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How can I create a new folder within a nested folder hierarchy using Finder?

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Mar 15, 20266142 views
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Here's a thing that's been annoying me for a long time: Using OS X 10.6, when you navigate through folders, expanding them to see their content, you sometimes want to create a new folder at the bottom of the file hierarchy. Consider this example: Now, having selected "folder", pressing ⌘⇧N results …

Error Output

some
└── nested
    └── folder

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Fix for: How can I create a new folder within a nested folder hierarchy using Finder?

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One (very unrecommended) option would be to assign a shortcut to an AppleScript like this. There's an open bug in 10.7 that makes the script more or less unusable.

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