What is metools?

meTools is a small Mac app that adds a set of quality of life shortcuts to the Finder, the file browser built into macOS. It combines three separate older utilities into one menu bar app, and every feature can be turned on or off individually with a checkbox, so you only enable the parts you want. The main additions are right click menu items and keyboard shortcuts. From the right click menu you can mark a file or folder to be cut, then right click an empty area of another folder, or even right click directly on a folder without opening it, to paste and move the items there. There is also a right click option to instantly create a new empty text file in the current folder. On the keyboard side, the app remaps several keys to behave the way they do on Windows: pressing Return opens the selected file or folder instead of renaming it, F2 renames a file, and Control plus C, X, V, and Z handle copy, cut, paste, and undo for file operations, with Backspace moving items to the Trash. Other touches include automatic naming when a copied file already exists, so you get files like file 2.txt and file 3.txt instead of an error, protection against moving a folder into itself, icons that adjust for light and dark mode, and an optional launch at login setting. The app is localized into 33 languages and follows your system's language automatically. Installation is available through Homebrew or as a manual download from the project's releases page. Because the app is not notarized by Apple, macOS may show a security warning on first launch, which the README explains how to clear. The right click features require enabling a Finder extension in System Settings, and the keyboard features require granting Accessibility permission. One noted limitation is that the right click menu items do not work inside iCloud synced Desktop and Documents folders, since Apple does not allow Finder extensions to run there. The project requires macOS 13 or later and is released under the MIT license.