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Sticky Note in Finder Folder

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jlehet

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I'm looking for an app that would easily create a sticky that would be specific to a finder folder. Maybe impossible to make such an app? Certainly very hard to find by searching. All sticky apps seem to make stickies on the desktop.

So for example if I had a folder with a few image files I'd love to seamlessly create a sticky that I'd see only when I opened that folder so I could see something like "one of these has a glitch." Workarounds are currently doing things like creating a text file in that folder named "notes" which I'd have to quicklook or a text file named "one of these has a glitch" which would be self descriptive. Or make a subfolder called "this one has a glitch" -- all those are OK-ish. But I'd love to have a sticky app that could make a quick note and quickly, like with a control click.
 
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Another OK-ish choice is to add a comment to the folder. Then you can display the comment when using list view. It's less powerful than what you want but has the advantage of being able to easily see the comments on many folders at the same time.
 
I am looking for the same, an app that will create a sticky which then can attach itself to a folder so you see its text when the folder opens.

I found a couple for Windows but is there any alternative for MacOS (Monterey)? The ones I found for Windows are::

Zhorn software https://www.zhornsoftware.co.uk/stickies/
and
Notezilla by Conceptworld https://www.conceptworld.com/Notezilla/

The Zhorn version seems lightweight, I wonder if something like this can be created using the built-in MacOs features?
 
Not a sticky and won't open automatically, but easy to create a file in a folder by control click with the app I recently found called New File Menu $2 in the Mac App Store. This is what I needed, pretty much, and I suppose I could get it to auto open if I named it with a code and got Keyboard Maestro to open such a coded file in an opening folder. I think I can do that with KM but not sure...
 
It's a great idea and I hope someone makes it. It would come in especially handy in shared network folders. Like if you wanted to leave instructions for a co-worker
 
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MisterK said:
It's a great idea and I hope someone makes it. It would come in especially handy in shared network folders. Like if you wanted to leave instructions for a co-worker
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I am totally amazed it doesn't exist. Hoping someone knows of something or a way to develop it somehow.
 
svenmany said:
Seems it’s doable with provided tools.

https://developer.apple.com/library...tLangGuide/reference/ASLR_folder_actions.html

Someone who knows AppleScript might find it trivial. On open of the folder the script could do a quick look on a file with a standard name that’s found in the folder.
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I was wondering about some Applescript and using Automator. I actually used Automator last week to build a way of creating a text file in a folder with one click, works wonderfully but I just copied someone else's instructions (so I don't know how to develop it myself).

Interesting though, thank you for your input, maybe this helps this get somewhere.
 
svenmany said:
Seems it’s doable with provided tools.

https://developer.apple.com/library...tLangGuide/reference/ASLR_folder_actions.html

Someone who knows AppleScript might find it trivial. On open of the folder the script could do a quick look on a file with a standard name that’s found in the folder.
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Since I suggested it, it's my responsibility to recant. I tried it and failed. I'll document my failure just below, but I think it's irrelevant; it's a ridiculous solution. Just renaming or moving a folder will abandon all the action set up on that folder. Those set up actions will be all left registered for the now non-existent folder, and will have to be cleaned up at some point.

My failure...

I simply attached an Apple provided script to a folder - the script was supposed to show the folder comments in a dialog when it is opened. Nothing happened (Maybe I don't know what "open" means.) I modified the script to be as simple as possible- still nothing.

I ran the Folder Actions Setup application and confirmed everything was "turned on". (a total of 3 checkboxes) However, I do get an alert to "Confirm Service" every time I start that application.

Oh well. Maybe there's something in Monterey that has disabled these kinds of folder actions in favor of some of the newer technologies.

Here's a post of someone reporting the same problem I had.

https://apple.stackexchange.com/que...ed-service-and-folder-actions-are-not-working
 
So I was searching for this and found this thread, as no one has mentioned it, GM Right Click Tool is something I literally just found that lets you easily create a new file for things like using the file name as a note and also easily change the icon of the file/folder. Will post back here my findings
 
ziriko said:
So I was searching for this and found this thread, as no one has mentioned it, GM Right Click Tool is something I literally just found that lets you easily create a new file for things like using the file name as a note and also easily change the icon of the file/folder. Will post back here my findings
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Can you confirm what GM Right Tool Click is? I googled it and not sure what you are referring to.
 

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ScottieDog said:
I was wondering about some Applescript and using Automator. I actually used Automator last week to build a way of creating a text file in a folder with one click, works wonderfully but I just copied someone else's instructions (so I don't know how to develop it myself).

Interesting though, thank you for your input, maybe this helps this get somewhere.
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I read through the whole thread and we came to the determination that there isn't a sticky note taht can be added to folders, but an acceptable workaround was adding text files with the name being the note as a workaround. So I shared this as you can right click in finder and then add a text file with a single click after that.
 
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