Choosing the right launcher for your Mac<article>
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If you’re still manually digging around in folders looking for apps to launch and documents to open, it’s time to stop. You can save tremendous amounts of time and energy by using a launcher utility instead, which can open apps and files, as well as perform calculations, search the Web, run scripts, and do all sorts of other laborsaving tricks. </p><p>
In this roundup, we put four all-purpose, keyboard-based launchers to the test: Running with Crayons’
Alfred (free, but £17/$26 for the highly recommended Powerpack option), Many Tricks’
Butler ($20), Objective Development’s
LaunchBar ($29), and the Quicksilver Project’s open-source
Quicksilver (free).</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2902174/choosing-the-right-keyboard-based-launcher-utility.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Choosing the right launcher for your Mac
