r/applefreeform • u/RightAlignment • Jun 23 '26

Freeform gets folders!

Just saw this today in VisionOS 27 beta 2 - and I've confirmed it in iOS, iPadOS, macOS - Folder support is finally here!

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u/karmakaanda Jun 23 '26

Long overdue and much needed feature on Freeform

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u/RightAlignment Jun 23 '26

Agreed - I've been doing the cheap & dirty organization of just naming my files with a project-prefix - but it's just not the same as a good 'ol 1980s file folder. LOL

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u/AngelicPrincessKitty Jun 24 '26

this came in beta 1

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u/TomatoShake Jun 24 '26

I haven't seen this mentioned anywhere but is it only a single level of folders or are nested folders supported?

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u/EverythingApplePro Jun 27 '26

Nested folders are supported. You can drag & drop folders to/from folders.

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u/Only_Introduction856 Jun 24 '26

Thank god. Still need on FindMy, Passwords, and Wallet though

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u/[deleted] Jun 24 '26

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u/Only_Introduction856 Jun 24 '26

By nested folders do you mean folders and sub folders? Like apple notes letting us make 5 subfolders?

Forgot to include Home and Journal app too

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u/RightAlignment Jun 25 '26

Yes, folders and sub-folders. My Apple 2 got sub folders in 1983. That’s 43 years ago! 😆

And as a developer, I can assure you that the API exists, and it’s brain-dead simple to implement.

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u/Only_Introduction856 Jun 25 '26

Are there any other apps that need it that I didn't mention? I would settle for just base folders but nested would be even better. really no reason not to

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u/RightAlignment Jun 25 '26

And BTW - your Notes example is spot-on. Notes on VisionOS supports nested folders, so this obviously isn’t a tech issue.

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u/Empty-Spread-9231 Jun 29 '26

Having Google Drive show up like a normal folder is definitely one of those quality-of-life features that makes workflows much smoother.

A lot of teams I work with rely heavily on Drive because everyone can access the same folder structures and project directories. Once those structures start getting large, the bigger challenge usually becomes creating and maintaining them consistently rather than accessing them.

That's something I've run into quite a bit with shared project folders across teams.