Butler Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Apptivate 2.0 adds keystroke sequence shortcuts

by TJ Luoma (Jan 18th, 2011)

There are a plethora of "launcher" apps out there. I've used LaunchBar ($35) since it was released for NeXTStep; other folks seem fond of Alfred (free, with additional powerpack for £12, or about US$20), Butler ($20), Keyboard Maestro ($36) or Google Quick Search Box (free). The venerable but ...

TUAW Podcast #26: File Launchers

by David Chartier (Jun 14th, 2007)

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 that lets you launch your applications faster than ...

Search Gmail from LaunchBar, Butler, others

by David Chartier (Mar 9th, 2006)

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 submitting Gmail search queries from [insert launcher name ...