Your folders.
At the top edge of the screen.

TopFold is a native macOS menu bar app with no Dock icon. It pins one to five real folders to the top edge of your screen and makes them usable like a Finder window, without opening Finder.

Move the pointer to the top and scroll down to open the overlay. It spans the full screen width, grows with its content, and stops at about 42 percent of the screen. Each folder gets its own column of equal width. These are real Finder folders through security-scoped bookmarks, not a separate file format, and a folder watcher keeps changes in sync live.

Files you drag in or out are always moved, the way Finder does it. A drop is never a copy. Dragging a file to the top edge opens the overlay and drops it into the folder under the pointer. Scrolling up at the top edge closes it again, as does a click outside, and Escape closes Quick Look first and the fold second.

Made for

Heavy users and power users

Who keep the same working folders open all day and want them where the pointer already is.

Creatives and developers

Who move files between projects, exports, and assets and do not want a Finder window for it.

Organization lovers

Who want a clean desktop and still reach their fixed folders in one gesture.

Minimalists and privacy-minded users

Who want a slim menu bar utility that only shows local folders: no cloud sync, no account, no storage of its own.

Anyone who loves efficiency

Scroll down, drop, done. The folder is at the top edge instead of behind three windows.

Build in

Up to five folders

One to five real folders side by side, one column each, at equal width.

Real Finder folders

Security-scoped bookmarks point at your folders. There is no separate file format.

Live folder watcher

Changes in the file system show up in the fold right away.

Move, never copy

Files dragged in or out are moved, the way Finder does it.

Scroll to open

Pointer at the top plus scroll down opens the fold; scroll up at the top edge closes it.

Optional hover

Open on hover at the top edge, with a delay you set yourself.

Drop at the top edge

Dragging a file up opens the fold and drops it into the folder under the pointer.

Finder-like keys

Arrows to move the selection, Space for Quick Look, Return to rename inline, ⌘↓ to open, ⌘⌫ to trash.

Quick Look thumbnails

An icon grid with real Quick Look thumbnails, optionally grouped by file kind.

Sorting and hidden files

Sort by name, kind, opened, added, changed, created, size, or tags; show hidden files when you need them.

File context menu

Open, Open With, Trash, Rename, Compress, Cut and Copy, Copy Pathname, Quick Look, Show in Finder, Share, Services.

Menu bar and Spaces

Pin or close from the menu bar icon, works across Spaces, starts at login if you want.

Plans

One-time

€4.99

Not yet on the App Store
One-time purchase, no subscription
Lifetime access