# MacOS - opening folder from Service menu doesn't work
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/macos-opening-folder-from-service-menu-doesnt-work/54663
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [October 8, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/macos-opening-folder-from-service-menu-doesnt-work/54663 "2021-10-08T17:36:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@stant](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stant)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/macos-opening-folder-from-service-menu-doesnt-work/54663/1 "2021-10-08T17:36:13Z")
I often want to open mp3tag on a specific folder by right-clicking on the folder name in Finder, and selecting the "Services/Open in Mp3Tag" menu option. However, this doesn't work - mp3tag opens on the the previously-opened folder, not the open I selected from Finder. It seems the only way to change folders is with "File/Open..." inside Mp3Tag itself?
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2021, 9:34am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/macos-opening-folder-from-service-menu-doesnt-work/54663/2 "2021-10-09T09:34:41Z")
It's supposed to be working and it works on macOS Catalina 10.15.7 and on the upcoming macOS Monterey 12. However, recent versions of macOS Big Sur (I'm testing with 11.6) have broken the detection whether the app was started via the Services menu or if it's a default launch.
I've already reported this to Apple, but haven't received any feedback on that. Based on my experiences, it's unlikely to be fixed with an upcoming version of Big Sur.
To workaround this issue, you can change _Preferences → General → Startup Folder_ to _None_.
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### Author:  [@stant](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stant)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2021, 3:41pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/macos-opening-folder-from-service-menu-doesnt-work/54663/3 "2021-10-09T15:41:27Z")
Thanks, that works great!
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2021, 9:37am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/macos-opening-folder-from-service-menu-doesnt-work/54663/4 "2021-11-02T09:37:04Z")
It seems like reporting this to Apple worked this time! I can no longer reproduce the issue with macOS Big Sur 11.6.1 and macOS Monterey 12.0.1 🙌
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### Author:  [@stant](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/stant)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/macos-opening-folder-from-service-menu-doesnt-work/54663/5 "2021-11-02T21:20:06Z")
Great to hear! But honestly, your suggested workaround of setting Preferences/Startup Folder to "None", already completely satisfied my needs... 🙂 Thanks much for the follow-up!
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2021, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/macos-opening-folder-from-service-menu-doesnt-work/54663/6 "2021-12-02T21:20:26Z")
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