# What's the equivalent to "File -\> Change Directory" on Mac version?
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/whats-the-equivalent-to-file-change-directory-on-mac-version/69652
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [September 8, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/whats-the-equivalent-to-file-change-directory-on-mac-version/69652 "2025-09-08T23:33:43Z")
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### Author:  [@raymondjiii](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/raymondjiii)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2025, 11:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/whats-the-equivalent-to-file-change-directory-on-mac-version/69652/1 "2025-09-08T23:33:43Z")
Hi, I just signed up to the receive the mp3tag email notifications (wish I did this when I first bought it) but I got my first email today and it references:
The most basic thing you can do with Mp3tag is change the tags of one file. Just load a directory in Mp3tag using **File → Change directory…** — or CtrlD if you want to speed things up a little
I see this is not there on the Mac version. I wasn’t sure why - but I would love to have that feature on the Mac version is possible.
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### Author:  [@mjcm](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/mjcm)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/whats-the-equivalent-to-file-change-directory-on-mac-version/69652/2 "2025-09-09T00:56:29Z")
What about File - Open?
Command + O
With that you can change directories.
Edit: It doesn't follow the same directory you originally opened, but that is maybe a setting I haven't set.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2025, 6:17am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/whats-the-equivalent-to-file-change-directory-on-mac-version/69652/3 "2025-09-09T06:17:39Z")
Please note that the course you've signed up for is for the Windows version. There are many subtle differences between the two versions.
@mjcm is correct, the counterpart for **File → Change directory…** is **File → Open...** on Mac. It's a little more advanced there, because it supports folders and files alike.
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### Author:  [@raymondjiii](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/raymondjiii)
#### Post date: [September 9, 2025, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/whats-the-equivalent-to-file-change-directory-on-mac-version/69652/4 "2025-09-09T17:28:31Z")
Yeah, I spoke about wanting that exact setting a week or two ago (I think in General Discussion). Try to open the last directory and if it doesn’t exist work down the tree -but- just open the File Open dialog as the parent directory (of the last opened directory) may have thousands of files in it.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2025, 5:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/whats-the-equivalent-to-file-change-directory-on-mac-version/69652/5 "2025-10-09T17:29:13Z")
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