Some of my Automator QuickActions appear on the main contextual (shortcut) menu, and some are buried in a separate Quick Actions submenu. I could’t figure out how to make the ones on the submenu appear on the main menu, and then found that Erik Johnson found the solution:
I built his method into an AppleScript that will offer to modify any of your Quick Actions so that they appear on the main context menu, and I thought other people might find it useful. Probably the AppleScript is incompetent, but it seems to work:
use AppleScript version "2.4" -- Yosemite (10.10) or later
use scripting additions
--based on Erik Johnson's post:
-- https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/445872/is-it-possible-to-move-quick-action-from-the-separate-tab-directly-to-context-me/453044#453044
on run
set libPath to POSIX path of (path to library folder from user domain)
set strPath to libPath & "Services/"
set inFile to choose file with prompt "Select a Quick Action file to modify" of type "workflow" default location strPath
set inPosix to POSIX path of inFile --no slash at end
try
do shell script "plutil -remove NSServices.0.NSIconName" & space & quoted form of (inPosix & "/Contents/Info.plist")
display dialog "Success." & return & return & "The workflow should now appear on the contextual menu, not the Quick Actions menu." buttons {"OK"}
on error err
if err contains "no value to remove" then
display dialog "No change was required. The workflow should appear on the contextual menu, not the Quick Actions menu." buttons {"OK"}
else
display dialog err
end if
end try
end run
