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MacBook Pro 'Show In Finder' opens to root folder instead of destination

I'm just setting up a new Macbook Pro M5 on OSX 26.7 and "Show In Finder" in apps is opening to the first folder in the hierarchy, rather than the last folder as it should. It should open to the folder scrolled furthest to the right, instead it's opening scrolled all the way left.

I hope that makes sense but it's tricky to explain.

For example, I'm a mastering engineer and use an app called Wavelab. If I select "Load Plugin-Chain Shortcut" it will open finder, and I can select a file from Finder which will load my desired plugin chain. Instead of showing this folder, I'm directed all the way to the root folder "Library". The path in finder is active, ie, it has taken me there, I just have to scroll all the way to the right to get to the end folder which in this case is taking me through "Library > Preferences > Wavelab Pro 13 > Presets > Plugins > Plugin Chains". Ordinarily, and all of my other machines, Finder should open straight to the "Plugin Chains" folder and not all the way to the root folder.

This isn't exclusive to Wavelab and is happening in all apps where I'm trying to import or export things, it's always defaulting to the root folder with the path highlighted to the final destination folder.

Any way to fix?

Posted on Sep 18, 2026 6:23 AM

5 replies

Luis Sequeira1

Level 9 (77,942 points)

Sep 18, 2026 10:28 AM in response to Trevascus

What you describe is a known problem with Tahoe.

AFAICT, it has been fixed in the next OS, macOS Golden Gate, which has been released this week.

Now, be aware that every new OS tends to introduce other bugs of its own.

I have been using Golden Gate for three days now and I have not encountered any major showstoppers, but proceed with caution. Never do a major OS upgrade like this without a thorough backup in place.

etresoft

Level 9 (60,836 points)

Sep 18, 2026 11:09 AM in response to Trevascus

Trevascus wrote:

Any way to fix?

Use a list display instead.

den.thed

Level 10 (99,154 points)

Sep 18, 2026 9:04 AM in response to Trevascus

Not sure if this will help you out or not...?

Go to Finder > Settings... > Advanced and change When performing a search: to one of the other options.

To be honest, I do not use Finder Search.

What I do, is keep several different Finder windows open and minimized to my dock for quick file access.

Trevascus Author

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Sep 18, 2026 9:19 AM in response to den.thed

Thank you for the suggestion, but it's not related to finder search. This is specifically when accessing finder from an app, such as importing files, choosing an export location, loading in various file settings from finder into the app.

For example in the below app I'm selecting an output location for my file, which brings up the finder window. As you can see it shows the first folder in the hierarchy, but the path to the final folder is highlighted.

It should look like the below screenshot. This is how it has worked for the past 15 years of using Mac and how it looks on all my other machines. Having to scroll all the way to the right each time to select my files, change folder or create new folder is a PITA!

Apologies if this doesn't make sense, it's tricky to explain!

Basically if I open a finder window via an app it's scrolled all the way to the left, to the first folder in the hierarchy as opposed to being scrolled all the way to the right, to the last folder in the hierarchy where you would want to select files, edit, make new folder etc

Trevascus Author

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Sep 23, 2026 1:44 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Thanks! After the first week of using Tahoe (both .1 and .7), I've encountered lots of quirks, bugs and frustrating Finder issues that I've never had on any OS before!

Would love to upgrade to Golden Gate but I'm unsure how it would affect all of my applications. If there was a way to downgrade to Sequoia or something I would take it but I think my machine is too new...

Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256359708