This can include passing information to an AppleScript, JavaScript, or shell script.
Create a Folder Action in Automator using its broader set of tools. Use an item Apple provides in the dialog that appears when you invoke Folder Actions Setup. You can create Folder Actions in a numbers of ways: You can use checkboxes to toggle scripts on or off and folder watching for each folder on or off. Select any folder to see which scripts are attached. Downloading a file to finder and then jumping over to command line is sometimes inconvenient - sometimes it's just nice to perform a few clicks instead of remembering commands and argument formats.Folder Actions Setup shows all folders macOS is watching. While I pride myself on improving my command line skills, I wish I had researched Automator task creation years ago. Your task will execute in the background. rar files) and choose Services -> (Your Task Name Here): Right-click any files or folders in Finder (in our case, just. When you're satisfied that your Automator task is working properly, delete any temporary debugging actions you created. In our case, adding a Get Specified Finder Items action allows us to choose a valid file and test the outcome of the action:Īutomator provides error and success messages in when running tasks, a luxury that using the context menu may not provide you. The best method for testing and debugging an Automator task is by adding additional actions to the task to simulate real usage. The name you save the task as is what will display as the context menu name.ĭebugging and Testing the Context Menu Item File -> Save in the menu bar to save the Automator task. You can add additional checks to ensure the file is of the correct extension and other validation using a bit more scripting. # For every file, unrar it to the current directory Now you can write whatever shell scripting you'd like, receiving the file arguments as My script to unrar'ing files is overly simple:. When the Run Shell Script box appears in the right pane, change the Pass input value to to arguments. Within the left actions pane, select Run Shell Script. 
Within the right pane's top panel, choose files or folders from the first dropdown and then Finder.app from the second dropdown. The following steps will have you on your way to adding a context menu within macOS Finder: The example we'll use is creating a context menu to unrar rar archives. That UI on Mac is Automator let's explore how we can add custom context menu items within macOS Finder! Creating a Context Menu Item with Automator The problem is that yarn install, brew install, and other package managers don't come with UI extending capabilities.so knowledgable people like us need to find a way to shoehorn those functionality into a UI. As much as I like exercising my command line skills, for many tasks I'd rather click a time or two.
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