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Requirements

Make sure your system meets the minimum requirements before troubleshooting.

  • macOS 13.0 Ventura or later
  • Scan QR on Screen: macOS 14 or later
  • Translate: macOS 15 or later
  • Transcribe: macOS 26 or later
  • Apple Silicon or Intel Mac
  • Finder extension enabled in System Settings
  • Optional permissions only if you use those features

Permissions, and where to grant them

The Finder extension is the only thing PowerClick needs to do its core job. The other permissions below belong to optional features, do nothing until you use them, and can be revoked at any time. Full details are in the privacy policy.

Finder Extensions

System Settings > Privacy & Security > Extensions > Finder Extensions. Required for the right-click menu. The menu bar icon turns green once it is active.

Input Monitoring

System Settings > Privacy & Security > Input Monitoring. Only for the Command plus Shift plus right-click trigger. The keyboard shortcut works without it.

Optional

Accessibility

System Settings > Privacy & Security > Accessibility. Only for window snapping, to move and resize the frontmost window.

Optional

Automation

System Settings > Privacy & Security > Automation. System Events for auto-pasting a snippet, Shortcuts Events for listing and running your own shortcuts.

Optional

Screen Recording

System Settings > Privacy & Security > Screen Recording. Only for Scan QR on Screen, which captures one frame, scans it in memory and never saves it.

Optional

FAQ

The PowerClick option doesn't appear in Finder's right-click menu.

The Finder extension needs to be manually enabled. Open System Settings, go to Privacy & Security > Extensions > Finder Extensions, and make sure PowerClick is checked. If it's not listed, try quitting and relaunching PowerClick from the menubar, then check again.

The extension shows as inactive (orange dot) in the menubar.

Use the "Refresh Status" option in the menubar popover. If it stays orange, go to System Settings and verify the extension is enabled. Sometimes macOS disables extensions after an update, and re-enabling it there fixes it.

New File from Clipboard is not showing up.

This option only appears when your clipboard contains text or an image. If you copied a file, or the clipboard is empty, the option is hidden. Copy some text or an image first, then right-click in an empty area of a Finder window. PowerClick picks the file type from what you copied: JSON becomes .json, a table becomes .csv, a link becomes a .webloc, and plain text becomes .txt.

Convert is missing from the right-click menu, or a format I want is not listed.

PowerClick only offers formats your Mac can actually write, so a format the system cannot encode is left out instead of failing later. Convert is also hidden when the selection mixes file types that have no format in common, for example a video and a Word document. Select files of one kind and right-click again. MP3 output and MKV or WebM input are not supported.

Translate with PowerClick does nothing, or is missing from the Services menu.

Translate needs macOS 15 or later, because it uses Apple's Translation framework. On older systems the service explains this and does nothing else. The first time you translate into a language, macOS may ask to download that language. If the item is missing from the Services menu, check System Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Services > Text and make sure Translate with PowerClick is ticked.

Scan QR on Screen asks for Screen Recording, or still does not work after I allowed it.

Scan QR on Screen needs macOS 14 or later and the Screen Recording permission. Enable PowerClick in System Settings > Privacy & Security > Screen Recording. macOS applies that permission only after PowerClick restarts, so quit it from the menu bar and open it again. Then start a scan from ShortClick > Tools or your shortcut, and drag around the code or click it.

Transcribe is not in the menu, or my language is not supported.

Transcribe needs macOS 26 or later and appears only for audio and video files. It uses Apple's on-device speech models, so it supports only the languages those models cover. Turkish, for example, is not supported. The model for a language is downloaded by macOS the first time you use it.

My Opus file has a .caf extension.

That is expected. macOS can only write Opus audio inside a Core Audio Format container, so Convert saves Opus as a .caf file. If an app needs a different file, convert to AAC, FLAC or WAV instead.

My clipboard history is not being tracked.

Open PowerClick's Dashboard, go to Settings, and check that the clipboard watcher is turned on. Also confirm you haven't set the history limit to 0. If you're copying passwords, those are intentionally skipped when "Ignore Passwords" is enabled.

A file I created doesn't open automatically.

Auto-open is an opt-in setting. Go to Dashboard > Settings > Finder and enable "Auto-open After Create". The file will open in its default application after creation.

How do I reset everything back to defaults?

Open Dashboard, go to Settings > About, and use the "Reset All Data" button. This clears all snippets, clipboard history, activity log, and preferences. The action cannot be undone.

Does PowerClick work on Intel Macs?

Yes. PowerClick is a Universal Binary and runs natively on both Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.

The ShortClick ring does not open when I press my shortcut.

First check that ShortClick is enabled in Dashboard > Settings > ShortClick, and that your recorded shortcut is not already taken by another app or by macOS. If only the Command + Shift + right-click trigger is failing, that one needs Input Monitoring: enable PowerClick in System Settings > Privacy & Security > Input Monitoring. macOS only applies a new Input Monitoring grant to a trigger created after the grant, so quit PowerClick from the menu bar and reopen it once. The keyboard shortcut itself needs no permission.

Window snapping does nothing, even though Accessibility is enabled.

Turn on Window snapping in Dashboard > Settings > ShortClick first, since the Windows category does not appear in the ring until you do. Then enable PowerClick in System Settings > Privacy & Security > Accessibility. If it is already listed and still not working, remove PowerClick with the minus button, add it again, and relaunch. Snapping always acts on the frontmost window, so it will never move the PowerClick window itself.

Auto-paste copies the snippet but does not paste it.

Auto-paste asks System Events to send Command + V for you, which needs Automation access. Open System Settings > Privacy & Security > Automation, find PowerClick, and enable System Events. If you declined the prompt earlier, that is where you turn it back on. Without the permission the snippet is still copied, so you can paste it yourself.

My Shortcuts do not appear in the automation list.

PowerClick reads shortcut names from Shortcuts Events, which needs Automation access. In System Settings > Privacy & Security > Automation, find PowerClick and enable Shortcuts Events. Shortcuts that live only on another device and have not synced to this Mac will not be listed.

How do I switch PowerClick to Light mode?

Open the Dashboard and go to Settings > Appearance, then choose Light, Dark or Auto. Auto follows your macOS setting, including the automatic switch at sunset. The same pane holds the Liquid Glass Clear or Tinted choice and nine theme colours. This changes PowerClick only, never your system appearance.

I found a bug or want to request a feature.

Send a message to ata@kilicov.dev with as much detail as possible. Bug reports with steps to reproduce are very helpful.