Quicksilver is, on the surface, an application and file launcher. Should you choose to dig a little deeper you will quickly find it is significantly more than just a launcher.
The videos and articles below should help you extend and use Quicksilver on deeper level that will increase productivity and make your OS X experience even more enjoyable.
Videos
Quicksilver for Beginners
If you’ve heard about Quicksilver but have been too timid to familiarize yourself with it, or to peek under the hood a bit, this screencast is for you!
Leveraging Services
Services are a part of OS X that many users either don’t even know about, or forget to use. They are a powerful bunch of actions that you can apply to your workflow - mostly in cases where you’re working with text.
Access Minimized Windows
This screencast will demonstrate just how to restore minimized windows using Quicksilver and your keyboard.
Pimp My Quicksilver
Learn the basics of customizing your Quicksilver interface.
Image Manipulation
Learn how to load images in to Quicksilver for quick, on-the-fly image manipulation.
Quick Emails
With the proper know-how, you don’t even need to open a new Mail window, or a browser to send someone a note or a file.
Arrowing
Get a feel for using the right (and left) arrow keys to drill down into applications for quicker access to data.
Abracadabra Gestures & Triggers
Using the Abracadabra plugin you get the ability to create Triggers in Quicksilver, which can be activated by mouse gestures, rather than the stale, last century keystroke.
Tags & Playlists
Create iTunes playlists using only Quicksilver.
In-n-Out
Loading items into Quicksilver focus is relatively trivial. Basically, select an item in the finder, invoke Quicksilver, and hit CMD-g to load it into Quicksilver focus. Now you can perform actions with that selected item. I’m gonna take this feature a bit further and show you some things that are so simple that they may not have been obvious before.
Quicksilver Catalogs
The catalog is the part that determines what stuff on your system is accessible to you through Quicksilver’s interface. I touch on custom catalog creation and tweaking, as well as setting up access to your social bookmark accounts (though only del.icio.us and Ma.gnolia are currently supported through the plugins).
Running with Scripts
Learn about the power of scripts in Quicksilver and how to make sure you have the necessary settings enabled to use them.
The Clipboard
Expand your clipboard and store more with Quicksilver.
Articles
Quicksilver Changes Everything
A solid overview of what Quicksilver is and why you might be interested in using it.
Quicksilver Does Menus Too
Learn how to traverse through each individual application menu.
Quicksilver Quick Print Tip
Cut out the middle man when sending items to your printer and send a plethora of files all at once.
Spotlight Comments using Quicksilver
Take advantage of the comment areas in each file and add them easily with Quicksilver.
Quicksilver and the Command Line
Turn Quicksilver in to your own mini-terminal
The Alcor Interview
Alcor, the developer of Quicksilver, was kind enough to answer a few of our questions!
