“Open in Atom” in macOS context-menu

atom-macos-context-menu.md

Open in Atom

• Open Automator
• Create a new Service
• Set “Service receives selected” to files or folders in any application
• Add a Run Shell Script action
• Set the script action to /usr/local/bin/atom -n $@
• Set “Pass input” to as arguments
• Save as Open in Atom

Add to Atom

Let's repeat the steps above for a second entry, this time to add files or folders to an existing Atom window

• Open Automator
• Create a new Service
• Add a Run Shell Script action
• Set “Service receives selected” to files or folders in any application
• Set the script action to /usr/local/bin/atom -a $@
• Set “Pass input” to as arguments
• Save as Add to Atom

Keyboard Shortcuts

You can assign a global shortcut to run the services we just created

• Open “System Preferences”
• Select “Keyboard” then the “Shortcuts” tab
• In the left pane, click on “Services”
• In the right pane, scroll to “Files and Folders”
• Select “Open in Atom” (or “Add to Atom”) and click “add shortcut”
• Select a shortcut

Edit Context Menu items

You might want to rename or edit the items we just created

• Activate Finder
• Click on “Finder” in the Apple menu, select “Services” then “Services Preferences”
• In the right pane, scroll to “Files and Folders” and scroll to the item you want to edit
• Right click the item and select “Open in Automator”
• Edit and save

Alternatively, you can edit the workflow (e.g. ~/Library/Services/Open in Atom.workflow) in your preferred text editor