Our Verdict
We ’ve long been fans of Objective Development ’s $ 35LaunchBar , an app - launching , data file - negociate , data point - accessing , do - everything usefulness . We ’ve even published a couplet video ( part 1andpart 2 ) on get more out of LaunchBar . The latest edition , 5.5 , is better than ever .
As always , you could use the app , Spotlight - style , to chance and open apps and text file ; control iTunes playback ; create calendar upshot ; contact your contacts ; manage multiple clipboards ; run script ; and much , much more . you may check outour review of edition 5.0for more information on the staple .
But version 5.5 impart a slew of useful new feature . For starters , you could now save , and quickly paste , snippets of frequently used school text . The lineament is n’t as powerful as what you ’ll get from fellow Mac Gems standoutTextExpander , but if LaunchBar ’s workflow is already 2d nature to you and your fingers , you may choose it ( or , like me , use it along with TextExpander ) .
There ’s also new Automator - workflow consolidation , so you may both run workflows from LaunchBar and pass data and statement between workflows and LaunchBar itself . Objective Development has also made significant accessibility / VoiceOver improvements ; you may now straight off get at iCloud - lay in document from within LaunchBar ; and young build - in actions let you may take advantage of OS X ’s sharing overhaul ( Twitter , Facebook , AirDrop , and the similar ) using the LaunchBar methods you ’re already conversant with .
Thelist of advance and enhancementsis long , but the short version is this : One of our all - time pet public-service corporation is now even in force .
( mention that Objective Development is presently scat a promotion where if you buy LaunchBar , you get a free copy of the ebookTake command of LaunchBar . )
