Is it possible to create files directly in Folders?
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I have just bought a MacBook and recently switched from Windows OS. Let's take the example of Microsoft Word documents. In Windows OS, I have a habit of making my MS Word files in the destination directory itself, so all I have to do is save my work later.
However with my limited knowledge of MacOS, I realise there seems to be no way to achieve this, I always make a new MS Word file and only at the saving stage then I require to go through the whole motion of entering my nested folders. If I have to work on multiple files that would be stored in the same destination folder, this process will become quite irritating if the destination is quite deep into other folders.
Is there a way to overcome this dilemma in MacOS in general for any application?
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I have just bought a MacBook and recently switched from Windows OS. Let's take the example of Microsoft Word documents. In Windows OS, I have a habit of making my MS Word files in the destination directory itself, so all I have to do is save my work later.
However with my limited knowledge of MacOS, I realise there seems to be no way to achieve this, I always make a new MS Word file and only at the saving stage then I require to go through the whole motion of entering my nested folders. If I have to work on multiple files that would be stored in the same destination folder, this process will become quite irritating if the destination is quite deep into other folders.
Is there a way to overcome this dilemma in MacOS in general for any application?
finder ms-office
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for which application
– Buscar웃
3 hours ago
@Buscar웃 Actually the question extends to any application if possible. But the example I have been using is MS Word.
– Prashin Jeevaganth
3 hours ago
Mac applications will let you choose the save to folder, but only the firs time you do it. After that all new files from same app will be saved to same folder unless you chose no to. Is it that what you are talking about.
– Buscar웃
2 hours ago
No what I meant is consider 1 application X, making file X1,X2,X3... X10. We might want X1,X2...X7 to be in Folder A(which is 5 folders deep), and I don't know a way to pre-make the files in Folder A so I can avoid going into 5x7 folders. However, I not only work with Folder A, I also want X8,X9,X10 to be in Folder B. So to your reply, no, I don't want a default folder to store all my files from 1 app X.
– Prashin Jeevaganth
2 hours ago
sorry for misunderstanding. I used to be Windows user long time ago, and do not remember how do you PRE-MAKE file ? With what action or commands in Windows.
– Buscar웃
2 hours ago
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I have just bought a MacBook and recently switched from Windows OS. Let's take the example of Microsoft Word documents. In Windows OS, I have a habit of making my MS Word files in the destination directory itself, so all I have to do is save my work later.
However with my limited knowledge of MacOS, I realise there seems to be no way to achieve this, I always make a new MS Word file and only at the saving stage then I require to go through the whole motion of entering my nested folders. If I have to work on multiple files that would be stored in the same destination folder, this process will become quite irritating if the destination is quite deep into other folders.
Is there a way to overcome this dilemma in MacOS in general for any application?
finder ms-office
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I have just bought a MacBook and recently switched from Windows OS. Let's take the example of Microsoft Word documents. In Windows OS, I have a habit of making my MS Word files in the destination directory itself, so all I have to do is save my work later.
However with my limited knowledge of MacOS, I realise there seems to be no way to achieve this, I always make a new MS Word file and only at the saving stage then I require to go through the whole motion of entering my nested folders. If I have to work on multiple files that would be stored in the same destination folder, this process will become quite irritating if the destination is quite deep into other folders.
Is there a way to overcome this dilemma in MacOS in general for any application?
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for which application
– Buscar웃
3 hours ago
@Buscar웃 Actually the question extends to any application if possible. But the example I have been using is MS Word.
– Prashin Jeevaganth
3 hours ago
Mac applications will let you choose the save to folder, but only the firs time you do it. After that all new files from same app will be saved to same folder unless you chose no to. Is it that what you are talking about.
– Buscar웃
2 hours ago
No what I meant is consider 1 application X, making file X1,X2,X3... X10. We might want X1,X2...X7 to be in Folder A(which is 5 folders deep), and I don't know a way to pre-make the files in Folder A so I can avoid going into 5x7 folders. However, I not only work with Folder A, I also want X8,X9,X10 to be in Folder B. So to your reply, no, I don't want a default folder to store all my files from 1 app X.
– Prashin Jeevaganth
2 hours ago
sorry for misunderstanding. I used to be Windows user long time ago, and do not remember how do you PRE-MAKE file ? With what action or commands in Windows.
– Buscar웃
2 hours ago
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for which application
– Buscar웃
3 hours ago
@Buscar웃 Actually the question extends to any application if possible. But the example I have been using is MS Word.
– Prashin Jeevaganth
3 hours ago
Mac applications will let you choose the save to folder, but only the firs time you do it. After that all new files from same app will be saved to same folder unless you chose no to. Is it that what you are talking about.
