Nope, I have the latest version of both Launchbar and Quicksilver. Switched back to LB as of the latest version because of speed but will still follow QS. It's a known fact, even on the QS forums, that QS is not all that speed optimized. I'm not saying it's bad, because it's not, just slow unfortunately....
I agree Launchbar is faster, I've used both. I prefer QS because of the things I can do with it. It ultimately saves time in many more ways than LB does. Plus I really like the Bezel interface. With the news plug-ins like Constellation and being able to launch commands from the Menu Bar I've been using more often.
QuicksIlver is the first thing I install on any Mac I use and the first thing I recomend.
Audio Hijack Pro: Is this a pre loaded application with pro machines now? It's too slick.
iCooked: Over-clocking for my 800 MHz G3 iBook. It's OK though because my new favorite widget Apple Order Status lets me know when my new MBook pro will be shipping
Coconut Battery: Handy for keeping an eye on battery age/lifespan. Believe it or not the battery in my iBook is 37 months old and still holds a 48% charge, luck I guess.
Easy WMA: I use V2.2.1 I believe the newest version is no longer free. Easy MP3 conversion for those annoying WMA's
WMV Player: Awesome app...unless you love Windows Media Player for some weird reason?
One program that I forgot to put in my list is Transmit. I do not use the full application on a daily basis, but it is very useful. I have their widget on my desktop setup to go to a particular directory on my FTP site. I can select several files in Finder, hit F12 to bring up Dashboard and then drop the files on the widget to have it just send them up using Transmit and then quit... all automatically.
Well honestly anything you want it to do. It is very good at launching apps but you can set it up to do lots of things.
For example:
I select text in Safari > Press F1 > Type "MT" (for Mail To)
The Type "JJ"(For James Johnson for example) and hit enter
it launches Mail for me and I can just press send or type some more stuff.
You can also move or copy items in the Finder very quickly.
There are tons a plug-ins available and it's very customizable
Ok so I downloaded Quicksilver and cannot figure it out for the life of me. How do you set it up in order to do Mail to for MT and find a person using their initials... I'm slow.
1. MENUMETERS - I love having all my system info always in view. When my computer starts crawling I instatntly can see that something is hoging the processor and I shut it down. indespensible for me.
2. iTunes - it's always running.
3. iChat - With 150 people in my office on rendevous/Bonjour network, this is the fastest way to communicate and send files.
4. Entourage - I know, I know i need something better. But all my mail is stuck in that stupid database file. How can I export it to something else? Any thoughts? I'd love to switch.
4. Entourage - I know, I know i need something better. But all my mail is stuck in that stupid database file. How can I export it to something else? Any thoughts? I'd love to switch.
IMHO, the answer to that would be mozilla thunderbird.
i moved all my mails from entourage to t'bird last year without any problems although i can't seem to remember how i did it. a simple google search had helped me back then & that's what i did just now & got these links.check out these pages & see if they help you:
IMHO, the answer to that would be mozilla thunderbird.
i moved all my mails from entourage to t'bird last year without any problems although i can't seem to remember how i did it. a simple google search had helped me back then & that's what i did just now & got these links.check out these pages & see if they help you:
Ok so I downloaded Quicksilver and cannot figure it out for the life of me. How do you set it up in order to do Mail to for MT and find a person using their initials... I'm slow.
Well the program (QS) can get a little complecated at first. I suggest you read the stuff at their website first
Also to e-mail thing you need the Adressbook and Mail extension(plug-in). Also you might wanna set up a trigger like I did. Read up on some of those things and you'll be up and running in no time.
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QuicksIlver is the first thing I install on any Mac I use and the first thing I recomend.
Safari (I use firefox on occation)
Mail
Adium (agreed. kills ichat except for av conferencing)
Photoshop
MS Office (Word/Excel) really
Word
Excel
Safari
Mail
FirstClass Mail Client (for my school's mail)
iTunes
Adium - definitely the best IM client out there
Fetch - IMO, Transmit is better but, being a student, fetch is free for me
Dreamweaver
Photoshop
Acqusition
Adium
America's Army
Handbrake
VLC
iCooked: Over-clocking for my 800 MHz G3 iBook. It's OK though because my new favorite widget Apple Order Status lets me know when my new MBook pro will be shipping
Coconut Battery: Handy for keeping an eye on battery age/lifespan. Believe it or not the battery in my iBook is 37 months old and still holds a 48% charge, luck I guess.
Easy WMA: I use V2.2.1 I believe the newest version is no longer free. Easy MP3 conversion for those annoying WMA's
WMV Player: Awesome app...unless you love Windows Media Player for some weird reason?
