![]() ![]() FASTSCRIPTS APPLICATION SCRIPTS FOLDER WINDOWSIt used to be that minimized windows didn’t show up in Exposé at all. I very much appreciate how Snow Leopard differentiates a minimized window with one that is not, by displaying them smaller and at the bottom. Seriously Snappy: In Snow Leopard launching apps, moving files, compressing folders, booting up, shutting down, waking from sleep, and more, are all noticeably faster.Įxposé: The subtle layout and GUI tweaks, along with better integration with the Dock, have made it feel much more sturdy and easy to use. And there are so many ways to use these new features, and they are so easy to use and implement, Snow Leopard is sure to make partial nerds such as myself feel like full-fledged, bona fide nerds.ĮPS Files and Quick Look: The actual EPS image is now visible in Quick Look instead of the pixelated EPS icon we’ve been spacebaring into for the past two years. Just the fact that this got so much T.L.C. Services and automation are such fantastic and powerful features of OS X, but up till now they’ve mostly been ignored or treated as annoying second-class citizens. I just tell FastScripts to run this script whenever I press cmd+shift+m and I’m as good as gold.Īnd although it’s hard to tell for sure – it may be due to Snow Leopard or something else – but I think FastScripts has a better trigger-to-launch response time than Quicksilver did.Īutomation and Services: Compared to how big of a breakthrough this is for OS X, I really haven’t toyed with it enough. For instance: instead of hitting cmd+space, followed by the letter ‘m’ and then return, I could just hit cmd+shift+m to launch (or switch to) Mail.īut now, a simple three-line AppleScript takes care of the exact same workflow. The shortcut triggers I used in Quicksilver were to launch apps, AppleScripts, and Javascript bookmarklets that I frequently use. Because what LaunchBar lacks in its support of custom keyboard shortcuts for triggering AppleScripts, applications, and more, can easily be amended with Daniel Jalkut’s notorious FastScripts. Truly, the difference in feature scope is not a big deal. Which is to say, what I like least about LaunchBar isn’t its smaller feature set compared to Quicksilver, but rather its lack of mystique and awe. To truly dive deep into a relationship with Quicksilver isn’t to become a power user, but rather, a magician. As if every time I used it I wasn’t just launching an app, I was doing a magic trick. What I like most about it is how well it blends in with the OS - it very much feels like a native app (though I wish it didn’t appear up top by the Menu Bar), and in only a few days of use LaunchBar has mostly acclimated itself to my most-used apps and files.Īfter using LaunchBar, I realize that what I liked most about Quicksilver wasn’t so much its power, but rather its mystery. LaunchBar runs faultlessly on Snow Leopard. So I decided it was time to mix things up and give LaunchBar a shot. The horror of having to delete the app support folder was the loss of all Quicksilver’s “learned behaviors” - years of Quicksilver learning and memorizing my workflow just thrown in the trash. I also had to delete Quicksilver’s application support folder ( ~/Library/Application Support/Quicksilver) before replacing the app itself. I was only updating the Quicksilver app in my Applications folder, but that wasn’t enough. Quicksilver: Version B56a7 was posted Friday, and though it’s labeled as Snow Leopard compatible, I couldn’t even get it to launch at first. Listed in order of noteworthiness to the author: ![]() But one way or another, here are some miscellaneous thoughts, observations, and the like, regarding Snow Leopard - most of which I am pretty sure are related to new features. When first tinkering in a new OS you don’t always know what is actually new and what is just something you’ve been oblivious to for the past who-knows-how-many years. ![]()
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