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Usage Statistics If you’re really curious how much time LaunchBar saves you, and how you use it, version 6 keeps a tally of how often you use the app and what sorts of actions you’re performing. But for those who aren’t Fantastical users, LaunchBar’s new reminder and calendar-event features are handy. If you’ve ever usedįantastical, you’ll certainly feel a bit of friction with LaunchBar because Fantastical’s natural language parser is so superior. Unfortunately, you can’t use purely natural language (“take out the trash at 8am tomorrow”) for time and date assignments. The syntax is identical to that of Reminders, except that you can also set an alert for how soon before the event you want to be reminded of it.

Simply bring up Calendar in LaunchBar, use the arrow keys to drill down into your list of iCloud calendars and select one, press Spacebar to bring up the text-entry box, and then punch in the details of the event. You can similarly create new calendar events. This is pretty great if you prefer to use Apple’s Reminders app over third-party alternatives, but you’ve always wished it offered better quick-entry features. In short, LaunchBar now operates as a full-fledged client for iCloud Reminders. In addition to creating reminders, you can view each reminders list, and even mark individual items as completed from within LaunchBar. The syntax works like this: reminder day time - as you can see in the screenshot here, LaunchBar even shows you how the reminder info is being parsed. When creating your new reminder, you can type just a to-do-item title, but you can also assign a day and time to it if you like. But if the capability sounds at all interesting and worthwhile to you, I encourage you to give it a try-after a few days, these sequences become second nature.) (If you’re new to LaunchBar, this may all sound a bit complicated. Once you’ve selected the list you want, press Spacebar to bring up a text-entry box for creating a new reminder. Then just use the arrow keys to browse your individual iCloud Reminders lists. To create a new reminder, bring up LaunchBar and start typing Reminders to focus on the Reminders app. The frosty theme is my favorite, because it takes some cues from iOS 7 (and Yosemite), and is just slightly transparent. The new design also has options for bright, dark, frosty, small, and Yosemite themes.

It’s bigger, bolder, more readable, and more beautiful than before. The company’s website offers aĬomplete list of what’s new-there’s a lot there-but I’ll cover a few of the new features that I think are the most notable.Ī new look The most obvious new feature of LaunchBar 6 is the look.

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LaunchBar 6 is the utility’s most handsome update yet, and it is also one of the most significant.

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Objective Development also offers a “Relaxware” trial: You can use LaunchBar for free, with full access to all the features and functions, but the app can only be accessed every so often, making you take a “break” between your time using it.

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Instead, I’ll focus on what’s new in version 6.Ĭosts $29 for a single license or $48 for a five-computer family license current users can upgrade for $19 or $29, respectively. The app also offers scores-hundreds?-of other features and actions, too many to get into here, but Macworld hasįeatures in reviews of previous versions we’ve also published aĬouple videos full of usage tips and tricks. In addition to the basics of launching apps, there are three other features I use constantly: LaunchBar’s “Instant Send” feature, the ability to dive into and act on documents, and Clipboard History, which tracks recent clipboard contents, letting you browse and paste any with a few key presses.

On the right, you can see that I simply typed the letter P.

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