General Settings

This sections contains startup, display, and keyboard shortcut settings for MsgFiler 4.

Startup

• Launch at login: Turn this on to have AlbumFiler launch whenever your Mac restarts.

• Hide AlbumFiler in Dock: Enable this to hide the AlbumFiler icon from the Dock and to turn the application into a floating panel over all applications. If you use Photos is full-screen mode, you will want to enable this, as AlbumFiler will be able to share the same Space as Photos.

• Show AlbumFiler in menu: Enable this to display an icon in your menu bar. This is on by default for App Review purposes.

AlbumFiler's menu bar extra

Display

• List font: Configure the font used in the Results Table.

• Reset: Resets the font used in the Results Table back to the System font at 12 points.

Keyboard Shortcut

• Action: Choose from one of three actions performed when pressing the AlbumFiler Shortcut:

  • Toggles AlbumFiler

  • Focuses Between Photos and AlbumFiler

  • Shows AlbumFiler

• AlbumFiler Shortcut: Configure the keyboard shortcut used to invoke AlbumFiler. Learn more in the AlbumFiler Shortcut Section.
• Focus on search on activation: When enabled, focus will return to the search field anytime AlbumFiler is activated.

• Pressing Escape in search: Choose the action that should occur when you press Escape when focus is on the search field. You can either clear the search field or hide AlbumFiler.