Mac OS X – right click for new file? Unfortunately, there is no direct way to create a new file in Mac Operating System online in Windows. But like all other Operating Systems, it comes with a standard word processor and as for this case its called 'Text Edit'. On the mac, you want to use the Terminal app which opens a Unix window. The terminal app is located in the Applications folder under Utilities. To make it open in one click you can drag the Terminal application to the dock and add it there. Then whenever you click on the Terminal app in the dock it will launch. This will not give you root access. Place all files into one folder. Right-click the folder. Click Get Info and note the size. Open Finder to Applications Utilities. Double-click Disk Utility. Click New Image. Enter the details. Mac only: One convenient Windows feature missing in OS X is the ability to quickly create a new text file in the current folder. By simply dragging a small Applescript-turned-application to Finder.
Creating a Text File on Mac OS X manually is a bit more challenging than performing a simple right mouse click and selecting to create a New > Text Document, like you do from within Windows. However, the task is still relatively simple… just takes a different approach. In the following simple solution, I cover one manual method of quickly making a new text file within the Mac OS X environment. I used Mac OS X 10.7.3.
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Creating a New Text File from a Mac OS X Environment
- (1) Click the Magnifying Glass in the upper right hand corner of your Mac OS X Desktop, (2) Type Terminal into the Spotlight, (3) Select Terminal from the list.
- From the Terminal Window that opens, (1) Type cd desktop and press Enter/Return, (2) Type touch newfile.txt and press Enter/Return, (3) You should now see the newfile.txt file on your desktop
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Additional Notes: Using cd, you can change to any directory (doesn't have to be desktop). You can use touch to create a new file named whatever you want (doesn't have to be named newfile,txt).