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Droplet shortcuts are used to access remote folders from the Finder or the Dock. You can drag files to a droplet shortcut to have Fetch upload those files, or double-click it to open a remote folder in Fetch.

While using a droplet shortcut is similar to using shortcuts in Fetch, a droplet shortcut may save you more steps or may suit your workflow better. For instance, if there's a server that you regularly upload files to, you could create a droplet shortcut that refers to a folder on that server. Then you can just drag files and folders to the droplet shortcut in the Finder, enter your password if necessary, and Fetch will connect to the server and start uploading your files.

You can also quickly connect to the remote folder to make other changes by double-clicking the droplet shortcut. Fetch will prompt you for a password if necessary, and display the folder's contents in a Fetch window. No navigating is needed in either case.

You create droplet shortcuts with the Save Droplet Shortcut command.

To create a droplet shortcut:

  1. Open a connection to the desired server.
  2. In the transfer window file list, navigate to the folder you want to upload files to.
  3. Do not select anything in the file list if you want to upload files to the folder currently being viewed in the transfer window; otherwise, select a folder you want to upload files to.
  4. Choose File > Save Droplet Shortcut.
  5. Enter a name and choose a location for the droplet shortcut.

Once the droplet shortcut is created, just drag files and folders to its icon, and Fetch will open and automatically start uploading the files to the folder represented by the droplet shortcut. If you double-click the droplet shortcut instead, it will open the folder it represents in Fetch, but will not upload anything.

If the connection to the server opened by a shortcut document requires a password, you will be prompted for it when you open the shortcut document. If you do not want to be prompted for the password, you need to save the password for the connection in your keychain.

You can copy the droplet shortcut to any location on your Macintosh, or put it in your Dock for easy access. You can also copy the droplet to another Macintosh or send it to other users; however, those users must have a copy of Fetch in order to use the droplet shortcut.

If you want to create a double-clickable document that downloads a file, see the shortcut documents help topic.

If you want to save a list of shortcuts to open later in Fetch, but don't want to automatically open what the shortcuts refer to, you can either create a shortcut that is added to the Fetch Shortcuts window, or create a shortcut list document from a shortcut list window.

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