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The three rings

Arazio puts three different menus on three different modifier keys. Which one you get depends on which key you are holding when the ring appears.

You can change which key opens which ring if these do not suit you.

⇧ — Formats

What the file can become. A HEIC offers JPG, PNG, WebP, AVIF, TIFF, GIF, BMP and PDF; a MOV offers MP4, MKV, WebM, M4V and the audio formats.

The ring holds up to eight, chosen for the file you are dragging. Arazio has 283 conversions across 43 formats in total — the format pages list every one.

⌥ — Tools

Things that change a file but leave it the same kind of file. Compress a PDF, resize an image, rotate it, trim a video, split one, merge several, normalise audio, strip the metadata out of a photo.

There are 14 of them, and which appear depends on what you are holding — you cannot normalise a JPEG, so that tool does not appear over one. Every tool.

⌃ — Actions

The ring that is not about conversion at all. Six things to do with a file:

• AirDrop — the share sheet, without opening Finder's menu
• Shelf — park it somewhere to pick up later (more)
• Copy — put the file itself on the clipboard
• Move — pick a destination folder and move it there
• Copy Path — put its full path on the clipboard
• Terminal — open its folder in Terminal

These work on any file, including ones Arazio cannot convert: a .sketch, an application, a folder, a mixed selection of all three. More on file actions.

Changing your mind mid-drag

You can let go of one modifier and press another without dropping the file. The ring changes under your cursor. If you decide against the whole thing, move back to the middle — the dead zone — and release; nothing happens.

Dropping outside the ring entirely is an ordinary drag, so be careful where you let go if there is a folder underneath.

Next

Many files at once — the same gesture, with a selection.