MouseBoost Docs

MouseBoost is a macOS Finder context menu toolkit. It brings file operations, image tools, compression, terminal shortcuts, clipboard history, scripts, and system utilities into the right-click menu, so common file workflows stay inside Finder.

Documentation is available in Chinese and English. The English screenshot set currently reuses Chinese UI captures as temporary references; replace the files under public/screenshots/en/ later with the same filenames.

Recommended Reading

1. Getting Started: install MouseBoost, enable Finder Extension, grant permissions, and confirm the menu works.
2. Feature Overview: understand the core features by workflow.
3. New Files In Finder: create TXT, Markdown, Office, and custom template files in the current Finder folder.
4. Common Scripts: learn script variables and starter script patterns.
5. Shortcuts: assign a shortcut to each menu item.
6. Permissions and Notes: Finder Extension, Accessibility, Full Disk Access, external disks, and high-risk operation notes.
7. Cloud Drive Context Menu Missing: troubleshoot missing context menus in iCloud Desktop, Documents, iCloud Drive, and third-party cloud folders.
8. FAQ: troubleshoot menu visibility, permissions, external disks, clipboard history, and common failures.

Core Capabilities

• Customize the Finder context menu with sorting, folding, icons, enable/disable controls, and hidden items.
• Assign a dedicated shortcut to each menu item.
• Create new files from text, Office, iWork, web, script, and custom templates.
• Add favorite folders, apps, websites, and scripts to the menu.
• Copy, move, cut, paste, copy paths, copy filenames, and generate directory trees.
• Batch rename, fix garbled filenames, show or hide files, lock files, and force delete.
• Convert, resize, crop, rotate, compress, remove background, read QR codes, and extract app icons.
• Calculate file hashes, inspect file information, count total size, and find duplicates.
• Compress, encrypt archives, create DMG files, and integrate OmniZip.
• Open Terminal, iTerm2, Ghostty, cmux, Kaku, and other terminal tools at the current folder.
• Use clipboard history with search, filters, preview, pinning, paste into editor, and paste queues.

Who It Is For

MouseBoost is for macOS users who spend a lot of time in Finder: developers, designers, content creators, operations teams, and anyone who frequently organizes files, handles images, manages archives, copies paths, or automates repeated tasks.