ConceptDraw MindMapPro
VoodooPad (cool wiki)
FlySketch
OmniGrafflePro
Curio (also as a launch pad)
iLife (the whole suite is great for my needs)
SketchUp (is there any other way to design??)
InDesign - maybe soon to be replaced by Pages...
1) Adobe Photoshop CS (don't have to explain!)
2) iGetter (downloads faster than Safari) link
3) Mozilla Thunderbird (somehow Mail can't just find our mail server!)
4) Stellarium (cool astronomy software!) link
5) Taco HTML edit (lite & sweet!) link
6) Office Mac 2004 (Office X sucked, iWork05 still sux, no money for iWork06!)
7) Transmit FTP (eccentric, but IT WORKS!) link
8) 4peaks (DNA sequence & sequence-histogram viewer & editor)link
9) Smell-o-mints (an interactive periodic table of elements)
link
10) Lasergene (biological sequence analysis) link
that's all that i use the most. these i use infrequently:
11) toast 6 titanium
12) stuffit dlx 9
13) adobe acrobat 7
I will have to try out QuickSilver, which seems to be gaining in favour.
Camino, then OmniWeb, then occasionally FireFox, for browser
Mail
MacSword
GraphicConvertor
Mellel, or Nisus
Originally posted by krisneph
Well honestly anything you want it to do. It is very good at launching apps but you can set it up to do lots of things.
For example:
I select text in Safari > Press F1 > Type "MT" (for Mail To)
The Type "JJ"(For James Johnson for example) and hit enter
it launches Mail for me and I can just press send or type some more stuff.
You can also move or copy items in the Finder very quickly.
There are tons a plug-ins available and it's very customizable
Ok so I downloaded Quicksilver and cannot figure it out for the life of me. How do you set it up in order to do Mail to for MT and find a person using their initials... I'm slow.
Adium Instant Messenger - Adium
Camino (Internet Browser) - Camino
Ecto - desktop blogging client - Ecto
EMACS (Text Editor) - Aquamacs EMACS
FinderPop - FinderPop
iClip Lite - iClip Lite
LaunchBar 4 - LaunchBar 4
MacJournal, Write & Calc - Mariner Software
Mail App - Apple Mail App
Mail Appetizer - Mail Appetizer
Menu Meters - MenuMeters
Smultron (Text Editor) - Smultron
SubEthaEdit (Text Editor) - SubEthaEdit
VLC Media Player - VLC
2. iTunes - it's always running.
3. iChat - With 150 people in my office on rendevous/Bonjour network, this is the fastest way to communicate and send files.
4. Entourage - I know, I know i need something better. But all my mail is stuck in that stupid database file. How can I export it to something else? Any thoughts? I'd love to switch.
5. Toast Titanium - I burn. A lot.
Originally posted by buckeye
4. Entourage - I know, I know i need something better. But all my mail is stuck in that stupid database file. How can I export it to something else? Any thoughts? I'd love to switch.
IMHO, the answer to that would be mozilla thunderbird.
i moved all my mails from entourage to t'bird last year without any problems although i can't seem to remember how i did it. a simple google search had helped me back then & that's what i did just now & got these links.check out these pages & see if they help you:
1. http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/faq#q2.9
2. http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...40225022427754
3. http://www.macosx.com/content/faq.ph...l-Folders.html
good luck!
Originally posted by ajay
IMHO, the answer to that would be mozilla thunderbird.
i moved all my mails from entourage to t'bird last year without any problems although i can't seem to remember how i did it. a simple google search had helped me back then & that's what i did just now & got these links.check out these pages & see if they help you:
1. http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/faq#q2.9
2. http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...40225022427754
3. http://www.macosx.com/content/faq.ph...l-Folders.html
good luck!
Thanks, I'll give that a test. That database file really worries me. I always think one day it will corrupt and I'll lose 3 years of emails.
Originally posted by buckeye
Thanks, I'll give that a test. That database file really worries me. I always think one day it will corrupt and I'll lose 3 years of emails.
the last page of this .pdf file should help you....
link to .pdf download
ajay
Ok so I downloaded Quicksilver and cannot figure it out for the life of me. How do you set it up in order to do Mail to for MT and find a person using their initials... I'm slow.
Well the program (QS) can get a little complecated at first. I suggest you read the stuff at their website first
http://docs.blacktree.com/quicksilve...is_quicksilver
Also to e-mail thing you need the Adressbook and Mail extension(plug-in). Also you might wanna set up a trigger like I did. Read up on some of those things and you'll be up and running in no time.
so keep it coming!
Pagerspinner (HTML Editor)
Interarchy (The best FTP program)
Toast (The only cd/dvd burning program)
WorkStrip (Awesome Dock Replacement)
xScope (Tool every graphic artist/web designer should have)
Xyle Scope (Tool every web designer should have)
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