May 2012
3 posts
Quick Project
This tutorial will show you a simple way to make and use a great project manager - containing text snippets, files, folders, URLs and email addresses - using nothing more than Quicksilver and a text file.
Change these… …into this The task
On May 21st, a solar eclipse will be visible across parts of Asia and America, so I’ve decided to write an article on the subject. I’ve got a...
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Quicksilver is what makes Mac OS X fun
Guys I just donated and the reason I bring is not blow my own horn, but I wanted to share why I did it, I’m sure a lot of people will agree
- QuickSilver is such a fine piece of software, that I’m surprised Apple hasn’t purchased it and made it part of MacOS.
- The quality of the software deserves a donation. It’s better than other pieces of software I’ve paid for...
Quicksilver Gets Things Done
Better handling of old plugins, lots of new keyboard shortcuts, and improvements to the Shelf and Clipboard
The developers now have a far greater understanding of Quicksilver’s code, enabling them to incorporate new features and fixes at a far faster rate. Time to quantify their output.
Catalog
CHANGE: Improvements to the include/exclude options for files and folders in the catalog...
April 2012
4 posts
Unabashed Love…
As the top Mac slapper in my social circles, I end up setting up/configuring many a new Mac. Quicksilver is one of the most important 3rd party apps that goes on these machines… can’t live without it.
Thanks Sam!
It’s users like yourself that keep us going. :)
Upload Screenshots to imgur
Thought I would give back to the community.
A few years ago, I had found the custom action for capturing screenshots http://metajack.wordpress.com/2007/03/29/faster-qa-with-screenshots/.
In the same fashion, I made a custom action for capturing a screenshot and posting it to imgur, followed by a growl.
Imgr.scpt is as follows (also has imgur.sh in the same paste which does the job of posting to...
Quicksilver Makes Itself Clear
A large number of changes that include simpler preferences, object history browsing, and speed improvements
Anyone who is more than a casual user of Quicksilver is going to find themselves saying ‘Yeah!’ to a lot of these changes. Anyone who is not, might find themselves becoming more than a casual user.
Let’s get this straight.
NEW: Simplification of preferences and...
Browse Photo Stream from Quicksilver
The Iconmaster has posted a great way to view iOS screenshots in Photo Stream using Finder. To view photos instead, simply change the search string from ‘png’ to ‘jpg’.
Quicksilver can browse Finder’s saved searches in much the same way as a standard folder. Find the saved search in ~/Library/Saved Searches/ and drag the search folder icon to the list in...
March 2012
1 post
Quicksilver Looks Good
Observe: Quick Look support and updated plugin information
Also in ß66, trigger fixes and consistent behaviour for objects returned to the first pane. Let’s take a butchers:
NEW: Quick Look support. Quick Look files or URLs (inc. proxy
objects) from Quicksilver using ⌘Y, ⌘⌥Y or spacebar (set in
Preferences) #23 #115 #660 #715
Large as its preview icons are,...
February 2012
7 posts
stubblechunks asked: So, how can I make a trigger to display the Shelf? If I add a new Hotkey, I can't enter the keyboard action for displaying the Shelf (Option-Cmd-S), and there's no "Show Shelf" action that I can find in the Catalog.
kyle-craft asked: I want to use quicksilver to aid in my remote machine management, specially connecting to windows servers. From what I understand this should be possible using the Remote Hosts Module in conjunction with Cord.app. I cannot figure out how to make this work, it's driving me nuts and i'm hoping you can help. I want to be able to bring up cord in quicksilver then type the name / ip of my...
Quicksilver Gets Comfortable
It puts its feet under the table
A lot of fixes to make Quicksilver more welcome on your Mac. Quick Look integration is coming round next!
FIX: Honour the ‘Jump to action…’ preference when grabbing objects using the ‘Get Selection’ Service #643Pane 2 should always be focused if ‘Jump to action…’ is checked.
FIX: Disable editing of tab names in the...
QuickReminder
Make a reminder for iOS devices using Quicksilver
Disclosure: I got this idea from a blog post at dirtdon.com about an Alfred extension. The AppleScript is all my own work though. The Action is only for users of Lion, iCloud and iOS 5.
Reminders on iOS is a great app for making and receiving todos and reminders wherever you are. If you’re on a Mac at the time though, the number of steps...
Quicksilver Drops By
ß64 says hello
No major changes this time - an indication of how far Quicksilver’s release cycle has come since ß59 - but lots of fixes and changes to make using Quicksilver that little bit smoother.
CHANGE: Update the QSDroplet icon to reflect the new style - #615Great! What’s a Droplet? See here.
CHANGE: Show available details for objects and actions - #624Some objects and...
Thank You
Dear Creators of Quicksilver,
I manage IT support for surgeons. I introduced your product today to one of our pediatric general surgeons on his brand new, first mac, an 11” Air. I walked him through your beautiful install routine and then showed him how to set the call. I used the command+1 as the launch because it’s where my hands fell and it didn’t overwrite another common...
