From within Merge, choose Araxis Merge ▸ Services ▸ Services Preferences… menu item.

To enable or disable Merge services for macOS: Keyboard shortcuts may be configured for the Merge services via macOS System Preferences ( System Preferences ▸ Keyboard ▸ Shortcuts ▸ Services ▸ Files and Folders). The Merge services for macOS add commands to the Services submenu of application menus, and also to the equivalent submenu of the context menus that appear when you right-click (or Ctrl-click) selected files or folders in Finder.

To disable Finder integration, uncheck the Araxis Merge checkbox.

To enable Finder integration, check the Araxis Merge checkbox.

Choose Finder Extensions from the list of the left.

To enable or disable the Merge Finder extension: The extension is not enabled by default, and must therefore be enabled via macOS System Preferences before it can be used. The Merge extension for Finder adds commands to the Finder context menus that appear when you right-click (or Ctrl-click) selected files or folders. You can thus use this command to compare items located in different Finder tabs or windows.Ĭompares the selected and queued items using Merge.

Queued items are included when you select another item and choose Compare with Queue. The following commands are available, regardless of whether you use the extension for Finder or the macOS services: CommandĪdds the selected items to a comparison queue. Thus, if you wish to assign keyboard shortcuts, use the macOS services instead. However, macOS does not provide a way to create keyboard shortcuts for a Finder extension’s commands.

The Finder extension is generally the more convenient integration method to use. There are two ways to integrate Merge with macOS Finder:

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