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I often have to generate files (for example letters), which should have a certain content at the beginning (e.g. letter head,…). In Many Linux-Distributions there is a folder called ~/Templates – Every file in this folder appears in the context-menu/"File new" and is copied to the folder after selecting this entry.
Is something like this also possible in MacOSX 10.6.8?
I've just installed and then uninstalled iconStiX again - just to see where the stuff was placed.
The uninstall is like this (see Readme.pdf in iconStiX.dmg):
Throw away the following 4 items into the Trash:
the iconStiX program in your Applications folder (or any other place of your choice)
in your ~/Library/Preferences:
li.loos.trollin.iconStiX.plist
li.loos.trollin.iconStiX.LSSharedFileList.plist (if any)
a folder named iconStiX in your ~/Library/Application Support folder
Empty the Trash.
BUT this doesn't remove the Contextual Menu Items - unless you reboot your Mac (I did that, and the items was gone).
You can actually remove native MacOS items from the context menu....but unfortunately, it doesn't appear you can remove the ones you indicated above. Regardless, if you want to take a look, head to
System Prefs > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Services
and then uncheck the items you don't want on the menu.
It's unfortunate that you can't remove all of them. But it can at least help you get rid of some of the clutter.
Best Answer
There is no equivalent user or system wide feature in Mac OS X 10.6.
However, many applications support Stationery Pad documents. These are documents marked as read only and when opened create a new untitled document using the original document's content.
The Stationery Pad option is available in the Finder > Get Info panel:
tuts+ has a tutorial explaining how Stationery Pads can be created and used.