https://github.com/mikeckennedy/urlify

A simple macOS app to create valid file and url names from clipboard text. #pypackage
https://github.com/mikeckennedy/urlify

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A simple macOS app to create valid file and url names from clipboard text. #pypackage

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/mikeckennedy/urlify
• Owner: mikeckennedy
• License: mit
• Created: 2020-08-10T21:55:35.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-10-21T16:35:43.000Z (about 2 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-22T01:54:51.397Z (about 2 months ago)
• Topics: free, gui, macos, python3, rumps, text
• Language: Python
• Homepage: https://github.com/mikeckennedy/urlify
• Size: 429 KB
• Stars: 52
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 4
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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• Mac-Menubar-Megalist - URLify

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# URLify

A simple macOS app to create valid file and url names from clipboard text.

![](readme_resources/screenshot.png)

## Introduction

If you ever need to take text like this:

**Fastest drivers' times**

And convert it to something you could use in a URL or filename, such as:

**fastest-drivers-times**

Then here's a simple macOS menubar app that does text transforms such as these with a single click. It just takes the text in the clipboard and replaces it with a filename friendly version.

## Installation

Just download the latest release .zip file, uncompress it and copy `urlify.app` into your Applications folder. 

Latest release at: [github.com/mikeckennedy/urlify/releases](https://github.com/mikeckennedy/urlify/releases/latest)

If you want URLify to start when you login, 

just [follow these steps](https://www.idownloadblog.com/2015/03/24/apps-launch-system-startup-mac/):

1. Open System Preferences

2. Click Users & Groups

3. Click Login Items

4. Click the ‘+‘ sign and find urlify.app

5. click the Add button

## Launching app

The first time you download the app, macOS may give you a warning that the developer is not verified and it can't run. You're welcome to heed that warning, but if you trust it enough, right-click and choose open rather than double-clicking it and then you'll get a prompt where you can run anyway.

After running once, macOS will allow it to run without complaining afterwards.

## Building locally

If you want to build the app from source, it's pretty standard Python:

```bash

# Create and activate a virtual environment

$ pip install -r requirements.txt

$ python build_app.py py2app 

```

The output `.app` file will be the `dist` folder.