![]() ![]() By default, that’s Command-Space, but I’ve changed it to Control-Space on my machines. ![]() LaunchBar is effectively invisible until you summon it with its hot-key shortcut. Periodically, LaunchBar indexes certain resources on your hard disk, such as your applications, preference panes, browser bookmarks and history, and services (you can configure what it indexes and how often) it also has some built-in actions of its own. So instead of trying to list everything that LaunchBar can do – which you can explore for yourself, by downloading LaunchBar or by reading its documentation online – I thought I’d let you peek over my shoulder and watch how I actually use it.įirst, a few introductory words about what LaunchBar is. In fact, I use it actively in a surprisingly limited set of ways. LaunchBar is one of those utilities I’d describe as massively explorable: it has far more features than I’m truly familiar with. ![]() Despite the “.1” designation, this marks LaunchBar’s emergence from its “release candidate” phase so, since we at TidBITS generally prefer to keep silent about betas and other unfinished software, this release is my earliest opportunity to discuss LaunchBar 5. On 20 October 2009, LaunchBar 5.0.1 was released. But I never actually used them together, because as soon as I switched to Snow Leopard I discovered that LaunchBar 5, which had been available as a beta since December 2008, was already in “release candidate” form, and I happily started using it several months ago. Now, it turns out that LaunchBar 4.3.7 did work fine in Snow Leopard. Naturally, in the run-up to Snow Leopard, I was concerned over whether my LaunchBar dependency would be rudely interrupted. (See, for example, “ Curing Your LaunchBar Addiction,” 6 August 2007, or “ Take Control of Exploring & Customizing Snow Leopard“.) LaunchBar is so crucial to my moment-by-moment Mac usage that I can barely tolerate a Mac that lacks it I just sit there, slack-jawed, inert, unable to proceed and get anything done. #1684: OS bug fix releases, Finder tag poll results, Messages identity verification, blocking spambots, which Apple services do you use?Īny reader of TidBITS or my Take Control books is probably aware that I couldn’t live without LaunchBar, from Objective Development Software.#1685: Hidden secrets of the Fn key, Emergency SOS via satellite free access extended, RCS support in Messages, Rogue Amoeba icon evolution.#1686: Please support TidBITS, OS security updates, Apple services poll results, biking with an iPhone.#1687: Feature-rich OS updates, recovering from a crashing bug in Contacts, Zoom for Apple TV, how much do you use widgets?.#1688: Former Apple engineer on watchOS 10, Apple hardware testing tool, Stolen Device Protection, Apple Watch sales halted, smart TV privacy abuses. ![]()
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