FileBo for Mac
FileBo collects everything you download, save, export or screenshot onto one shelf. Press ⇧⌘F, drag the file into any app, and keep working.
Free for 14 days, then $12.99 once.
macOS 15 or later · Apple silicon and Intel
Hi Maria,
Here is the September invoice — everything as agreed. Let me know if anything needs changing.
Invoice-2026-09-Acme.pdfSHOT 1Hero loop: Mail + ⇧⌘F + drag PDF + hide
⇧⌘F over a message, drag the invoice in — and the shelf is gone.
“This completely cured my habit of losing track of files right after I save them.”
It's on your Mac — you just made it. Getting it into the next app is the part that costs you.
You downloaded an invoice.
FinderDownloadsSort by Datescroll past 400 files
A screenshot landed on the Desktop as
Screenshot 2026-09-30 at 14.02.11.png
An app's Save dialog put the export into a folder you don't remember.
~?export-final-v3.mov
SHOT 2Problem: Finder Downloads with 400 files
Press
SHOT 3aPress: ⇧⌘F, the shelf over a full-screen app
Grab
SHOT 3bGrab: newest on top, Downloads tab selected
Drop
SHOT 3cDrop: the file lands in Messages, the shelf steps aside
Nothing to set up. Nothing to sort.
What lands on the shelf: FileBo watches the folders you already use and puts whatever is new on top.
SHOT 4Bento tiles: downloading tile, screenshot, “N new” burst, drive + Eject, cloud badge, app
Even while they're still downloading, with a live byte counter.
Screenshots and screen recordings.
A burst of 40 photos from one import is one tile with “N new”.
Apps you just installed or used, in their own tab.
Plugged-in drives, SD cards and mounted disk images — with Eject on the tile.
iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, Proton Drive. A “not downloaded” badge; click to fetch.
Saved and exported files, and edits to your documents.
Optional: files you only opened, via Include ▸ Recently Opened Files.
24 hours, 7, 14 or 30 days; a timeline up to 90 days.
Six small jobs, done from the shelf. Each one starts with ⇧⌘F and ends with the shelf out of the way.
Hi Maria,
Here is the September invoice — everything as agreed. Let me know if anything needs changing.
SHOT 5.1Invoice: Downloads tab → drag into Mail
Attached. No Finder window opened.
SHOT 5.2Screenshot: Screenshots tab → drop into Messages
Sent, without hunting the Desktop for it.
SHOT 5.3Export → drag into a client portal in the browser
Uploaded, wherever the Save dialog put it.
Hi Maria,
Here is the September invoice — everything as agreed. Let me know if anything needs changing.
SHOT 5.4Rename: “document (3).pdf” → F2 → drag
They get a name that means something.
SHOT 5.5Install: .dmg → Eject from its tile → launch from Apps
Installed and running, disk image gone.
SHOT 5.6Camera card: drive tile → browse → drag photos → Eject
Photos copied, card safe to pull.
When you need more than the last few days.
SHOT 6.1Search with a content hit
SHOT 6.2In-place browse: Back/Forward, Sort By
SHOT 6.3Breadcrumbs with the “…” tree menu open
SHOT 6.4Folder Peek floating panel
SHOT 6.5Info pane with EXIF and Where From
SHOT 6.6List vs icons
SHOT 6.7Favorites tab
All of them: Help ▸ Keyboard Shortcuts.
| Feature | FileBo | Finder Recents | Downloads stack | Smart Folder |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads you never opened | Yes: Yes | No: Only opened files | Yes: Yes | Partly: If you build the query |
| Over any app, even full screen | Yes: One key | No: Inside Finder | Partly: From the Dock | No: Inside Finder |
| Everything new from every watched folder, in one list | Yes: Yes | Partly: Opened files only | No: Downloads only | Partly: After setup |
| Drives and SD cards, with Eject | Yes: On the tile | No: No | No: No | No: No |
| Search names and contents | Yes: Names, then contents | Yes: Finder search | No: No | Yes: Yes |
| Price | $12.99 once, 14 days free | Built in | Built in | Built in |
Coming from Trickster? Here's how FileBo compares
FileBo asks macOS Spotlight and watches your folders for new files. It builds no second index of your files' contents. No account, and it works offline.
Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Movies, Music, Pictures, iCloud Drive and your cloud drives, out of the box. Another folder? Add it in Settings ▸ Locator.
Anonymous usage statistics from a closed list of events — never file names, paths or contents. On by default, shown during setup, off with one switch in Settings ▸ General.
The honest limit: folders outside that list, or excluded from Spotlight, stay invisible.
No subscription. After the trial you can still browse and search.
“Does exactly what it should do with minimum fuss, quick and light with enough features to make it a necessary addition to my app collection, used daily.”
Finder Recents never showed enough, and Smart Folders felt too complex. FileBo feels like a better version of both, with no setup required.
I first got FileBo set up for my parents to make it easy for them to find their new files. I put the FileBo icon right next to the Finder icon, and they caught on really fast. The funny thing is, I started using it myself after a while: FileBo lets me get to the files I need while I'm in full-screen apps. No more bouncing between screens or opening Finder just to dig up a file I downloaded. Super easy and convenient!
I often export resources from Sketch to share with colleagues via messenger apps. However, my Desktop can become quite cluttered, making it difficult to locate the files I recently saved there. FileBo has entirely resolved this issue: all recent files, complete with nice-lookin' previews, are readily accessible with a single click, regardless of their location. Easy as pie!
FileBo shows files from the folders in its Locator — Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Movies, Music, Pictures, iCloud Drive and your cloud drives out of the box — and reads them through macOS Spotlight. A file in a folder outside that list, or in a folder Spotlight doesn't index, stays invisible until you add the folder in Settings ▸ Locator. Search still reaches your whole home folder. If Spotlight itself stops answering, FileBo says so with a “Spotlight isn't responding” badge instead of showing an empty list.
No. Dragging a file out of FileBo copies it — the original stays where it was. Hold ⌘ while dragging to move it instead. Inside FileBo it's the other way round: dropping onto a folder moves the file, holding ⌥ copies it, and ⌘Z undoes either.
Yes. iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive and Proton Drive are watched by default once you grant access during setup. Files that live only in the cloud keep their real names and show a “not downloaded” badge; click it to fetch the file.
Finder's Recents lists files you opened, so a download you never opened isn't there, and it lives inside a Finder window. FileBo shows what you created, saved, downloaded or edited — and, if you like, what you opened — on a shelf that appears over any app with one key.
Every feature is free for 14 days, no card needed. After that you can still browse, search, switch tabs and Show in Finder. Opening, dragging out, moving, deleting, sharing, Open With, grouping and changes to your folder and ignore lists need the one-time purchase: $12.99, once, no subscription.
macOS 15 Sequoia or later. FileBo runs natively on both Apple silicon and Intel Macs.
Your files are never uploaded, and there is no account. FileBo sends anonymous usage statistics from a closed list of events — which features get used, app and macOS version — never file names, paths, contents or anything you type. They are on by default, shown to you during setup, and one switch in Settings ▸ General turns them off. The network permission also lets Quick Look render Word and Excel previews.
Yes. ⇧⌘F is the default; pick any other combination in Settings ▸ Shortcuts. The same key shows and hides the shelf, and the menu bar and Dock icons open it too.
Free for 14 days, then $12.99 once.
macOS 15 or later · Apple silicon and Intel