Mac right-click and file handling guides

How to add actions to the Mac context menu, rename files in bulk, compress images and turn video into GIF — including what the built-in tools can do.

• How to add actions to the Mac right-click menuTwo ways to put your own actions in the macOS context menu: the built-in Quick Actions and their limits, and Finder extensions that add tools to the menu.
• How to batch rename files on a MacThree ways to rename many files at once on macOS: Finder's built-in Rename, Shortcuts, and right-click batch renaming with regex, numbering and a live preview.
• How to compress images and convert formats on a MacCompress and convert images on macOS: export from Preview, use Shortcuts, or do it straight from the Finder context menu with resizing, WebP and batches.
• How to turn a video into a GIF and extract audio on a MacMake GIFs from video, extract the audio and compress video on macOS — what the built-in tools cover, and how to do it from the right-click menu.