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In Windows, we can hold down Ctrl or use right mouse button while dragging the file in Explorer. When we release mouse button we see a menu where we can choose 'Create shortcut'.
It's quite handy, I think. Can we do something similar in Mac OS?
UPDATE: I do know how to create aliases, I'm interesting whether I can automatically create alias for the folder by just holding some key while dragging or smth like that.
I don't know any way to show a context menu for items selected with the keyboard like what the menu key does in Windows.
To assign a keyboard shortcut for performing a secondary click at the current coordinates of the pointer, you can either:
Use a private.xml like this with Karabiner:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
<item>
<name>Right Mousebutton</name>
<identifier>rightMouseButton</identifier>
<autogen>__KeyToKey__ KeyCode::OPTION_R, PointingButton::RIGHT</autogen>
</item>
</root>
Use BetterTouchTool:
Use Keyboard Maestro:
Download MouseTools and assign a shortcut to MouseTools -rightClick.
In High Sierra, the following works: just select the alias and run Finder command "Show Original" (command-R). This trims the alias size down to a minimum. This brought an alias that was previously 24 Mb down to 8 Kb.
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Click any file or folder, press and hold down the ⌘ Command + ⌥ Option keys, and then drag the file or folder while continuing to hold down the ⌘ Command + ⌥ Option keys.
An alias appears where you release the mouse button.