While in a directory in Finder, how do I create a file or open a terminal in the current working directory? The closest to this behaviour I can find is to take an existing file, copy-paste it and rename the resulting file. This is of-course over the top for such a simple operation as creating a simple empty file.
Any aid? Thanks
Mac mini, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)
Open an editor then save the open, empty document.
The Terminal does not open in the current working directory on its own. But there are solutions:
Open the AppleScript Editor in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder and save the following as an application:
tell application "Finder"
make file in window 1 with properties {name:text returned of (display dialog "What name would you like the file to have?" default answer "" buttons {"Cancel", "OK"} default button "OK")}
end tell
Put it on the Dock or in the Finder's toolbar as desired.
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The text editor does not work because of its slowness. It also seems like an awful way to do it. I'm not an expert in UX design but going to a completely different application to descend down a file hierachy to save a file in a directory that you are already looking at seems stupid.
The Open-in-Terminal application though does the trick for this and other issues, thank-you.
Create a File in Finder
