So recently I finished working on one of project that came into existence due to how to have a slideshow with just one click. I will try to explain with screenshot so it is easy for you to understand.
In my research to add this feature to OSx finder I also found it is a lot easier to do the same in Windows or Linux OS. But here it is for OSX
In my research to add this feature to OSx finder I also found it is a lot easier to do the same in Windows or Linux OS. But here it is for OSX
First of open Automator, and create New Service for Right click and Application for Finder toolbar button.
From the left most pane select Utilities then in the middle pane select Run Shell Script and drag and drop it to the right pane.
From the left most pane select Utilities then in the middle pane select Run Shell Script and drag and drop it to the right pane.
make sure you have Files and Folder selected for Service Receives selected, in my case I needed Folder so i just selected Folder as I am going to do the slideshow of images in the folder.
Now it is time to call your python script, so from the Text area under Run Shell Script. Select the Shell you want that should execute, in my case I had an executable script (in your case it could be python) that calls the python script, so I selected /bin/bash. As I wanted to pass the selected folder path as argument, I passed it to my python script using $f which is a variable (in bash).
From the top right you can click on play button to test your script. If it passes then you are done, save it, and it will appear on folder Services > Contextual Menu with the name you saved it.
You can do the same process for Application too, i.e. like those in /Applications folder. once you save it as yourPythonTool.app drag and drop to finder toolbar. and run from there. Here is how I have for application I saved.
You can do the same process for Application too, i.e. like those in /Applications folder. once you save it as yourPythonTool.app drag and drop to finder toolbar. and run from there. Here is how I have for application I saved.
Right next to new folder icon you can see two automator Applications icons. On right just before the search, I have a application that i made with Platypus which will help you pack required/dependencies with application so that you can distribute it to anyone.
