![]() ![]() The items are then sent to LaunchBar, ready to be acted upon: all you need to do is start typing an abbreviation for an action, then hit return to activate the action. ![]() You can select either files or text and then press and hold the shortcut you use to activate LaunchBar (for me, the default cmd+space). LaunchBar 6Īs I mentioned in my previous review, the ‘Instant Send’ feature of LaunchBar is fantastically useful. There are a lot of other improvements too, all of which make it much more difficult for me to decide whether LaunchBar or Alfred fits my needs better. If you are on the wrong side of middle age, the window is now much easier to read quickly. LaunchBar 6 definitely addresses one of the issues I had with the previous version, which is that the command window is much larger, with bigger text, and is located near the middle of the screen rather than at the top under the menu bar. LaunchBar 6 was recently released, and since I apparently can’t leave well enough alone with some categories of software, I gave LaunchBar another try. When LaunchBar 5 came out, I spent a while trying it out again, but eventually went back to using Alfred 2. ![]() As I wrote about when LaunchBar 5 was released, I’ve used (at one time or another) almost every third-party launcher including Quicksilver, LaunchBar and Butler, but in recent years, I have settled in to using Alfred exclusively. Having to mouse around to launch applications or files (let alone all the other things that launchers let you accomplish) feels positively archaic once you have got used to relying on one. I know from bitter experience of using other people’s Macs that I find it very hard to use a computer without a launcher of some kind installed. ![]()
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