As longtime Mac Gems readers have likely deduced, I love keyboard shortcuts. If I can access a function more quickly or more easily, I’m all for it. I’m also a big fan of contextual menu plugins—being ...

In my ongoing quest to make my time more efficient when I’m working on my computer, I’ve accumulated a rogue’s gallery of plugins, scripts, applications and so forth that, at the very least, make me ...

Here’s a scenario shared with me recently by a friend: iTunes user: “You know, I’d really like to do [something or other] with iTunes.” Friend: “Sure. Just Control-click on a track, and use the ...

Mac OS X trick: Change contextual menus on your Dock Right-clicking (or Control + clicking) on a Dock icon will bring up a contextual menu with available options for that application or file. This ...

OS X does not support a quick-access button for its contextual menu, but there is a workaround that might work for you. Topher, an avid Mac user for the past 15 years, has been a contributing author ...

Nilesoft Context Menu Manager allows the user to design the way they want the context menu to look after a right-click. You can add it to the Windows File Explorer and then use it to add, remove, or ...

Windows tip: An Ask MetaFilter thread has a simple-yet-excellent tip for setting up quick methods for opening files based on file type by adding custom menu items to the right-click context menu. Say, ...

August 27, 2014 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google If you're looking for a way to help clean up your Windows desktop icons and taskbar, you can make any ...