How can I have Quicksilver type a timestamp?
I'd like Quicksilver to type a timestamp for me of the format 2010-10-15 13:42. Does anybody know how to do this?
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How to add support for .tex files in quicksilver?
I would like to open a tex file with a selected application (fraise, texShop, or texmate) in the quicksilver. I can not find any information about how to do that. Have anybody made Quicksilver opening tex files? &...
How to use iTerm with QuickSilver
I see a page dedicated to an iTerm plugin after googling "quicksilver iterm", but I can find no place to download it, and it doesn't appear to have built-in support. There's a section in preferences where you can change the terminal program, but it's greyed out and set on the default terminal....
How to make quicksilver remember custom trigger
I am trying to make a custom trigger for my shell/apple script file to run so I can just launch my dev environment at the push of a button. So basically:
I have a shell script(and some apple script included) in ~ named start_server.sh which does 3 things:
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QuickSilver appear on multiple monitors
So I have a 22" Monitor that I use with my iMac, running an expanded desktop setup with secondbar so I always have a menu bar. How can I get Quicksilver to appear on both monitors when I go to use it, so I don't have to always shift my focus back to the main monitor?
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Quicksilver quit launching Xcode
Hi everyone,
I've been launching Xcode from Quicksilver quite happily for weeks. Suddenly late yesterday, without changing either Xcode or Quicksilver, it started appearing like this:
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Mac: Which Quicksilver-style fuzzy matching app can be used as a universal selection GUI for custom items?
I want to pass a bunch of text strings via AppleScript or the command line to the app which should then, after prompting the user, return the selected item.
Quicksilver and Launchbar only seem to work on internally catalogued items or directory contents.
Are there ...
Use quicksilver to tell iTunes to stop
Hi,
I am starting to use Quicksilver in Mac OS X. At the moment I just know how to "call it" (CMD+I in my case) and open an app. I wonder how could I do, once iTunes is running, just to tell to stop playing a song, using QS, and if not, someother workaround, just using Keyboard, i...
Mac OSX: growlnotify doesn't work when script is run from Quicksilver
Say I run the following script that includes growlnotify:
#! /bin/bash
# do something ...
echo 'I want growlnotify to say this' | \
growlnotify -a '[Some App...
Google Calendar plugin for Quicksilver [mac]
The google calendar plugin for Quicksilver seems great at first. But it seems that if you give it an event that it can't parse a time/date for -- like "testing123 on feb 10" -- it fails silently! (It says "ev...
Search in Firefox using Quicksilver
Hi,
I am rather new to Mac OS X. I have been using quicksivler in order to open programs. I use Firefox a lot for searching in google, wikipedia, etc. I wonder if in Quicksilver or using another approach, one can do something for searching very easily like: type (quicksilver short...
Why should I use Quicksilver instead of Spotlight?
I recently purchased a Macbook (13") and have been perusing various blogs and zen/hacker sites which provide insight and instructions on becoming a proficient user. I feel relatively comfortable on it, though not quite as comfortable as on my native OS (Linux).
One thing I keep co...
How do I make quicksilver's ui big enough for a media center ?
I'm trying to use quicksilver as a way to control my media center without a mouse. That works great, but QuickSilver's different UI/skins all uses the default font making it hard to see what is being typed when using it 3 meters away even on a 52 inch TV.
So how do I change the fo...
Mac Navigation Possible with Keyboard Only (QuickSilver Included)?
I have a new iMac with Boot Camp and XP SP3. I used to use Mac OS (1986-2002) but switched to Windows XP because I was working in web development and I regularly needed to verify the sites I was working on.
I have gotten used to Windows shortcuts,...
Quicksilver doesn't open PDF's like it used to
I've been using Quicksilver for a while now but lately I've been getting this problem that QS doesn't show the Acrobat Reader icon when a PDF is selected, but goes to the "Open With" tab.
See the screenshot here: ...
How can I make Google Voice calls using my Apple Address Book & Quicksilver?
There's got to be an easier way than copying and pasting phone numbers from my Quicksilver / Address Book.app look-up into the Google Voice web page.
Does anyone have any tips on how to make this easier?
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Quicksilver wants to do "Open URL" on folders
I am having a problem with Quicksilver ?54: When I type the name of a folder, it is displayed in the Quicksilver window as an Earth (i.e., as a URL), and the only action available is "Open URL", which does nothing. "Open" is not available.
This happens with some folders, but not...
What are your best uses for Quicksilver?
I know that Quicksilver is one of the most useful utilities on any Mac power user's hard drive, but I can't get over the feeling I'm under utilizing it. 90% of my use for Quicksilver is iTunes control and program launching.
So what are some other great uses for Quicksilver? Really...
Best QuickSilver clone on Windows
What is the best QuickSilver clone on Windows?
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