The Mac’s Best, Easy-To-Use Launch Utilities.

Tuesday, July 1, 2008 | Encore Reviews | Read or Post a Comment

Valet You can tell things are going well for the Mac by the number of superbly crafted tools that do everything that’s already being done.

Take Mac launchers; those organizers and launchers for Mac’s applications. How many are there? Dozens.

Some are free, some are impossible to figure out, some cost money, some you can’t live without.

Still, Mac software developers continue to come up with new ways to do what the Dock already does—launch applications.

The Mac’s.... (excerpted).

3 Reader Comments

grumpyguy said:

Let me second the recommendation for Drag Thing.

Think of OS 9 tabs and buttons and the dock combined in one, but with infinitely more room to put your programs.

michael said:

Carol, thanks for the heads up on Valet. I’ve been using Quicksilver but don’t use it for anything more than a launcher and appreciate Valet’s flexibility. Since the developer is no longer working on it, I’m looking for a substitute and the voice command feature looks cool.

Tim Stringer said:

I’ve tried them all (well most of them) and keep coming back to LaunchBar. It’s a beautifully crafted utility that is deceptively simple. There’s not much to learn (though I do recommend a quick read through the docs to get the most out of this application) and it allows you to have access to all your applications, iTunes, contacts, Bookmarks, etc. with a few intuitive keystrokes.

Cheers,
Tim

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