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Asked: 2026-05-23T09:49:05+00:00

I’m developing a Mac application for sharing files to different social platforms like Flickr,

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I’m developing a Mac application for sharing files to different social platforms like Flickr, Facebook etc. I want to add the ‘share with MyApp’ facility within the contextual menu of the files. i.e, when i (control+click) any file in the file system, i must see a menu item like ‘share with MyApp’ in the contextual menu so that i can run my application for sharing the files.This is the requirement and my question is : is it possible to do and if possible, how this can be achieved? My application will be compatible with OS 10.6 and higher version. I know that there is a facility like Open with > my application name.But i want to show it directly in the contextual menu.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Firstly, Mac isn’t an acronym.

    Secondly, you can’t add directly to Finder’s contextual menu, that is far outside Apple’s HIG. What you can do however, is add a Service that enables the share facility (Services are accessible from the context menu). You can find more information about OS X services here: http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?MakingAppServices

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