jlehikoinen / FinderMate

macOS Finder extension for creating new text documents with right-click

FinderMate

Requirements

• Minimum macOS version: 10.14

Setup

1. Open FinderMate app
2. Edit New Document Name
3. Configure the option to open text editor app after creating a new document
4. Click Save Settings
5. Enable FinderMate Extension in System Preferences > Extensions

Usage

Right-click in Finder or on Desktop to open contextual menu and choose 📄 New Text File.

If a file exists with same name in target folder, FinderMate extension will create a new file with incrementing number.

Entitlements

FinderMate is sandboxed, but the host app and extension require few extra entitlements.

App:

com.apple.security.application-groups: $(TeamIdentifierPrefix)com.github.jlehikoinen.FinderMate

Extension:

com.apple.security.application-groups: $(TeamIdentifierPrefix)com.github.jlehikoinen.FinderMate
com.apple.security.temporary-exception.files.home-relative-path.read-write: /
com.apple.security.temporary-exception.shared-preference.read-write: true

Additional information

Tested on macOS 10.14.6