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I have a program that works with a variety of files on both the Windows and Mac OS.
I would like to give the user the option of adding a new option to their right click/control click context menu to the effect of "Compress with [Name of App]".
I know this is quite possible in Windows with modifications to the registry, but is there a way to achieve this for the Mac? Perhaps using C++ or objective C?
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Control-click on a Mac is similar to right-click on a Windows computer—it's how you open shortcut (or contextual) menus on a Mac. Control-click: Press and hold the Control key while you click an item.
The context menu appears when you Control+click, right+click, or two-finger click something on a Mac. Most of the items in a context menu appear depending on what was clicked and which app you are using.
Right-click (or select and hold) on a file or folder to open the context menu.
Yes, you can. You need to make a contextual menu plugin. Apple has contextual menu plugin sample code on its developer site.
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Here's a guide: Writing Contextual Menu Plugins for OS X, part 1
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