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LaunchBar - 5.0rc3

Open apps, files, and URLs via abbreviation.

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All Time:	(4.8)
This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	5.0rc3
Release Date:	2009-06-16
License:	Beta
Downloads (this version):	655
Downloads (all versions):	3,745
Price:	$19.95

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Product Description:

LaunchBar is an award winning productivity utility that offers an amazingly intuitive and efficient way to search and access any kind of information stored on your computer or on the web. It provides instant access to your applications, documents, contacts and bookmarks, to your music library, to search engines and more, just by entering short abbreviations of the searched item's name.

You just 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.

Start applications, open documents, invoke system services, compose emails or navigate the web - LaunchBar will be your essential servant.

What's new in this version:

Improved Send-to support allowing to send text to a wider range of applications.
Improved TinyURL actions, adding "http://" prefix if missing.
Fixed an issue with calendar input.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC

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Works like a charm... - Version: 4.3.7, 6/12/2009 01:58PM PST

dsphelps

I've been using this for years now, and though I have stuck with ver. 4.3.7 because it seems to be faster on my G3, I can totally recommend it as a must-have. Spend some time going through the documentation and playing around with it and you will be amazed at what it can do: open apps and folders, bookmarks, control iTunes, look up in Google, Amazon, etc., all from a tiny bar. Have tried similar freeware but keep coming back to this. It helps to peer under the hood, though, to really discover all the uses.

Why would you pay for this? - Version: 5.0 beta 6, 2/27/2009 09:07PM PST

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markli2

The gorgeous Himmelbar from Softbend does all your pull down menus for nothing while Finderpop (now in version 2.0) gives you all the contextual menues and searches you could possibly think of.

Both are quality products and both are free. I can't think of a single reason why Launchbar would be worth giving them up and paying 20 bucks.

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Essential piece of software - Version: 5.0 beta 3, 12/31/2008 01:15PM PST

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SJJ

Not sure where the previous reviewer is coming from but in my experience, with well over 100,000 documents on my drive, Spotlight is virtually useless. Being able to locate key folders and documents almost instantly, without having to scroll through endless lists is just "expected behaviour" from this fantastic application. Now, with all the other add-ons - access to the Services menu in particular - makes this the very first application I install during a clean system install.

Wouldn't run a Mac without it.