macOS menu bar app
Workspace Shelf
Park your folders under the notch.
Workspace Shelf keeps your most-used folders on a shelf at the top of the screen. Move the pointer to the top center, or press Option + Space, and the shelf comes down.
- Version
- 0.1.4
- Requires
- macOS 14 Sonoma+
- App size
- 1.9MB
- Memory
- 100MB
What it does
Register once, open straight away
Registered folders open right from the shelf, so you open far fewer Finder windows.
Stays inside what you registered
Browsing never escapes the folder you registered. Access is remembered with security-scoped bookmarks, so relaunching never asks again.
The file actions you expect
Open files, reveal in Finder, open the folder in Terminal and copy the path — plus new folder, rename, copy and paste, and move to Trash. Press Space for Quick Look, and search by name inside the current folder.
Drag straight out
Drag files from the shelf to Finder or any other app.
Download
- macOS 14 Sonoma or later
- Notarized by Apple, so it opens without a Gatekeeper warning
- Open the dmg and drag Workspace Shelf to Applications
Registering folders, browsing, opening, renaming, copying, deleting, Quick Look and name search all work today. Dropping files into the shelf and workspace-wide search are still on the way.
Release history
What's new and improved in Workspace Shelf.
v0.1.2
2026-08-29
Latest- English is now supported — menus, buttons, hints, and error messages all follow your system language.
v0.1.12026-08-28
- Automatic updates. You can also check manually from "Check for Updates…" in the menu bar menu.
- App icon. Workspace Shelf now shows up properly in Applications and Spotlight.
- Notarized by Apple. It opens without a warning.
v0.1.02026-08-28
- First release. Parks the folders you use most on a shelf under the notch and menu bar.
- Open it by moving the pointer to the top center of the screen, or with Option + Space.
- Open files, reveal in Finder, open in Terminal, copy paths, and drag files out.