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Blasted puts recent files in your OS X menubar

When you're working with a bunch of different files on a Mac, it can be a pain to remember where each one of them saved, where your downloads ended up, and what you've recently opened. Blasted puts all your recent files right in the menubar, making it extremely easy to find what you were just working on.

It's hard to believe there's nothing like Blasted built into OS X. You can add various recent items to your Dock with a quick Terminal command, or access them from the Apple menu, but neither of those options give you the control that Blasted does. You can decide what categories of files show up in Blasted's menu, and even set a list of individual files and folders to leave out.

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Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Freeware

Folder View adds recent and favorite folders to Windows Explorer

Folder ViewFolder View is a free Windows utility that gives you quick access to the folders you use most often in Windows Explorer. You can add shortcuts for every folder in My Documents, or choose custom folders to add to the toolbar. We'd advise against selecting an entire drive, since you'll wind up with a toolbar several rows deep filled with folders. It sort of defeats the purpose of having shortcuts when it takes you five minutes to find the one you're looking for.

As Martin at gHacks points out, one of the most useful features of Folder View is the recent folders toolbar. If you've accidentally closed a folder that you want to recover, this feature can be a life saver. It's not quite as magical as the recover closed tab feature in Firefox, but it's actually more useful since you can also use the Recent folders button to access your most frequently used folders in a snap.

Folder View also shows up in your Windows download and upload dialog boxes, making it easy to keep your files organized if you like to store your downloaded files in several different directories.

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