– Buscar웃
2 hours ago
No what I meant is consider 1 application X, making file X1,X2,X3... X10. We might want X1,X2...X7 to be in Folder A(which is 5 folders deep), and I don't know a way to pre-make the files in Folder A so I can avoid going into 5x7 folders. However, I not only work with Folder A, I also want X8,X9,X10 to be in Folder B. So to your reply, no, I don't want a default folder to store all my files from 1 app X.
– Prashin Jeevaganth
2 hours ago
sorry for misunderstanding. I used to be Windows user long time ago, and do not remember how do you PRE-MAKE file ? With what action or commands in Windows.
– Buscar웃
2 hours ago
for which application
– Buscar웃
3 hours ago
for which application
– Buscar웃
3 hours ago
@Buscar웃 Actually the question extends to any application if possible. But the example I have been using is MS Word.
– Prashin Jeevaganth
3 hours ago
@Buscar웃 Actually the question extends to any application if possible. But the example I have been using is MS Word.
– Prashin Jeevaganth
3 hours ago
Mac applications will let you choose the save to folder, but only the firs time you do it. After that all new files from same app will be saved to same folder unless you chose no to. Is it that what you are talking about.
– Buscar웃
2 hours ago
Mac applications will let you choose the save to folder, but only the firs time you do it. After that all new files from same app will be saved to same folder unless you chose no to. Is it that what you are talking about.
– Buscar웃
2 hours ago
No what I meant is consider 1 application X, making file X1,X2,X3... X10. We might want X1,X2...X7 to be in Folder A(which is 5 folders deep), and I don't know a way to pre-make the files in Folder A so I can avoid going into 5x7 folders. However, I not only work with Folder A, I also want X8,X9,X10 to be in Folder B. So to your reply, no, I don't want a default folder to store all my files from 1 app X.
– Prashin Jeevaganth
2 hours ago
No what I meant is consider 1 application X, making file X1,X2,X3... X10. We might want X1,X2...X7 to be in Folder A(which is 5 folders deep), and I don't know a way to pre-make the files in Folder A so I can avoid going into 5x7 folders. However, I not only work with Folder A, I also want X8,X9,X10 to be in Folder B. So to your reply, no, I don't want a default folder to store all my files from 1 app X.
– Prashin Jeevaganth
2 hours ago
sorry for misunderstanding. I used to be Windows user long time ago, and do not remember how do you PRE-MAKE file ? With what action or commands in Windows.
– Buscar웃
2 hours ago
sorry for misunderstanding. I used to be Windows user long time ago, and do not remember how do you PRE-MAKE file ? With what action or commands in Windows.
– Buscar웃
2 hours ago
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AFAIK, you can't do it directly through the macOS GUI like in Windows, w/o any customizations.
You can use the Terminal* app (Cmd+Space to open Spotlight, then type terminal), by typing cd, then drag and drop the folder to it to get the whole file path; finally type touch my newfile.docx.
e.g.
cd /path/to/file
touch newfile.docx
many other alternative solutions here
* coming from the Windows world, terminal it's like the cmd.exe (Command Prompt)
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touchcreates an empty (zero byte length) file, does Word handle this correctly? (And there is no need tocd,touch path/to/fileworks as well)
– nohillside♦
2 hours ago
1
Hi, thanks for your prompt reply. As a previous Windows user, I only sticked to the GUI for completing day to day tasks and don’t really use the Command Prompt. Recently I got into a Computer Science course and people recommended me to get a MacBook for a better understanding of the UNIX environment, and that was my first encounter with Terminal, (no Command Prompt experience prior to that).
– Prashin Jeevaganth
2 hours ago
1
I have been searching for a long time how to extend my terminal knowledge to day to day task. Do you happen to know where I can read up on some of these because I wish to extend them beyond just creating text files for programming. Also, specifically for the creation of files, is it true that I could create any file as long as I know its extension?
– Prashin Jeevaganth
2 hours ago
1
@nohillside I don't get how your command works when you don't specify the name and extension of your file to be created. Sorry I'm new to UNIX.
– Prashin Jeevaganth
2 hours ago
@PrashinJeevaganth If you only want to create an empty file you can runtouch /path/to/file/newfile.docxinstead ofcd /path/to/file; touch newfile.docx.
– nohillside♦
44 mins ago
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1 Answer
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active
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up vote
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AFAIK, you can't do it directly through the macOS GUI like in Windows, w/o any customizations.
You can use the Terminal* app (Cmd+Space to open Spotlight, then type terminal), by typing cd, then drag and drop the folder to it to get the whole file path; finally type touch my newfile.docx.
e.g.
cd /path/to/file
touch newfile.docx
many other alternative solutions here
* coming from the Windows world, terminal it's like the cmd.exe (Command Prompt)
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touchcreates an empty (zero byte length) file, does Word handle this correctly? (And there is no need tocd,touch path/to/fileworks as well)
– nohillside♦
2 hours ago
1
Hi, thanks for your prompt reply. As a previous Windows user, I only sticked to the GUI for completing day to day tasks and don’t really use the Command Prompt. Recently I got into a Computer Science course and people recommended me to get a MacBook for a better understanding of the UNIX environment, and that was my first encounter with Terminal, (no Command Prompt experience prior to that).
