I've talked plenty and boasted about Quicksilver quite a bit. There is so much to discover and so much functionality that you may not even experience. I'm going to share my favorite triggers. Triggers can quickly take you to a previously set up Quicksilver 'sentence' 1. Clipboard History With the 'clipboard history' plugin, you can quickly access a predetermined amount of previously copied text and do with it what you ...

I wanted to share an excellent way to expanding the clipboard functionality in Mac OS X. This short tutorial will show you how to store loads of copied text with the ability to past at any time with Quicksilver, the clipboard plugin and a keyboard shortcut. How To Step by step instructions... 1. Invoke Quicksilver and open the preferences 2. Install the Clipboard module under plugins 3. Under Triggers, click the add ...

"All I want to be is someone that makes new things and thinks about them." - John Meada

If you are a Mac user who hasn't already downloaded Quicksilver, head over to blacktree.quicksilver.com and begin to change the way work throughout every part of your Mac. Throughout the week I have been playing with expanding Quicksilver to do anything and everything I want it to. During this time I discovered a plug-in that I hadn't installed called "Extra Scripts." With the Extra Scripts Plug-in, you gain the ...

Some time ago there was heavy talk about having Apple's cover flow functionality built into Quicksilver. I'm sure that developers are continuing to work on building that but as for now, perhaps just the appearance of cover flow and quick look might be enough for some of you. There are a few steps and a few modifications that one needs to make in order to achieve this appearance. First ...

For those of you who use Quicksilver, chances are you know all about the multitude of plugins available and all the power buried deep into this application. For those of you who may be new to Quicksilver, new to a Mac, or have just never explored the amount of expansion that Quicksilver allows, allow me to begin to make your life more simple. I would like to introduce and ...

Poor Planning Precludes Poor Performance A close family friend crammed these five p's into my head as I was growing up and for whatever reason, they have stuck with me. Frequently a friend will forget something, make an excuse or pin blame elsewhere and I immediately call out the five p's. A lack of planning leaves open a large opportunity for failure. With an established plan and the ability to ...

Everyone likes to share something interesting they have found on the internet with a friend, whether the recipient cares or even gives the link a look is all up to them. Here is a very easy and quick way to not only share the content of a website but also make it much easier to view for the recipient. In Safari, what other browser has functionality to work ...

File management is vital to being productive on any machine. Just as having a clean workspace on your desk will help keep your organized; having a clean virtual world will keep your computer organized. Even with Spotlight or Quicksilver in OS X file management is crucial. It builds a solid work environment as well as develops a solid way to work. As you see here, this is the ...

I am a big proponent of keyboard shortcuts. I like to do as much as I can with two hands on the board and without having to move to the mouse. That being said I would like to share somewhat of a 'shortcut' if you will. Say you have just opened TextEdit to dump some text or whatever the reason may be and it is information that you ...

A couple of weeks ago I began to use a fairly new service called 8apps. After several minutes I found my way to an application that they call Orchestrate. Moments later I was in Safari's preferences changing my home page. Orchestrate is beautiful, simple, and more importantly, incredibility useful. So, what is it you ask? Orchestrate is a task management tool which you can add tasks, check them off ...