Comments on: MPU 007: LaunchBar Blackbelt

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:36:36 +0000

I like LaunchBar, but Quicksilver still does what I need it to do. When Quicksilver gets pried away from my by instability or system brokenness, I know LB will be there. Until then, though, QS still does what I need it to do.

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By: JPReding

JPReding — Mon, 10 May 2010 23:29:39 +0000

Hey! I’m loving the podcast. Starting from the beginning and rolling through them all. Tried Quicksilver but find that LaunchBar is has a much easier learning curve and I love it!

One question…

Is there a way to do a facebook search in a similar fashion to google search?

By: Chip Morris

Chip Morris — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:06:02 +0000

I just found your podcast via stalking Merlin Mann. The LaunchBar episode was very helpful to me, and I’m looking forward to perusing the remaining archives. Well done!

By: Christian

Christian — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:21:43 +0000

BTW:
Zettts Screencasts are nice. But don’t forget Don. He has two great ones:
http://www.screencastsonline.com/index_files/SCO0223-launchbar5pt1.php
http://www.screencastsonline.com/index_files/SCO0225-launchbar5pt2.php

I also shared some Quicktipps regarding LaunchBar recently.
http://vimeo.com/channels/quicktipps

By: Christian

Christian — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:10:37 +0000

@T. J. Lahey
I find Quickcal even more useful due to its smart reminders.

By: Pete

Pete — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:16:36 +0000

Thanks guys…

I found you via the Merlin interview.. like hundreds of other no doubt.

I never really “got” the appeal of Quicksilver or Launchpad til i listed to this today..

Thanks

By: T. J. Lahey

T. J. Lahey — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 05:55:18 +0000

The Timer script for Launchbar discussion moved to a different thread and someone pointed out the really nice script located discussed at,

http://justinblanton.com/2010/02/launchbar-timer

It’s simple to understand and quite useful.

I’m not really a fan of the add event features of Launchbar. I find the syntax difficult to remember so it becomes a bit fiddly. Instead, I use FlexCal (http://www.flexgames.com/flexcal/) which installs as a preference pane. Since I use Things for my tasks, I set FlexCal to create events by default and after a keystroke, it pops up a pane to set up the event.

By: Ignobilitor

Ignobilitor — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:43:37 +0000

Max, Vicki, Jay, and especially Katie (since you referred in the podcast to using the Recent Documents feature to access Word documents, which is clearly not possible, as you’ll know in a second): the right arrow or space bar to access Recent Documents works only with Cocoa applications. Word is not a Cocoa application.

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14 Everyday Mac Apps | The Age of Will — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:19:59 +0000

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By: Max

Max — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:47:50 +0000

Great podcast !

One problem: I also cannot get the “show recent docs” to work, either with the Space command ( shows file in Quick Look) or the R-arrow key ( per poster, above).

How do I ennable the Recent Docs feature ?

Best,

Max

By: Sud Kila

Sud Kila — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 12:27:56 +0000

Best podcast for mac. Love the way you interact and get along with each other.
Most shows with multiple hosts try to highlight their presence. You two are awesome.

By: Malthe Østergreen

Malthe Østergreen — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:40:22 +0000

Thanks for the podcast. Very informative. Very good job! I’ve subscribed and will look forward to listening to the others. And thanks, Zett, for the screencast link. Looks good. Will definitely check it out.

Best,
malthe (Denmark)

By: Mike Vail

Mike Vail — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:22:09 +0000

This episode alone was the reason that paid for a copy of LaunchBar yesterday. Very useful info.

By: Zettt

Zettt — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:26:35 +0000

Thanks Scott. Warm words are always welcome.

By: ScottNYC

ScottNYC — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:57:24 +0000

oh by the way zettt found your videos as well, awesome tutorials.

By: ScottNYC

ScottNYC — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 03:56:00 +0000

I used to be a huge quicksilver fan, however since SL its been really bad, buggy, plugins broken, crashing, so I knew it was time to go looking for another app of this kind. After finding and installing launchbar I was looking for launchbar tutorials which led me here. Great podcast learned alot. I’ve subscribed as well.

By: Zettt

Zettt — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:30:37 +0000

Thanks, admin. Glad you like them.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:51:57 +0000

Zettt,

I wasn’t aware of your screencasts but they look very good.

By: Zettt

Zettt — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:32:51 +0000

Hey there,
I heard this episode and was hoping that my screencasts will be mentioned – somehow.

But they weren’t and I’m pretty sure it’s not because I’m one of those sauerkrauts and my accent is just terrible. More probably you just missed them.
http://www.macosxscreencasts.com/?s=launchbar

By: John

John — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:13:40 +0000

I already have LaunchBar and love it. I’m going to listen to this podcast in a sec here…

By: Christian

Christian — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 15:49:07 +0000

Thank you so much!

I was an avid Spotlight user before to open my apps. First, this was an issue for me: I had to disable the Spotlight shortcut in the System Preferences of OS X in order to get Launch Bar to work with cmd-Space.

But after that: I am in LaunchBar wonderland right now.

The ownly downer: When I will be back at work in a week from now using the PC, I will… oh boy… I am in a happy place right now. No PC…

By: Kennon Bickhart

Kennon Bickhart — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 00:21:27 +0000

Thanks! I haven’t had too much time to read up on Launch Bar, but this episode helped realize the benefits of this app. I’ve reinstalled the trial today and I’m doing my best to give this a go. I’m really loving it so far. Just have to get myself in the habit of using it.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 02:17:59 +0000

Jay Friedman: I think you are suppose to use the right arrow key to view recently opened docments.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:27:18 +0000

I absolutely love this podcast. I’m almost as addicted to it as I am my MBP. This episode solved one of the biggest irritants I have with Mac OS X, Spotlight. It’s not awful. It’s just appears to be incomplete. After listening to the podcast and trying some of the features, I can’t imagine not having this utility. It’s worth every penny.

I just went to ITunes and gave your podcast 5 stars.

By: Shirli

Shirli — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:27:23 +0000

Wow! Thank you so much—-who knew. I’m a big keyboard person and was thrilled to hear about this program. (I’m also very new to the Mac) Even using a few features make this worth the money. I can’t thank you enough.

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By: Jay Friedman

Jay Friedman — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:08:08 +0000

The show recent documents key combination did not work for me, instead the “Quick Look” appeared when I hit the space bar. I could not find anything in the preferences to change that. What I’m I doing wrong David.

Extremely useful podcast for Mac users, keep up the good work guys.

Jay