– Prashin Jeevaganth
2 hours ago
1
I have been searching for a long time how to extend my terminal knowledge to day to day task. Do you happen to know where I can read up on some of these because I wish to extend them beyond just creating text files for programming. Also, specifically for the creation of files, is it true that I could create any file as long as I know its extension?
– Prashin Jeevaganth
2 hours ago
1
@nohillside I don't get how your command works when you don't specify the name and extension of your file to be created. Sorry I'm new to UNIX.
– Prashin Jeevaganth
2 hours ago
@PrashinJeevaganth If you only want to create an empty file you can runtouch /path/to/file/newfile.docxinstead ofcd /path/to/file; touch newfile.docx.
– nohillside♦
44 mins ago
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show 1 more comment
up vote
3
down vote
AFAIK, you can't do it directly through the macOS GUI like in Windows, w/o any customizations.
You can use the Terminal* app (Cmd+Space to open Spotlight, then type terminal), by typing cd, then drag and drop the folder to it to get the whole file path; finally type touch my newfile.docx.
e.g.
cd /path/to/file
touch newfile.docx
many other alternative solutions here
* coming from the Windows world, terminal it's like the cmd.exe (Command Prompt)
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touchcreates an empty (zero byte length) file, does Word handle this correctly? (And there is no need tocd,touch path/to/fileworks as well)
– nohillside♦
2 hours ago
1
Hi, thanks for your prompt reply. As a previous Windows user, I only sticked to the GUI for completing day to day tasks and don’t really use the Command Prompt. Recently I got into a Computer Science course and people recommended me to get a MacBook for a better understanding of the UNIX environment, and that was my first encounter with Terminal, (no Command Prompt experience prior to that).
– Prashin Jeevaganth
2 hours ago
1
I have been searching for a long time how to extend my terminal knowledge to day to day task. Do you happen to know where I can read up on some of these because I wish to extend them beyond just creating text files for programming. Also, specifically for the creation of files, is it true that I could create any file as long as I know its extension?
– Prashin Jeevaganth
2 hours ago
1
@nohillside I don't get how your command works when you don't specify the name and extension of your file to be created. Sorry I'm new to UNIX.
– Prashin Jeevaganth
2 hours ago
@PrashinJeevaganth If you only want to create an empty file you can runtouch /path/to/file/newfile.docxinstead ofcd /path/to/file; touch newfile.docx.
– nohillside♦
44 mins ago
 |Â
show 1 more comment
up vote
3
down vote
up vote
3
down vote
AFAIK, you can't do it directly through the macOS GUI like in Windows, w/o any customizations.
You can use the Terminal* app (Cmd+Space to open Spotlight, then type terminal), by typing cd, then drag and drop the folder to it to get the whole file path; finally type touch my newfile.docx.
e.g.
cd /path/to/file
touch newfile.docx
many other alternative solutions here
* coming from the Windows world, terminal it's like the cmd.exe (Command Prompt)
answered 2 hours ago
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AFAIK, you can't do it directly through the macOS GUI like in Windows, w/o any customizations.
You can use the Terminal* app (Cmd+Space to open Spotlight, then type terminal), by typing cd, then drag and drop the folder to it to get the whole file path; finally type touch my newfile.docx.
e.g.
cd /path/to/file
touch newfile.docx
many other alternative solutions here
* coming from the Windows world, terminal it's like the cmd.exe (Command Prompt)
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touchcreates an empty (zero byte length) file, does Word handle this correctly? (And there is no need tocd,touch path/to/fileworks as well)
– nohillside♦
2 hours ago
1
Hi, thanks for your prompt reply. As a previous Windows user, I only sticked to the GUI for completing day to day tasks and don’t really use the Command Prompt. Recently I got into a Computer Science course and people recommended me to get a MacBook for a better understanding of the UNIX environment, and that was my first encounter with Terminal, (no Command Prompt experience prior to that).
– Prashin Jeevaganth
2 hours ago
1
I have been searching for a long time how to extend my terminal knowledge to day to day task. Do you happen to know where I can read up on some of these because I wish to extend them beyond just creating text files for programming. Also, specifically for the creation of files, is it true that I could create any file as long as I know its extension?
– Prashin Jeevaganth
2 hours ago
1
@nohillside I don't get how your command works when you don't specify the name and extension of your file to be created. Sorry I'm new to UNIX.
