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LaunchBar - 4.1.1

open apps, files, URLs & more via abbreviation

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All Time:	(4.8)
Version 4.1.1:	(5.0)
Selected Version:	4.1.1
Release Date:	2006-06-07
License:	Commercial
Downloads (version 4.1.1):	4,789
Downloads (all versions):	8,057
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:

Much improved "Development Resources" indexing rule. The documentation scanner now supports the new folder structure and file name scheme introduced by the May 2006 ADC Reference Library. It provides new options for scanning the "Cocoa Reference" and "Cocoa Guides". ADC Reference Library items are now displayed with distinct file icons to make them better distinguishable from regular HTML files. Some of the previous scanner options are now deprecated, they are only used when scanning a Reference Library prior to May 2006.
The "Development Resources" index scanner now searches for header files in the most recent /Developer/SDKs folder.
Revised application menu layout. The Commands menu has been split into File and Select menu, the View menu has been added.
Revised contextual menu. File actions are now accessible from the menu's top level.
If an album contains tracks from multiple discs, the tracks are now properly sorted and the disc number is displayed along with the track number.
A couple of new search templates have been added to the factory configuration (Make TinyURL, Technorati, Cocoa and Xcode Mailing List Archive, Wikipedia Deutschland).
Improved error handling in Calculate script (providing clear text error messages if possible).
Fixed an issue with the Calculate AppleScript causing wrong results when using parentheses.
Improved Append Text AppleScript.
Opening the results of a file content search now also works with BBEdit, SubEthaEdit and Smultron.
Fixed a hanging issue when using the "Files and Folders" index scanner with certain exclude/skip patterns.
Fixed a minor memory leak related to indexing.
Fixed an issue causing the label of the "Show Disabled Rules" toolbar item to get truncated.
Fixed a formatting issue in the Getting Started page of the LaunchBar Help.
Fixed an issue causing LaunchBar to hang when accessing certain AppleScripts.

Operating System Requirements:

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

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 4.1.1:
Overall Rating:	(5.0)	Features:	(4.8)	Support:	(4.8)
Ease of Use:	(5.0)	Quality / Stability:	(5.0)	Price:	(4.5)

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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.