I’m pretty sure I’m preaching to the choir here at The Supernicety, but in case you are not a regular, or missed r’s post on required OSX apps, Quicksilver is in my opinion, the most useful app you can download for OSX. In this post, I want to focus on using quicksilver key triggers in conjunction with applescript to increase the functionality of your system.

Regardless of your choice of OS, most everyone can agree that the keyboard is always faster than the mouse. With this in mind, I introduce a simple generic applescript that when used in conjunction with Quicksilver, allows the user to open and close nearly any application with a single keystroke.

Installation:

1. Install Quicksilver
2. Enable “Access for assistive devices” under System Preferences -> Universal Access.
3. Install THESE SCRIPTS by unpacking them and copying the ones you want to use to ~/Library/Scripts.
4. In the Quicksilver preferences window, enable triggers for each script.
5. Enjoy!

Thursday, July 6th, 2006 @ 12:14 am Apple
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