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LaunchBar - 3.2.11

Enter short abbreviations into a bar and get access to files, Web bookmarks, e-mail addresses, applications, and more.

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All Time:	(4.8)
Version 3.2.11:	(5.0)
Selected Version:	3.2.11
Release Date:	2003-06-05
License:	Shareware
Downloads (version 3.2.11):	5,172
Downloads (all versions):	8,077
Price:	$19.95

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Product Description:

LaunchBar is a productivity utility that offers an amazingly intuitive and efficient way to control your computer. It provides instant access to thousands of documents, folders, bookmarks and email addresses, applications and preference panes 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:

LaunchBar no longer becomes active upon "Hide" or "Quit" of other applications. When you activate an application via LaunchBar you can now simply hide that app to switch back to the previously active application (this behavior could already be achieved by running LaunchBar as a background application, which is now no longer necessary).
The "Get/Drop Finder Selection" command now also works with single folder selections in Finder's column view (this didn't work before due to a Finder bug).
Addresses an issue with the Camino bookmark parser (some bookmarks were not recognized).
Improved Address Book Scanner: Using "Company" or "Job Title" if no name is available.
When a folder path is copied or dragged from LaunchBar, a trailing slash character is now appended to the path.
The "Sound Files" filetype definition has been extended by AAC file types ("m4a" and "m4p" audio files created with iTunes 4).
The "Movie Files" filetype definition has been extended by MPEG file types.
The shortcut of the Preferences menu item has been changed to Command-,
Entering characters without their diacritical marks now also works properly with stroked Latin characters.

Operating System Requirements:

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

Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2
Mac OS X 10.1

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.1 or higher

Feedback Summary:

Version 3.2.11:
Overall Rating:	(5.0)	Features:	(4.9)	Support:	(5.0)
Ease of Use:	(4.9)	Quality / Stability:	(5.0)	Price:	(4.8)

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Superb product. - Version: 5.0.2, 11/15/2009 11:56AM PST

igamogam

When I use other Macs I am lost without this software.

LaunchBar can do what other launchers do but the other stuff is just amazing. I haven't used spotlight directly in nearly two years (which is a blessing) and the ability to jump between locations, folders, programs and projects easily without having to think cannot be replicated easily using another launcher as far as I know.

Superb!

The MUST have util! - Version: 5.0rc3, 7/7/2009 12:07PM PST

(1 of 1 users found this comment useful)

vanrey

The most useful utility I know!

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

(2 of 2 users found this comment useful)

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.