I am new on MacOS, would like to set a default folder to open Finder, instead of Recent items folder.
I tried:
defaults write com.apple.finder NewWindowTargetPath -string "file:///Users/path/to/folder"
But didn't worked…
Is there a way to do it?
MacOS – How to set a default folder when opening Finder
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Any person new to Apple and Mac would find lot of things un-intuitive or just forced on the user, w/o any options to change it. Or it might be that just many of us had their first experiences on Win/Linux systems.
But just found this plugin to finder XtraFinder which among lot of other options allows you to ENTER/RETURN to open a file.
Feeling a lot relieved now! Hope it helps.
As bmike mentioned, the default settings are not used for folders that have folder-specific settings saved in a .DS_Store file. You can just delete .DS_Store files though:
sudo find / -name .DS_Store -delete; killall Finder
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Best Answer
Finder → Preferences (⌘,) → General and set ‘New Finder windows show’, either pick from the list or choose Other and specify a custom path.
You don't need to set the key manually using Terminal, but you should be able to with this:
Note the trailing slash at the end and the use of localhost, both of which are how Finder writes the key itself.