Mac App Launching Protip
First day of a new job means a new workflow. I’m getting my time-keeping web app, collaboration web apps, email, and everything in order. I’ve made Fluid apps (http://fluidapp.com/) for the various web apps I’ll be using. All in all, there will be 5-10 essential apps I’ll open every time I come to work.
Tip: Once you know what these apps are, create an AppleScript to launch them app at once with a short keystroke in Quicksilver.
tell application “iChat” to activate
tell application “Propane” to activate
tell application “Mail” to activate
… etc. (via http://www.tuaw.com/2008/02/02/applescript-build-a-simple-task-launcher/)
Save as whatever you’ll remember. I now type “app…” in quicksilver, set the script to run as the default for that keystroke, and every time I sit at the computer I can launch as many apps as I need quickly.
