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Founded in 1985, Altair is focused on the development and application of simulation technology to synthesize and optimize designs, processes and decisions for improved business performance.

Create blank files, custom file types, templates, whole batches, and reusable folder setups exactly where you are working on macOS.
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| Website | altair.com | createfilesplus.com |
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| Company | — | Startup from the United States · 1 - 9 employees · 2026 |
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CreateFiles+ adds the file creation workflow macOS should have had all along. Create a new file exactly where you are working, without opening TextEdit, saving-as, using Terminal, or dragging template files around. Use Finder right-click menus where macOS allows them, or fall back to the Finder...
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Xcode and Swift
CreateFiles+'s answer:
macOS should have created this feature out of the box but does not exist. Windows users have had this feature for over a decade. I created this to remove that gap for macOS users.
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I am not familiar with any competitors doing this today.
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Power Users, Developers, Productivity focused users, students, teachers, creators.
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Its brand new so that is yet to be determined.
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I have struggled with not having this capability in Finder for years and decided I would fix the problem for me and then see if other users would want the same solution.
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