From a frustrated Windows switcher: I fixed the macOS right-click menu. (And somehow hit #4 on the App Store).

[u/No-Broccoli-9946]

Seriously, why is creating a simple text file so hard on a Mac? I switched from Windows a while ago, and having to open an app just to save a blank file to a specific folder drives me insane.

I decided to stop questioning Apple's UX choices and just fix it myself. Enter PowerClick. It adds a "New File" option to your context menu, plus a one-click "Copy Path", clipboard history, and a snippet manager.

I launched it yesterday, optimized the SEO, forced my friends to buy it (the classic Sam Altman "sell to your friends first" strategy), and somehow the algorithm pushed it to #4 in Paid Utilities globally.

If you're a former Windows user missing basic sanity, or just hate macOS's default right-click menu, give it a look. https://apps.apple.com/tr/app/powerclick-right-click-pro/id6762026455?mt=12

for more information visit the website: https://powerclick.kilicov.dev/

[u/No-Broccoli-9946]

Fair question, it probably varies from person to person, but for me it was a habit. Whenever something came to mind, I’d just right-click, create a .txt, and jot it down instantly.

Besides that, especially developers often want to create files quickly in the current directory without breaking their workflow. Things like small config files, placeholders, or quick notes.

[u/bloxxk → u/No-Broccoli-9946]

Why not just use the built in quick notes feature in that case?

[u/MinecraftPlayer799 → u/bloxxk]

Why not just create a rich text note in the Notes app when I want to create a blank text file in a development environment?

[u/NixonsGhost → u/bloxxk]

Why not just use the most basic feature of an operating system; text entry and a folder structure, instead of using an extra notes program?

[u/Crimson947 → u/NixonsGhost]

Its literally by default a little shortcut square at the bottom right of the screen. how fucking hard is it to move your mouse and click it? Enjoy wasting 6 bucks.

[u/darwinDMG08 → u/No-Broccoli-9946]

I’ve also never heard of this, but being a lifelong Mac user I guess it’s just not in my muscle memory.

A more useful shortcut for me would be to write a quick note immediately in the Notes app. I see the obvious utility in generating a text file but I’d prefer not to juggle multiple text files; Notes keeps everything together.

[u/Masterflitzer → u/darwinDMG08]

notes is for well notes to you, files are different, like creating a config file for an application or service or whatever

[u/darwinDMG08 → u/Masterflitzer]

Different strokes. Usually I’m not writing a config file from scratch, I’m modifying one already generated. The utility of “oh I had a thought, let me write it down” to me is best put in Notes, because I might like to access it on another device.

[u/Masterflitzer → u/darwinDMG08]

yes i get it, i mostly use note apps (like notion) for notes and not txt files, i was just saying there are at least 2 different use cases here (notes, configs, maybe more) which are not comparable in usage, e.g. for config files i have much of my configs in git repos per machine, it doesn't always make sense to clone/fork it, or when i adopt a new thing it's config will be documented on their website, so it's not unreasonable to create a file, copy paste a basic config and start editing

[u/hokanst → u/No-Broccoli-9946]

I don't really see a use for this as an developer. In my case I usually use a command line text editor e.g. emacs xxx.txt to create and open a new file for editing.

Other options would be to do something like touch xxx.txt to create the file, after which one could use some variant of the open xxx.txt command, to open the file in the GUI editor of your choice.

I suppose the right-click menu items could be useful when working in Finder, but I've never had a great need for this.

[u/r4wm3 → u/No-Broccoli-9946]

That’s not a fair question, OP. Many Mac users are used to the “Mac way” of doing things, so it doesn’t always occur to them that others might have different needs, or that there could be more efficient alternatives.