- Open Automator
- Create a new Service
- Set “Service receives selected” to
files or folders
inany application
- Add a
Run Shell Script
action - Set the script action to
/usr/local/bin/atom -n "$@"
- Set “Pass input” to
as arguments
- Save as
Open in Atom
Let's repeat the steps above for a second entry, this time to add files or folders to an existing Atom window
- Open Automator
- Create a new Service
- Add a
Run Shell Script
action - Set “Service receives selected” to
files or folders
inany application
- Set the script action to
/usr/local/bin/atom -a "$@"
- Set “Pass input” to
as arguments
- Save as
Add to Atom
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
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
I think it has been a deliberate decision by Apple not to provide ways to clutter the context menu in the ways Windows programs often do. However, whether entries to the context menu are nested within a sub-menu depends on the number of services. I currently have four items available in the top-level of the context menu. IIRC, they only get nested once you have 5 or more, so you could try and remove some unneeded services.