Touching a File in Finder

Written on January 5, 2021 at 12:30 pm

I’ve always been annoyed at not being able to create an empty file in the Finder. After way too long, I’ve finally done something about this. You can, too.

Open Automator and create a new “Quick Action”. I named mine “Create File”. Then make it look like this:

Quick Action Steps

To use it, select a folder in the Finder and right click and pick your action under the “Quick Action” menu.

Using the Quick Action