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LaunchBar 5 beta available now
File launchers -- programs that make it easy to launch applications or utilities from a few clicks on the keyboard -- are increasingly common Mac utilities. Although I don't personally use a separate launch utility (I use OS X's Spotlight), others ...
Search Gmail from LaunchBar, Butler, others
A MacOSXHints
reader submitted a
simple trick to allow app launcher utilities like LaunchBar, Butler and others to search Gmail. All you have to do
is add a new search template to your launcher of choice with a specific URL and you're off to ...
LaunchBar 4.3 adds Instant Open / Send and more
I'm a devoted Quicksilver man myself, but the venerable LaunchBar seems to have started the whole keyboard launcher trend and retains many committed fans. Just updated to version 4.3, Objective Development has added a number of new features. In ...
TUAW Podcast #26: File Launchers
We talk up the file launcher and manipulator Quicksilver quite a bit here at TUAW, but there is a solid batch of similar productivity-enhancing utilities that offer different things for different users. Whether you're looking for a simple utility ...
Mac power tools: charge up your workflow
I recently bought a new Mac, and I decided not to migrate years of cruft over to a pristine Snow Leopard install. I also decided to shed years of stale workflow and adopt a new way of doing things. Enter the power tools: software that augments the ...
Force Snow Leopard's Dictionary.app to reuse definition window
The Dictionary.app in Snow Leopard has been driving me nuts. If you use LaunchBar or Spotlight (or probably any other method of sending a word to Dictionary.app), it opens a new window. And then another. And then another. This might be handy if the ...
Macworld gives Automator an Eddy
Automator is finally getting some well-deserved credit and love, this time from the gang at Macworld in the form of an Eddy for Top Productivity Booster of 2005. Other winners in the category include Delicious Library 1.5, OmniOutliner Pro 3 and ...
MercuryMover: move windows with your keyboard
I'm a big fan of keyboard launcher utilities like Quicksilver and LaunchBar, so I was intrigued by what might be thought of as the next logical step. MercuryMover is a little Preference Pane utility that allows you to move or resize on-screen windows ...
Macworld's productivity boosters
David already mentioned that Automator was awarded an 'Eddy' by the good folks at Macworld magazine, however, a few other productivity boosters were also given the nod. The list includes Delicious Library 1.5, LaunchBar 4, OmniOutliner Professional ...
7 apps that Leopard kills
Phill Ryu, a man who must have some sort of direct neural interface with the Mac shareware community, has posted a list of applications which could very likely be killed off by features of Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard which were announced yesterday. ...
Search your Stikkits from Quicksilver, browsers
Remember that iNik guy we mentioned, who put together a handy package of Mac OS X tools that interact with Stikkit, the online PIM that thinks so you don't have to? He swung by our original post to mention that he's posting all sorts of Stikkit tips ...
Trampoline: the quickest route to the tools you need
Application launchers are diversifying in big ways, and it's great to see the market expanding. After discovering LaunchBar then switching to Quicksilver, it was obvious how useful these apps are and how important it is that there be a wide variety ...
Macheist bundle completely unlocked
We've covered this year's Macheist a couple of times already, but they hit a milestone today and all the software, including heavy hitters CSSedit, Snapz Pro, and Pixelmator, is now unlocked. Whatever else you might think of the concept, it's a ...
Mac 101: Spotlight, your application-launching pal
More Mac 101, our series of tips and tricks for new and returning Mac users. Love it or hate it, Spotlight's ubiquitous search has changed the Mac OS X experience; quick and (mostly) reliable full-text indexing is now part of the landscape. It's not ...
Valet - a flexible application launcher with Parallels integration
Valet is a new kind of application launcher that brings some interesting innovations to the table. First, upon activation it offers a heads-up display containing application icons, organized into categories of your choosing. This is a rich visual ...
