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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 Preferences>Catalog>Custom.
Dragging is much easier than using the file browser behind the ‘+’ icon
Call up the saved search in pane 1 and right-arrow in to see the photos. The latest ones should appear at the top of the list.
After right-arrowing, type to search or down-arrow through the photos
In a scientific test on one image, it took 7 minutes for the taken photo to appear in Finder.
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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:
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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, Quicksilver’s lack of Quick Look support was an issue for many users. Now that it’s included, it’s got cards up its sleeve that trump even Quick Look in Finder.
With any number of file objects selected in pane 1, press one of the shortcuts and the files are displayed in a native Quick Look window that has all the expected features, such as grid view and ‘Open in Preview’.
There’s more. Type a URL into pane 1 and Quick Look its contents - including YouTube videos. The preview displays clickable links that open in the default browser. Proxy objects can be Quick Looked too. For example, make and use the trigger ‘Current iTunes Selection⇥Select in Command Window’ and hit ⌘Y to preview the track without losing the current playlist.
In order to use the space bar: ␣ shortcut to activate Quicklook, go into Quicksilver’s “Preferences”, click the “Command” tab and set the “Spacebar Behaviour” from the drop down list.
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NEW: Updated Plug-in Preferences sidebar and ‘Extended Documentation’ window #697
The date and version information for plugins is now accurate, and the info drawer (click the ‘i’ icon) has been streamlined to leave the version dates, a function summary and the categories the plugin belongs to.A plugin’s documentation can be viewed in a separate window by clicking the ‘?’ icon in the drawer. There’s lots of extra information for the iTunes, Firefox, Remote Hosts and Unit Conversion Modules, among others. Also, the sidebar items on the left of the Plug-in panel now display the correct plugins!
Click the circled ‘?’ icon in the drawer to view the plugin’s documentation
- FIX: ‘Show Entry in Catalog’ and ‘Show Source in Catalog’ actions crash #714 #716
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FIX: Clear Quicksilver’s 1st pane when objects are passed to it #670 #699
If objects were selected in QS using the comma trick, commands and scripts that passed objects back to pane 1 would often create a mishmash of old and new items. In ß66 the following AppleScript will return just the file in_file:tell application "Quicksilver" to set selection to _file -
FIX: Triggers now work for actions that display a result #623 #699
Commands that return objects to pane 1 didn’t used to work as triggers. Here’s a couple of now-working trigger ideas lifted from Rob McBroom:
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FIX: Prevent Quicksilver from freezing and ignoring input on login #580
Early reports indicate that Quicksilver will look good on Mountain Lion, too.
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Asked by stubblechunks stubblechunks
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.
‘Shelf⇥Show’ should work as a Command that can be triggered. I prefer ‘Shelf⇥Show Contents’, which provides a searchable version. Make sure both the Shelf and Clipboard Modules are installed, as there’s some overlap in features.
Asked by kyle-craft kyle-craft
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 server. It then launches quicksilver with the default connection settings to the requested server. Thanks!
Any suggestions? This is way beyond my ken.
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 #643 Pane 2 should always be focused if ‘Jump to action…’ is checked.
- FIX: Disable editing of tab names in the Plug-ins preference pane #644
- FIX: Resolve proxy objects consistently #652 #621 Helps make writing plugins more straightforward.
- FIX: Make the 3rd pane visible for AppleScript actions that expect a file #661 #603 AppleScripts that have an
on open _file handler now get an ‘Open File…’ action that accepts files in pane 3.
- FIX: ‘Show Entry in Catalog’ action only shows for objects in the catalog #678
- CHANGE: Allow non-admin users to set the Dock icon preference #690 #686 #689
- CHANGE: Only allow disabling of the Catalog (by holding ⌥ on launch) in Debug builds
- CHANGE: When using the ‘Move To…’ and ‘Copy To…’ actions, display the file’s parent folder in the 3rd pane #665 QS used to put a seemingly random folder in pane 3 for these actions. Getting the Beyoncé folder from iTunes for a document stuck in the memory.
- CHANGE: Allow Quicksilver to set URLs as ‘remote host’ types #497
- CHANGE: Development settings and CHANGELOG creation method #599 #658
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