Adding my application to the Finder's context menu?

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I have an application that I'm developing that deals with files of any type. I would like the user to be able to right click on any type of file in the Finder and have my menu option show up. I understand you have to add your application as a service to do this, however, whatever I put in the service settings in my Info.plist doesn't do the trick. I do register my application as a service with OS X, and I know it works because under service preferences my application's service shows up. However, I don't think I'm passing it the right type of parameters, because I can't activate my service by right-clicking on a file.

Any help would be deeply appreciated.

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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Did you take a look at the Apple documentation?

Also, this might be useful: Writing a Snow Leopard Service for Finder.app

edited May 23 '17 at 11:45

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answered Jan 25 '13 at 22:52

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Yes, I've looked all around the Apple docs. Stole stuff from other apps too. No luck. – SevenBits Jan 25 '13 at 22:56
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What do you have on `applicationDidFinishLaunching:` and `handleServices:userData:error:`? And the relevant `plist` section? – pldoverflow Jan 25 '13 at 23:18

Adding my application to the Finder's context menu?

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