Michal Ždanský If you often work with files and often move them from one folder to another, you should pay attention. A relatively new utility in the Mac App Store with a funny name yoink could help you a lot in this regard.
I've always had a few great programs and utilities to tame my computer work. While Hazel automatically sorted downloaded files into specific folders, Keyboard Maestro it made it possible to use keyboard shortcuts to create macros that started chains of actions, it was above all that Total Finder, which greatly expanded Finder's capabilities and made working with files all the easier.
Since I started writing, I have started to work much more with files, especially with images, which tend to be an integral part of articles. Downloading from the Internet, editing in Pixelmator, creating icons and keeping everything in several working folders for order. And although Hazel does a lot of the work for me, there is still a need to move files manually. However, if you use a MacBook touchpad and Spaces like I do, moving files may not be the most user-friendly operation. Yes, there are keyboard shortcuts, but sometimes it's just easier to take the file and move it.
And this is precisely what Yoink is able to deal with. The application could be described as a graphical representation of an alternative clipboard working with the Drag & Drop system. If you do not need the application, it is discreetly hidden in the background and you have no idea of its existence. But as soon as you grab a file with the cursor, a small box will appear on one side of the screen where you can drop the file.
However, Yoink does not stop only with files, it also works excellently with text. Just move the marked text with the mouse into that box and hide it here for worse times. You are not limited by the number of objects. You can insert several different excerpts from the article here and then insert them in the notebook in the same way. Yoink also has no problem moving multiple files at once. Files can also be inserted in groups and you can work with them further as a group. However, you can turn off this behavior in the settings, as well as split the group in the box.
While Yoink copies it for text, it's a cut-and-paste method for files. The application does not mind if the target file has moved in the meantime, as it tracks its location. Even after moving it in Finder, you can still work with the file placed in the clipboard. The application has a Quick View function implemented in it, so you can, for example, view the images to know which is which when you have more than one in the box. You can delete items from the clipboard with one button (target files will not be affected) and the broom icon will clean the entire clipboard. As for the text, it can also be opened in a native editor and saved as a separate text file.
The behavior of the application can be set to a limited extent, for example, on which side of the screen it will rest or whether it will appear right next to the cursor. You can use the global shortcut to activate Yoink at any time. It is primarily hidden if there are no files or text in it. If you use multiple screens, you can also choose whether the application appears on the main screen or on the one from which you move the file.
Working with Yoink is very addictive. Saving images from a full-screen web browser is a matter of clicking and dragging instead of awkwardly selecting from a context menu. Subjectively, I found it easier to work with Pixelmator, where I sometimes make two or more images into one, and where I would otherwise have complicatedly inserting images into individual layers. This is how I use Yoink to prepare the files in the clipboard, start the application and then gradually drag the files onto the prepared background.
If you're weaned on keyboard shortcuts, Yoink probably won't tell you much, but if you gravitate at least half way to using the cursor, the application can become a useful helper. Moreover, for less than two and a half euros, it is not an investment that one would have to think about for a long time.
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And isn't it easier to copy&paste into a folder, document, anywhere?
Franto, you probably didn't understand the advantages of Yoink. :-)
Read it more slowly. :-)
Franta probably didn't understand the advantages of Yoink. :-)
Franta probably didn't understand the advantages of Yoink. :-)
Well, I do not know. I was watching some YouTube videos with yoink and it all looks like an extended MS Office folder. Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V (I don't know how to do it on a Mac) solve it very quickly and without another application. So what are the advantages?
The difference, I think, is that when you use Ctrl C and V, you only work with one last file or group of files, and this program allows you to work with an infinite number of files.
The main advantage is that it can save multiple files to the clipboard at once, or even text. That way, you are not limited to just one thing, but, for example, surfing, saving texts in the clipboard and then conveniently moving them into one. And the main thing is to see what is in the clipboard.