Keyboard-based launching utilities can be a real time saver, once you get the hang of them. Here's how four popular options (Launchbar, Alfred, Butler, and Quicksilver) stack up. Advanced Task Scheduler Network 6.1 Build 2007 A complex software application designed to help users create and schedule numerous tasks for compu. Jul 15th 2020, 14:50 GMT. X64 Windows 8 Start Menu Replacement 64 bit download - x64 - X 64-bit Download - x64-bit download - freeware, shareware and software downloads. At its simplest, LaunchBar is an application launcher: you press a keyboard shortcut (Command-Space by default) and type a few letters of the name of the item you want to open, and LaunchBar.
It provides instant access to thousands of files and folders, contacts and bookmarks, applications and preference panes just by entering short abbreviations of the searched item's name.
all you have to do is hit Command-Space to bring LaunchBar's input window to front, enter an arbitrary abbreviation, and as soon as you start typing LaunchBar displays the best matching choices, ready to be opened immediately.
Features:
Powerful search, sub-search and browsing capabilities
Ultra fast, adaptive abbreviation search technology (AASv4), delivers amazingly accurate results, even without any training
Search in Spotlight
Look Up in Dictionary
Recent documents of selected application (e.g. type TED to select 'TextEdit', then press right arrow to show all recently opened documents)
Browse your Address Book contacts, contact groups and contact details such as email addresses, phone numbers, etc.
Bookmark & History Browsing (e.g. type SH to select 'Safari History', then hit the right arrow key twice to see the most recently visited web pages)
iTunes Library Browsing (by genre, artist, album or composer). e.g. type IT to select 'iTunes', then right arrow to show the currently playing song, then right arrow again to find similar tracks
File System Browsing (traverses folder aliases, the top level entry shows all mounted volumes)
Sub-search while browsing with arrow keys, press the space bar to perform a deep sub-search
Context Search: Select a search context by abbreviation (e.g. EA for 'Email Addresses'), then sub-search within the selected context by pressing Space followed by a further abbreviation
Text Input Exactscan pro 19 1 – powerful fast document scanning software.
An optional text field allows entering search strings or parameters
Direct Input of URLs (either via Command-L or automatically by entering a dot character)
Web Search (free editable search templates, e.g. select Google, press Space)
iTunes Music Store Search (select iTunes, press Space)
Pass parameters to AppleScripts and Unix Executables (e.g. select 'ping', press Space).
File Content Search (select plain text, rich text or html file, then press Space)
Rename files, create new folders (Command-Shift-R, Command-Shift-N)
Configuration interface, featuring unlimited undo/redo support
Powerful, multithreaded indexing engine, performs index scans in background
Lots of index scanners: Applications, iTunes Music Library, iPhoto Library, Network Locations, Preference Panes, Sherlock Channels, Watson Tools, Frameworks, Dock, Address Books, Bookmarks, Web Browser History, …
Lots of configuration options to keep the index at a reasonable size (see the Options pane in the configuration window)
Live index updates (e.g. when you add a bookmark in Safari or when you import songs to your iTunes Library, these items are immediately accessible via LaunchBar)
Disabling of individual index items (Note: Multiple items can be enabled/disabled at once via context menu or space bar)
Smart Groups: 'Items Grouped by Kind', makes all items of the same type accessible via sub-search (e.g. 'Applications', 'RTF Documents', 'Bookmarks', 'Email Addresses', …)
Speech Synthesis: Spoken feedback of any searching or browsing activities
Switching Network Locations
Playing iTunes playlists
Text Clips (files with a '.clip.txt' or '.clip.rtf' extension). The file contents are inserted in the frontmost application
'Show in Frontmost Finder Window' (Command-Shift-Return) in addition to 'Show in Finder' (Command-Return)
'Send to LaunchBar' System Service (Command-Shift-F), e.g. select a file in Finder, or select some text in TextEdit or Safari, then press Command-Shift-F
What's New:
Added “Apple Music” search template.
Improved song metadata shown in the Info Browsing list.
Improved browsing of Finder tags (via “Tags” indexing rule or category).
Improved enforcing of subtitle display while pressing the Control-Option-Command modifier keys.
Showing a message dialog when an action cannot be performed due to missing permission in System Preferences > Security > Privacy > Accessibility.
Fixed: Sending text to a search template via Send-to or Instant Send didn’t work.
Fixed: When copying an email address, a mailto-URL was copied instead.
Fixed: Missing encoding of #-character in web searches.