To make spyder callable from Spotlight or Finder: Locate where your spyder executable is by running in Terminal: which spyder This should yield ~/anaconda/bin/spyder if you installed spyder via Anaconda, /opt/local/bin/spyder if you used MacPorts or something similar. Create a file called spyder in your Applications directory and make it executable. Then, fill it with … Read more
Finally, I returned to this project and successfully registered service provider and handled service request. First of all I tried to use NSRegisterServicesProvider method, but there is no such method in Macapi sources, so I searched for applicationDidFinishLaunching delegate. Using it I registered my service provider: procedure TApplicationDelegate.applicationDidFinishLaunching(Notification: Pointer); var autoReleasePool: NSAutoreleasePool; app: NSApplication; provider: … Read more
Use the selectFile method and pass nil as first argument and the path to the folder to be shown as second argument. NSWorkspace.shared.selectFile(nil, inFileViewerRootedAtPath: “/Users/”)
Objective-C version: NSArray *fileURLs = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:fileURL1, /* … */ nil]; [[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] activateFileViewerSelectingURLs:fileURLs];
The Finder Icon Overlay example project represents a small and very basic but actually working example of the answer below. https://github.com/lesnie/Finder-Icon-Overlay I know this is so old, but some may be still interested in topic (?) Here is what I have it done under Leopard (10.6). At first proper Finder’s headers are needed. Use class-dump … Read more
If you want to do it in Finder, you can write an Automator script to do it (it’s easier than it sounds, AND shows you the power of the OS). Launch Automator Create New Document Create a new Quick Action Add the Action… Workflow receives current files or folders from Finder. Add a new Run … Read more
As of Mac OS X Lion 10.7, Terminal includes exactly this functionality as a Service. As with most Services, these are disabled by default, so you’ll need to enable this to make it appear in the Services menu. System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts > Services Enable New Terminal at Folder. There’s also New Terminal … Read more