Creating Custom Catalog Entries to Rename Items
Today, we received a tweet from a Quicksilver user asking:
The Tweet
@LoveQuicksilver can you help me? I want “M” to default to Sparrow.app - my mail app without changing the name of Sparrow.
One feature of Quicksilver is that you can only search for letters in a name, so the user’s problem here is that there is no ‘M’ in the word ‘Sparrow’, so it was...
January 2012
6 posts
Relaunching Apps Quicksilver Style
Ever since I upgraded to Lion 10.7, my 4½-year-old Mac hasn’t been holding up all that well.
From time to time, I’m having to relaunch apps that just aren’t quite working, and what better way to do it than with Quicksilver?
If you’re not already aware, Quicksilver has its own internal keyboard shortcut to relaunch itself. If you’ve updated plugins, changed some...
Getting the Time and Date
There are often times when I find myself wanting to know the time when in Lion’s Full Screen mode, as well as the date (I don’t have it displayed in my menubar).
With a few tricks from Quicksilver, you can easily set up a trigger to show the current time and date.
Creating the Trigger
Head into Quicksilver’s trigger preferences, and create a new trigger.
Within the first...
Quick Quick Look
Quick Look files from different folders without using Finder
I’m going to keep banging on about this until someone notices its usefulness (or writes a Quick Look plugin). Quicksilver can’t preview files in Quick Look, but most of Quick Look’s functionality can be accessed with a bit of shell scripting bundled into an AppleScript Action.
Stick the ‘Quick Quick...
Volume Control
Quickly eject volumes, and handle disk images without Finder
Also in this 13 minute screencast, a first look at adding items to the Custom Catalog and creating Hotkey Triggers.
Pithy comment about ‘volume’ here For the best picture, hit the full screen icon, press play and select 720p in Youtube’s quality menu.
@LoveQuicksilver
Quick Tune Preferences
Make Quicksilver easier and faster to use - in a few simple steps
In this 12 minute screencast, we take a first look at the Preferences panel and how to launch and relaunch Quicksilver easily.
@LoveQuicksilver
December 2011
3 posts
Installing Quicksilver
A video for absolute beginners
Part one - Installing QS, and introducing its three most basic functions: launching apps, writing text, and opening URLs. (Tips are coming in part two, I promise.)
A clean slate
@LoveQuicksilver
How do you direct Quicksilver to browse to a...
Make sure the Web Search Module is installed. Subsequently, any URL in pane 1 with three asterisks in the string will make the ‘Search For’ Action available for pane 2, which in turn provides pane 3 for a user-typed argument. The argument will replace asterisks and QS will open your custom URL.
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Anonymous asked: Hi all, I am running QSb63 on Lion, I have the clipboard and shelf module installed from what I remember the clipboard use to always start when ever I rebooted my Mac, now after I reboot I have to manually re enable it with cmd-L. Have I down something wrong or am I just mistaken about this. Thanks Tom
November 2011
7 posts
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QuickSparrow…
Email a message, file or URL - all from the same Action
QuickSparrow is an Action that sends an email using the Sparrow mail app. Due to the limitations of Quicksilver’s AppleScript handlers at the time of coding, the email address, subject and body needed to be crammed into Pane 1 as a text Object for the Action to parse.
Since ß61, AppleScript Actions can handle text and files -...
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Anonymous asked: I have looking everywhere for the modified Quicksparrow that can send attachements but I couldn't find it. Can you please send me where i can find the script?
QuickGrowl
Make handy Growl notes straight from Quicksilver
Quicksilver has built-in notifications that can be displayed for newly installed plugins, iTunes track changes, and Remember The Milk Tasks. Growl can be used as the medium for Quicksilver’s notifications if the Growl Notifier plugin is installed.
However, Quicksilver’s Growl output is limited to two notifications called...
Quicksilver Improves
Fixes up Triggers, puts advanced features on the mantelpiece, and drops ß62 off at the recycle centre
Users are appreciating the auto updates of Quicksilver and its plugins introduced recently. Unfortunately, a nasty bug in ß61 meant app updates failed to stick, leaving users with the false impression that they were running the latest version. In a few cases, QS ß62 crashing caused custom...
Donations Welcome
The Quicksilver team at QSApp.com is now accepting donations
Quicksilver always has been, and always will be, a free application. The original developer, Alcor, never levied a charge for QS. Now that it’s open source, we have strongly argued that this should remain the case.
However, numerous users have asked if donations could be accepted in appreciation of all the time and effort put...
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Anonymous asked: Hi, is there a plugin for "Back to my mac" or VNC which would allow to trigger opening a VNC connection to most used servers? (basically a universal short cut for "Share Screen" or "Connect to server"
October 2011
16 posts
Crashing on Start Up Fixed
I’ve updated my MacPro to Lion 10.7.2 and Quicksilver crashes on start up. I re-installed QS and made sure hide on log in is unticked in system preferences. I don’t see any folder for it in Library/Preferences or in Application support com.blacktree…
I downloaded the dmg file from your site, dragged the icon into applications folder, restarted a few times, still crashes on...
