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An AppleScript to quickly launch applications
Authored by: edoriv on Feb 24, '04 09:47:06AM

as another has already pointed out...

Some of us have many many applications in our Applications folder... And even though we can organize the ones we install into sub folders apple insists that we not move the ones it installs or else software update breaks.
this makes for a sloppy menu and sloppy organization. Also apple doesn't allow you to sort folders to the top or bottom so apps and folders are a mixed up mess... couple this mixed up mess with many many applications and it is far slower to navigate a menu to launch an app. that simple right click on a dock item would take too long to load the menu in my case... and then rolling up and down the menu, maybe missing the target and having to reopen the menu ( it happens ) just not convenient.

I will give credit to this applescript solution and it's great for a free solution but it is far from Launchbar...

I use Launchbar and it is a true time saver... I simply type command space and then PS and Photoshop launches or FW and Fireworks launches, or DW for Dreamweaver, Ter for Terminal, Tex for Textedit and so on... Launchbar learns the shortcut you want to use for each item as you use them.

it will also open bookmarks and contacts ;-) everything is a command space away... hold the command key while opening an item and it will reveal in the finder .... I only mention launchbar because it really does save time because I don't even have to spell out the entire app name and no extra step of choosing other I simply type and the list of possible matches shrinks most times to only one...

This applescript is great if you don't want to pay or don't want all the extra features but if you have a hard time seeing why this can help speed things up read about launchbar maybe that will help you understand how it can speed workflow.



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