[HOWTO] Use the better Save-As box as default

[Satcomer]

Everyone knows that OS X (Tiger, maybe Panther) that when you save something from an application the Save-As dialog box defaults to the small Save-As box. This box only has a small window that only lets you (as the User) save into only a small choice of folder locations. You then have to click the little blue arrow to see the expanded box. To make OS X do this as the default Save-As box there is a command you have to put into Terminal (/Applications/Utilities/Terminal). So in Terminal type this:

$ defaults write -g NSNavPanelExpandedStateForSaveMode -bool TRUE

Now to change it back to normal mode just repeat the command and change TRUE to FALSE. This command will not change the look of applications that you have already launch, it will only work on applications you have not yet launched. If you have had the machine for a while you will have to go through your machine and launch each application individually and use that arrow key in that applications Save-As box. Where the real power of this command shines is when you first get a new Mac and this is the first thing you do on the new desktop.

note: Thanks to OSXHints for this hint