I’m Macworld senior editor Dan Frakes. Launcher utilities, such as Alfred, Butler, LaunchBar, and Quicksilver, are similar to OS X’s Spotlight, in that you can use the keyboard to quickly find and ...

Way back in the dawn of computing, there was a word processor called WordStar. Many people who used it heavily claimed that its keyboard controls had become embedded in their fingertips, but I never ...

Nearly the first app I install on any new Mac is LaunchBar. It’s the bootstrap I need for everything else. LaunchBar offers universal access to everything on your Mac that can be indexed, searched, ...

LaunchBar, from Objective Development, has just been updated to version 4.3, and I’m in serious trouble. I just can’t stop playing with it. The purpose of LaunchBar is to increase your productivity; ...

This sponsored post is produced by StackSocial. If there’s one application that can speed up how you use your Mac, it’s LaunchBar. From quickly opening other applications to quickly searching for ...

LaunchBar for Mac enables you to initiate file or Web searches, or many other processes with just a few keystrokes. Myriad possibilities: With LaunchBar, you can do everything from opening apps to ...

If you're a fan of shortcuts, these tips for using LaunchBar will streamline frequent tasks, going beyond its basic uses of application launching and switching. LaunchBar is a great multitasking ...

LaunchBar has been updated for version 5.3. Improvements include Mountain Lion compatibility fixes, Retina display graphics, and better third-party mail client support. LaunchBar has been updated for ...

Objective Development just took the next major step in the Mac user's never-ending quest for keyboard-driven productivity by releasing the first beta of LaunchBar 5. A virtual landslide of new ...

LaunchBar power-users should get their virtual asses over to developer Obdev’s nightly builds page and grab the latest version of v5.5. Amongst a whole bunch of neat fixes and tweaks it adds one ...

my question, as briefly as possible, is: what's the closest to quicksilver of those types of apps that i can get/which is best? i used to use quicksilver and loved it, but it seems to be abandoned (?) ...

LaunchBar is a smart launcher, which learns from your habits and patterns to help you work more efficiently. Until midnight tomorrow (Sunday, eastern time) MacUpdate Promo has LaunchBar on sale for ...