When creating a custom Quick Action for macOS Mojave’s Finder, you have the option to supply a custom icon:īut this is what happens when you supply an ordinary image in Dark Mode: The following script sample shows how to make the Folder Action only add PDF files: for str in Which would enable you, for example, to tell the action only to add files of a certain file type, or with a certain file extension. You can edit the shell script anytime (by right-clicking onto the Automator file and selecting Automator): The action runs this shell script open -a Yoink time new files or folders are added to the specified folder, which instructs macOS to open the specified file with Yoink (which ultimately results in the file being added to Yoink’s list). If you’re curious about what the Folder Action actually does, it’s this: To create multiple of these, all you need to do is unzip again, change the filename of the Automator action, double-click it and follow the instructions above.With the Folder Action installed, whenever you download or save a file into that folder, it will be added to Yoink, like you can see in this video:.If you ever wish to uninstall it, just delete that file. The action will then be moved to /Users/ yourname/Library/Workflows/Applications/Folder Actions/Yoink Save Folder.workflow Choose the folder you’d like to attach this action to and click on Install.

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