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1 more ways to get LaunchBar
Package managers
- Homebrew
brew install --cask launchbar
About LaunchBar
LaunchBar opens with one keyboard shortcut and finds applications, documents and bookmarks from short typed abbreviations. From the same bar you can manage events and reminders, look up contacts, browse and move files, and run desktop or web searches.
It also includes a clipboard history, a snippet manager, a calculator and a script runner. Indexing rules cover Finder Tags, Emoji, Shortcuts, Reminders, Safari Reading List and iCloud Tabs, and several built-in themes are available.
Strengths
- Learns abbreviations for apps and documents
- File browsing and moving without Finder
- Clipboard history, snippets and calculator built in
- Indexes reminders, contacts, tags and Safari data
Limitations
- macOS only
- Paid licence for full use
- Takes time to learn its many actions
Details
- Pricing
- PaidPaid licence with a free download to try; the site also describes an option to use it for free.
- License
- Proprietary
- Developer
- Objective Development
- Platforms
- macOS
- How it runs
- Downloadable app
- Best suited for
- Mac users who want to control apps, files and reminders from the keyboard
- Categories
- App launchers, Clipboard managers
- Last verified
- Added
- Provenance
- Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.
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Monarch
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Sol
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Albert
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Wox
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Gauntlet
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