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Generates an Applescript app that you can put in your Finder toolbar which will open an iTerm or Terminal tab at the current directory.

License: MIT License

AppleScript 58.52% Shell 41.48%

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open-iterm-or-terminal-here...'s Introduction

Open iTerm or Terminal Here...

This project generates an Applescript app that you can put in your Finder toolbar which will open an iTerm or Terminal tab at the current directory.

I know there's already a ton of these types of apps out there, but I wanted to make my own anyway :)

Prerequisites

If using iTerm, requires at least version 3

Setup

Generate the "Open iTerm Here..." or "Open Terminal Here..." app.
It will show up in your Applications folder (/Applications).

./generate.sh [iterm|terminal]

For example:

$ ./generate.sh iterm
Preparing to generate 'Open iTerm Here...' app
Putting AppleScript into place
Setting the icon
Reticulating splines
Opening app location in Finder
Done

Click and drag the app into the toolbar area where you want it. On newer versions of OS X, you have to hold down the Command (⌘) key until a green plus sign (+) appears.

(This gif shows the process for the "Open iTerm Here..." app, but it's the same for the "Open Terminal Here..." app)

Using Mac OS X 10.14 Mojave or later?

The app works, but there's some useful security info here.

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open-iterm-or-terminal-here...'s Issues

Create a new window instead of a tab?

It would be nice to have the option to always create a new window instead of a new tab.

I changed the AppleScript slightly to allow this:

tell application "Finder"
	if (count of windows) > 0 then
		set thePath to target of front window
	else
		display dialog "There are no open Finder windows." with icon caution buttons {"OK"} with title "Open iTerm Here..."
		return
	end if
end tell

if not (exists thePath) then
	tell application "Finder" to set theName to name of front window
	display dialog "The location of the Finder window \"" & theName & "\" is not a real location (e.g. smart folder, search, network, trash, etc) and cannot opened in iTerm." with icon caution buttons {"OK"} with title "Open iTerm Here..."
	return
end if
set thePath to quoted form of POSIX path of (thePath as alias)

tell application "iTerm"
	-- Handles the case where iTerm is running but has no windows
	set createdWindow to false
	create window with default profile

	tell current session of current window
		write text "cd " & thePath & " && clear"
	end tell

	activate
end tell

And this works for me, but likely this should be packaged up as an option to the generation script...?

Update documentation to indicate this works on Catalina

It wasn't immediately obvious that this worked in Catalina, but it does... The documentation should likely be updated?

Circumvent security pop-up in macOS Mojave?

Many AppleScript tools have this problem – any suggestions on how to circumvent this pop-up window on every single launch? I have tried these steps to no obvious effect: https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/335848/mojave-disable-or-control-the-some-app-name-wants-access-to-control-another

Thanks!

macOS Big Sur

I've checked permits, it looks all good but I've that
"Not authorized to send Apple events to Finder.
Not authorized to send Apple events to Finder. (-1743)"

I also changed the script to open a new window instead of a new tab. It worked fined on my Intel MacBook Pro, but annoyingly I can't drag the app in the Finder toolbar on my Mac mini M1. Anyone have the same problem ? or even better, a solution ?

Thanks :)

if iTerm is not open at all, the following error message is produced:
if iTerm is open without a window, the new window will always open in the home directory
if an iTerm window is open, everything works as expected if an iTerm window exists

If I were to make a wish, I’d like those scenarios to be

open iTerm, and a new window in current directory
open a new window in current directory
open a new tab in current directory (already works).

How can I help?

FWIW – I am running this tool on macOS 10.15.3 (19D76).
Thanks!