– Prashin Jeevaganth
2 hours ago
@PrashinJeevaganth If you only want to create an empty file you can runtouch /path/to/file/newfile.docxinstead ofcd /path/to/file; touch newfile.docx.
– nohillside♦
44 mins ago
 |Â
show 1 more comment
touchcreates an empty (zero byte length) file, does Word handle this correctly? (And there is no need tocd,touch path/to/fileworks as well)
– nohillside♦
2 hours ago
1
Hi, thanks for your prompt reply. As a previous Windows user, I only sticked to the GUI for completing day to day tasks and don’t really use the Command Prompt. Recently I got into a Computer Science course and people recommended me to get a MacBook for a better understanding of the UNIX environment, and that was my first encounter with Terminal, (no Command Prompt experience prior to that).
– Prashin Jeevaganth
2 hours ago
1
I have been searching for a long time how to extend my terminal knowledge to day to day task. Do you happen to know where I can read up on some of these because I wish to extend them beyond just creating text files for programming. Also, specifically for the creation of files, is it true that I could create any file as long as I know its extension?
– Prashin Jeevaganth
2 hours ago
1
@nohillside I don't get how your command works when you don't specify the name and extension of your file to be created. Sorry I'm new to UNIX.
– Prashin Jeevaganth
2 hours ago
@PrashinJeevaganth If you only want to create an empty file you can runtouch /path/to/file/newfile.docxinstead ofcd /path/to/file; touch newfile.docx.
– nohillside♦
44 mins ago
touch creates an empty (zero byte length) file, does Word handle this correctly? (And there is no need to cd, touch path/to/file works as well)– nohillside♦
2 hours ago
touch creates an empty (zero byte length) file, does Word handle this correctly? (And there is no need to cd, touch path/to/file works as well)– nohillside♦
2 hours ago
1
1
Hi, thanks for your prompt reply. As a previous Windows user, I only sticked to the GUI for completing day to day tasks and don’t really use the Command Prompt. Recently I got into a Computer Science course and people recommended me to get a MacBook for a better understanding of the UNIX environment, and that was my first encounter with Terminal, (no Command Prompt experience prior to that).
– Prashin Jeevaganth
2 hours ago
Hi, thanks for your prompt reply. As a previous Windows user, I only sticked to the GUI for completing day to day tasks and don’t really use the Command Prompt. Recently I got into a Computer Science course and people recommended me to get a MacBook for a better understanding of the UNIX environment, and that was my first encounter with Terminal, (no Command Prompt experience prior to that).
– Prashin Jeevaganth
2 hours ago
1
1
I have been searching for a long time how to extend my terminal knowledge to day to day task. Do you happen to know where I can read up on some of these because I wish to extend them beyond just creating text files for programming. Also, specifically for the creation of files, is it true that I could create any file as long as I know its extension?
– Prashin Jeevaganth
2 hours ago
I have been searching for a long time how to extend my terminal knowledge to day to day task. Do you happen to know where I can read up on some of these because I wish to extend them beyond just creating text files for programming. Also, specifically for the creation of files, is it true that I could create any file as long as I know its extension?
– Prashin Jeevaganth
2 hours ago
1
1
@nohillside I don't get how your command works when you don't specify the name and extension of your file to be created. Sorry I'm new to UNIX.
– Prashin Jeevaganth
2 hours ago
@nohillside I don't get how your command works when you don't specify the name and extension of your file to be created. Sorry I'm new to UNIX.
– Prashin Jeevaganth
2 hours ago
@PrashinJeevaganth If you only want to create an empty file you can run
touch /path/to/file/newfile.docx instead of cd /path/to/file; touch newfile.docx.– nohillside♦
44 mins ago
@PrashinJeevaganth If you only want to create an empty file you can run
touch /path/to/file/newfile.docx instead of cd /path/to/file; touch newfile.docx.– nohillside♦
44 mins ago
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for which application
– Buscar웃
3 hours ago
@Buscar웃 Actually the question extends to any application if possible. But the example I have been using is MS Word.
– Prashin Jeevaganth
3 hours ago
Mac applications will let you choose the save to folder, but only the firs time you do it. After that all new files from same app will be saved to same folder unless you chose no to. Is it that what you are talking about.
– Buscar웃
2 hours ago
No what I meant is consider 1 application X, making file X1,X2,X3... X10. We might want X1,X2...X7 to be in Folder A(which is 5 folders deep), and I don't know a way to pre-make the files in Folder A so I can avoid going into 5x7 folders. However, I not only work with Folder A, I also want X8,X9,X10 to be in Folder B. So to your reply, no, I don't want a default folder to store all my files from 1 app X.
– Prashin Jeevaganth
2 hours ago
sorry for misunderstanding. I used to be Windows user long time ago, and do not remember how do you PRE-MAKE file ? With what action or commands in Windows.
– Buscar웃
2 hours ago