
In this example I’ve checked Add Contact Insert

Find the Text section to see options for when text is selected in any application (such as Mail). If you want to change any other folder actions, there are plenty of options – for example for highlighted text. For example, I selected Scan with ClamXav in the previous step and it now appears back in the menu as shown below InsertĨ. Go to Finder and right-click on any file or folder, and you’ll see the updated menu. Open Terminal (type it into Spotlight or find it in the Applications -> Utilities folder) and type killall Dock followed by the Enter keyħ. Next, you might need to kill the Dock process to make the changes happen (or just log out and log back in). You can also assign a keyboard shortcut by double-clicking the menu item and typing in any key combination InsertĦ.
#How to change right click in mac software#
Check or uncheck every item that you want to be visible – in the example below I’d installed the anti-virus software ClamXav and chosen to hide it from the right-click menu earlier. These control what happens when you right-click on files and folders onlyĥ. It should be expanded by default, but if not just expand it to see all the options available. Scroll down the list shown on the right until you see Files and Folders.

In the left-hand panel, select the Services iconĤ.

Open System Preferences and then choose Keyboard from the Hardware sectionģ. To choose what’s displayed on the right-click menu, follow the steps below:ġ. There are lots of options depending upon the type of item you’ve selected (it differs for files, images, and documents for example). Right-click any file or folder on your Mac and you’ll see a context menu similar to the one shown below.