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Anonymous asked: Hi. Im on OSX10.6 and looking for a QS plugin for mac outlook 2011. I had it working great with entourage 2004. Is their a plugin available or work around. Many thanks!!
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'Show Contents' Action is missing
Hi,
trying all the TOTD I realized that I have no ‘Show Contents’ Action available (only ‘Show Contents Menu’). After some quick research I found that someone had this problem back in 2006(!) but there was no solution available. Any ideas?
Greetings
Uwe
Do you have the Shelf and Clipboard Modules installed? Installing them again in Plug-ins has been known to solve...
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Anonymous asked: Do you not take donations? I love quicksilver but stopped using it about two years ago when development halted and there was little hope for the project ever stabilising. Having now discovered that quicksilver is still being developed and in what appears to be in an organised matter I would hate to see it stop and me loosing access to probably the best application ever created. In other words, I...
Quicksilver β61 →
onethingwell:
The latest version of Quicksilver has landed, with Lion support, a bevy of new features—including automatic plugin updates—and a tasteful new icon.
Via the Love Quicksilver weblog, which has a rundown of features and fixes.
Cheers!
Nostromo Interface Released
That’s right everyone! Hot on the heels of the ß61 release, we have a brand new Interface to release!
This interface was created by Rob McBroom as an alternative for larger displays. Font sizes are bigger, images are clearer, and everything’s just… well… awesome!
You can download the plugin from within Quicksilver (click the refresh ↻ button) or from...
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diatribetic asked: B61, Lion, It's great that you added VIM keybindings but in the process you broke the mac os x builtin emacs keybindings. Can we make the VIM keybindings a setting? Thanks.
Quicksilver Roars
It’s on the prowl
A new Lion-friendly version of QS boasting more than 40 additions, fixes and changes.
It’s been a relatively long time coming (4 months – a catching of breath compared to the semi-conscious release cycle of QS pre–ß59), but it’s here – an officially Lion–compatible version of Quicksilver. Patrick Robertson, the lead developer, is back from his 2-month-long...
Quicksilver ß61 changes
The changes that didn’t make the front page. The headline grabbers can be found here.
Interface classes to allow for further font customisation in interfaces – #363 Nostromo interface, anyone? (Coming soon.) *Edit* It’s here! Refresh ↻ Prefs>Plug-ins and search for Nostromo. Activate it in Prefs>Appearance>Command interface.
It’s gonna be big
Assigning more...
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Anonymous asked: This isn't a question, just a thank you. Thank you to all who have taken up my beloved Quicksilver and restored its functionality. After Blacktree abandoned it, I feared it would eventually by completely useless when I moved to Lion. Alas, it was and I subsequently found out y'all had breathed life back into the most useful application I've ever touched.
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harligahallaor asked: Can I assign "S" as an abbreviation for Google Chrome?
Rest In Peace
Apple logo by Jonathan Mak.
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Anonymous asked: How can I trigger Show Current Track, but without having a notification every time the track changes? I want one just when I trigger it. Thanks
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bb010g asked: How do I add a trigger for activating a keyboard combination? For example, ^-Apple-T by drawing a T with my mouse?
Handling DMGs
Girlie, as far as you’re concerned, I am the messiah of the DMG
Find DMGs, and mount, copy from, and eject volumes without touching Finder.
Know where the operating controls are located
Woah, back up there. Let’s review the safety checklist:
Check ‘Enable advanced features’ in Preferences>Application This makes the ‘Latest Download’ Proxy Object...
September 2011
4 posts
Lock Screen Trigger
A submission from harligahallaor:
I have a quick tip to lock the screen of Mac OS X. Works in 10.7 Lion. Create a Custom trigger, hit “.” to type text and enter the following:
do shell script "/System/Library/CoreServices/
Menu\\ Extras/User.menu/Contents/Resources/CGSession -suspend"
(All one line.)
Tab to the next pane and choose “Run as AppleScript”. Done!...
Trigger Happy
Here’s a montage of my Custom Triggers:
Pick the bones out of that Here are the separate images that you can, y’know, actually read:
Yes I know I’m under medical supervision In mitigation, some are for user support on Twitter and research for blog posts. I do regularly use many of them, however. There’s the usual selection of web searchers, application openers and...
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Anonymous asked: Hello, I need an email address for sending a collaboration proposal. Thanks, Raul
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Anonymous asked: I'm trying out Quicksilver for the first time, and it seems to me like the send selection to Quicksilver (eg. highlighted text in an app) is the killer feature for me. I keep trying to get this working on Lion 10.7.1 with B60, but it seems like no matter which tutorial I follow I can't get this working. Anyone have this working on Lion and have any suggestions? It's rare an app...