Unfortunately that didn't work either. Brings up "spotlight" - changed the system prefs to stop spotlight, then it does nothing (understandably). Reinstalled QS another time, set the hotkey to ⌘Space and now it beeps again.
It's probably me ;o) - I might just wait till I understand this machine a little more before trying again. Unless you can think of anything obvious. On Dec 10, 3:37 pm, Wuffles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Will reinstall and try 1. but 2. definitely gave me the same beep > sound (figured double clicking it again would bring up the interface, > but no dice). > > bbiab > > Jon Stovell (a.k.a. Sesquipedalian) wrote: > > > 1. Try pressing ⌘Space and see if that works instead > > 2. Double click on the Quicksilver icon in the Applications folder. If > > QS is already running, that should activate the command window. Then > > you can press ⌘, to access the QS preferences. Make sure the trigger > > is set up properly. For instructions on how to do that, see Howard's > > user guide (http://groups.google.com/group/blacktree-quicksilver/ > > browse_thread/thread/ef99bcac45de5ca7?hl=en#) > > > On Dec 10, 3:04 am, Wuffles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi all. New to Mac, certainly new to QS too naturally. Read up about > > > QS being a must have tool, read up on the software, scoured the FAQ > > > and some of the posts here. Problem is as follows: > > > > Managed to download, install and run QS. However, the hotkey combo > > > (default ^space) just makes my Mac beep at me. Am I doing something > > > wrong? > > > > Tried reinstalling after pulling all the prefs files first to give me > > > the first time run option again, all to no avail. > > > > I hope it's something dumb on my part as I am a long time Windows user > > > and this kind of thing wouldn't have been an issue for me as I could > > > probably have figured it out somehow (experience would give me a clue) > > > - as it is, I don't even know if a "beep" and nothing else is > > > normal ;o)
