This is a very simple thing to do, but hardly anyone does. You should adjust the Finder toolbar to suit your own needs. To do this, open a Finder window and right-click on the toolbar. You’ll see the Customize Toolbar option in the context menu. Select it, and a window will appear with additional functions and tools. You can click and drag icons to where you want them in the toolbar.
The AirDrop icon, for example, is useful if you transfer files often: once it’s been added to the Finder, you simply select an item and send it straight away. The buttons for burning blank discs, ejecting media, and accessing servers can also be useful, depending on your needs.
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You can also easily change the order of the icons. Simply click on one while holding down the Command key. To remove it from the toolbar, simply drag it out.
Quick Commands for photo editing and your own scripts
Quick Actions are small tools that you can access via the context menu (the menu that appears when you right-click an item). They allow you to quickly convert PNG to JPEG or create a PDF, for example.
Six system services are provided by default, though the options available in the context menu depend on the selected file type. For example, if you right-click on a video, you can access a function to trim the video. This is quicker and easier than using QuickTime Player.
For photos, you can quickly convert them to other formats such as JPEG; you can combine several PDFs into a single PDF file using Create PDF; rotate a photo; and remove the background from a photo (though this doesn’t always work). For image files and PDFs, there’s also the option to add annotations. This opens a window with the tools familiar from Preview, allowing you to add lines, red arrows, and other annotations.
