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LaunchBar - 4.3.4

open apps, files, URLs & more via abbreviation

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All Time:	(4.8)
Version 4.3.4:	(4.4)
Selected Version:	4.3.4
Release Date:	2008-01-18
License:	Commercial
Downloads (version 4.3.4):	2,569
Downloads (all versions):	8,068
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:

New Features and Improvements

When sub-searching a folder's contents via Space bar, the search is now performed recursively across all subfolder levels (provided that they are indexed by LaunchBar). In contrast, sub-searching via Right Arrow key only searches the very first folder level (same as in previous versions).
The Files and Folders indexing rule now allows to specify folders to be skipped depending on their contents. For example, to skip all folders that contain an Xcode Project File, add //*.xcodeproj to the rule's "Skip Subfolders" list.
Added "Quit Application" to built-in AppleScripts. Allows to quit a selected application via "Send To".
Improved application scanner to provide access to the following CoreServices applications: Archive Utility, Installer, Network Diagnostics, Screen Sharing.
Improved Instant Calculate to accept multiplication sign (×) and division sign (÷).
Improved "iTunes - Play/Pause" script to better work during playback from a separate iTunes playlist window.
Improved fast user switching support: The User Accounts indexing rule now provides access to Leopard's guest account.
Revised HTML syntax of help files.
LaunchBar's file icon caches are now updated more reliably.

Bug Fixes

Running Automator Workflows didn't work on Leopard. Fixed.
Fixed a bug in the "New Mail Message" AppleScript.
Address Book changes are now observed more precisely. Prevents unnecessary index updates while editing in Address Book.
Fixed a performance issue related to arrow key browsing (most noticeable when browsing an application's recent documents).
Fixed a crashing issue when running Calculator with Autohiding turned off.
Slightly enhanced overall performance due to improved handling of running processes.
UTF-8 files are now handled correctly with "Append Text" and when browsing or searching a text file's contents.
Wrong Calculator results when using comma as decimal separator. Fixed.
Fixed an issue when browsing the contents of the system's root folder (some hidden Unix folders wrongly showed up).

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
Mac OS X 10.3.9
Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.2 or higher

Feedback Summary:

Version 4.3.4:
Overall Rating:	(4.4)	Features:	(4.4)	Support:	(4.4)
Ease of Use:	(4.0)	Quality / Stability:	(4.6)	Price:	(4.0)

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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

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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.