--- title: Provide macOS system-wide services from your app | daily.dev description: A practical guide to implementing macOS system-wide services that let users invoke your app's functionality from any other app via the context menu or Services... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/provide-macos-system-wide-services-from-your-app-f6t0z40vo twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Provide macOS system-wide services from your app | daily.dev og:description: A practical guide to implementing macOS system-wide services that let users invoke your app's functionality from any other app via the context menu or Services... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/provide-macos-system-wide-services-from-your-app-f6t0z40vo og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/f6t0z40Vo.png og:image:alt: Provide macOS system-wide services from your app og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Provide macOS system-wide services from your app **[Nil Coalescing](https://daily.dev/sources/nilcoalescing)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A practical guide to implementing macOS system-wide services that let users invoke your app's functionality from any other app via the context menu or Services menu. Covers three steps: creating a service provider class inheriting from NSObject with @objc methods that read and write to NSPasteboard, registering it via NSApplication.shared.servicesProvider in the app delegate, and declaring services in Info.plist using the NSServices key with send/return types and keyboard shortcuts. Also includes tips for testing with the pbs command-line tool and managing services in System Settings. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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