffee yet ;) Glad you found the Default Folder idea useful, though.
    – Tetsujin
    Commented Apr 25 at 16:05

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