Download MouseBoost Pro for Mac

In the edit

You are right in the middle of a busy edit. You need to zip a folder of selects, copy its file path, and jump to a frequently used client folder — all without leaving the Finder. MouseBoost Pro sits in the right-click menu and does exactly that, with more than 30 small tools ready when you need them.

It is a macOS Finder extension, so nothing changes about how you work until you right-click. From there you can open a favourite folder, copy the current path, compress files with encryption, create common file types on the fly, or permanently delete something you do not want lingering. You can also hide and show specified files, which is handy when you are tidying up a shoot folder. The menu is fully customisable and you can sort the items however you like.

For photographers and anyone who spends a lot of time in the Finder, it is one of those tools that saves seconds dozens of times a day. It works on both Intel and Apple Silicon Macs, and supports macOS back to 10.11. If you have ever wished the right-click menu did a little more, this is a straightforward way to add it.

Works on Macs from El Capitan to the latest Apple Silicon

MouseBoost Pro runs on anything from OS X 10.11 El Capitan through the latest macOS releases, and it supports both Intel 64-bit and Apple Silicon machines. That means it will work on the 2012 iMac in your second office just as well as the M2 MacBook Air you carry to client meetings. The installer is a standard disk image, and the app itself sits in your Applications folder — no background daemons, no login items you will forget about.

Once launched, it adds a new entry to your Finder's right-click menu. You will not see a separate window or a menu bar icon unless you want one. The whole point is to stay out of your way until you need it. The interface language is English, and version 5.2.8 is the current build. If you keep the app running in the background, the tools are always a right-click away.

Tailor the menu to your workflow before you start

Before you get deep into using it, take a few minutes to set up the menu the way you work. The default list is useful, but you will get more out of it after a little tailoring.

• Customise the right-click menu. You can remove the tools you never use and reorder the rest so the ones you reach for most often sit at the top. For me, that means moving Copy Path and Encrypted Compression near the top and tucking the developer tools further down.
• Set up your favourite folders. Pick the directories you visit every day — your current client's shoot folder, the export destination, the archive drive. They will appear in the menu so you can jump there in one click instead of navigating through the sidebar.
• Enable permanent file deletion if you find yourself emptying the Trash repeatedly during a cull. It is a straight bypass of the Trash, so use it on files you are certain about.
• Sort your tools into groups. The app lets you organise the whole menu. I keep file actions together, developer tools together, and information tools like MD5 and SHA256 in their own section. It keeps the list readable even when it is long.

From a designer's perspective

Rosa is a freelance graphic designer who works with a mix of Adobe files, web assets, and handoff folders for developers. She has the Finder open all day, moving files between a project folder, a Dropbox sync folder, and an external archive drive. Before MouseBoost Pro, she kept a text file of frequently used folder paths and pasted them into Go to Folder. Now she sets up her favourite folders in the menu and reaches them in two clicks. She also uses the custom file creation tool to make new Illustrator and Photoshop templates without leaving the Finder. For her, the time saved is not dramatic in any single moment, but over a week of projects it adds up to a lot less clicking around.

Workflow: batch rename and archive a set of selects

Here is a concrete task from a photographer's day. You have just finished a first pass through a wedding gallery and you have 40 raw files you want to send to the client as JPEGs. The original filenames are camera-generated and you need something cleaner before you export.

1. Select the 40 files in the Finder.
2. Right-click and go to the batch rename tool in MouseBoost Pro. You can insert text at a specific position, add a prefix like the couple's surname, or pull names from a list if the client provided one. The new version also supports rename-from-list, which is useful when you have a spreadsheet of final filenames.
3. Once the files are renamed, select them again and use the encrypted compression tool to zip them with a password. This is helpful if you are uploading to a client portal that does not add its own encryption.
4. Right-click again, copy the current path, and paste it into your email or upload tool so you know exactly where the archive lives.

That whole sequence takes about thirty seconds and never requires opening a separate app or typing a path. The rename and compression tools are both in the same right-click menu, so you stay in the Finder the entire time.

New this release

• Quick preview for folder trees
• Aspect ratio selection and automatic OCR copy
• Improved scrolling capture
• Insert text at a specific position in batch renaming
• Rename-from-list support in batch renaming
• Maximum depth setting for file and directory trees
• Fixed known issues

Mac it needs

• macOS OS X 10.11 or later
• Intel 64-bit or Apple Silicon