Use a Shortcut To Create a New Text File In a Folder On a Mac

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https://macmost.com/e-3018 There is no command in the Finder that will let you create a new blank file at your current location. But you can create a Shortcut that will let you do this each time easily. The Shortcut needs to use both JavaScript and shell scripting to get the job done.

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00:00 Intro
00:47 Getting the Current Finder Location
02:59 Create a New Text File
06:05 Allow For Multiple Files
07:43 Prompting For a File Name

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