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10.6: Create a new file anywhere via an Automator Service
Authored by: osxpounder on May 13, '10 02:11:41PM

I find it useful to create a new *text* file in the currently open folder. I do that for one of two reasons:

1. I want to make a text note about the contents that are (or will soon be) in that folder.
I use an Applescript for that. I made a .app of it and placed it on my Finder's toolbar.

2. I want to make a very brief, immediately readable note about the contents of that folder. In this case, I simply save the text file, empty, typing text only in the file's title as I save it. Example: I save a text file named "THIS FOLDER CONTAINS COMPRESSED VERSIONS ONLY". I leave off the extension ".txt", and that's my visual cue that the file only exists to show me that text in its name. I use the same Applescript for that, same toolbar item.

The Applescript I use is probably very simple. Not being a scripter, I must have gotten it from a hint on a website (probably this macosxhints.com site). If I could alter it to automatically add the ".txt" extension, I would. I like file extensions. They tell me important info, at a glance. As it stands, I type that extension myself.

Apart from text files, I like being able to create new folders with a simple keyboard shortcut.



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