Meet Robin — a macOS file shelf
A sidekick for your cursor.
Robin is a quiet macOS overlay. Flick him up right where you’re working, drop files onto his shelf, carry them across any app, and run quick actions — then he’s gone.
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Give your mouse a shake…
Robin pops up beneath your cursor.
Scoop up the files you need.
He opens into a shelf.
Drop them in — they stack up safely.
Head anywhere; he shrinks and tags along.
At the destination he opens back up.
Drag the files out into the new folder.
…then he’s gone.
How it works
Three moves, then he’s gone.
No window to manage, no app to switch to. Robin shows up for the handful of seconds you need him.
01
Bring him up
A keystroke, a mouse-shake, or the start of a drag pops Robin up at your pointer.
Summon
02
Drop things in
Let go of whatever you’re collecting. Files are stashed safely on his shelf.
Gather
03
Take it anywhere
Carry the whole pile to any folder, app, or upload field — then he disappears.
Deliver
What he does
A pocket for files, wherever you are.
Drop in
Drag files toward your cursor and a shelf blooms open. Let go — they wait there, out of your way.
Drag out
Pull the stack into any folder, app, or upload field. A real macOS drag, with no stray copies left behind.
Quick actions
Reveal in Finder, copy paths, move or copy in bulk, rename, convert images — all right from the shelf.
Quick actions
Get things done without leaving the shelf.
The everyday file chores you’d normally open Finder for — one click away, right under your cursor.
Reveal in Finder
Jump straight to the original on disk.
Copy paths
Every selected path, onto the clipboard.
Move or copy
Send the whole lot to a folder you pick.
Rename
Tidy up names before the files land.
Convert image
PNG ⇄ JPEG, via built-in macOS sips.
Summon
Three ways to call him.
Reach for whichever fits your hands. They all land Robin in the same spot — under your cursor.
A shortcut
Press ⌃⌘D — yours to remap — and he appears.
A mouse shake
Give the mouse a quick wiggle and Robin wakes up. Nothing to remember.
The drag itself
Once he’s active, starting any file drag opens the shelf right where you are.
Give your cursor a sidekick.
A tiny, quiet macOS utility that stays out of the way until the moment you need somewhere to put a file.
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