Actually, the instructions on p. 30 are pretty thin, so here's a quick walkthrough on making a Spotlight source to find all applications:
1. Install the Spotlight plugin 2. In the catalogue, add a new "QSSpotlightObjectSource" source (click on the + button at the bottom of the catalogue window). 3. The side drawer should open immediately to ask for the query to use with your new Spotlight source. If not, select it and click the ⓘ button to open the drawer. 4. In the Query section of the source details, type "kind:app" (without the quotation marks). 5. Press the ↻ button at the bottom of the window to make QS update the source contents. On Jun 10, 12:26 pm, "Jon Stovell (a.k.a. Sesquipedalian)" <[email protected]> wrote: > Try deselecting the Applications source entirely, restarting QS, > forcing a re-scan of the catalogue again (just for good measure), > restarting QS once more, then re-enabling the Applications source. > Hopefully that will clear out the broken entries. > > Alternatively, deselect the Applications source and try the Find All > Applications source. (Note: some people have reported unwanted side > effects of using Find All Applications source with external drives > attached.) > > Or best of all, install the Spotlight plugin, and add a Spotlight > source that uses the query "kind:app". This is what I use instead of > either of the built -in sources, and it works flawlessly in β54. > Instructions on setting up a Spotlight source can be found on page 30 > of Howard's user guide. > > On Jun 7, 11:20 am, "Norm & Debra" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Howard, thanks for your assistance. > > Yes, applications is selected with a number next to it > > (131).http://img.skitch.com/20090607-xkcn2f25bq67j3c6cxkd3h79pa.jpg > > > I am running Quicksilver v.54 though it was doing the same thing under > > 56. I have Leopard 10.5.7 > > > The interesting thing is that is only a certain number of applications > > which are affected, here is a pic to detail > > that:http://img.skitch.com/20090607-gdbm3ycjdybqi3pjk52yc3idc9.jpg > > > Any application with no icon and followed by (catalog) can't be > > launched with QS. Kind of annoying! > > Alright, hopefully that is enough information, let me know what you > > think > > > On Jun 6, 11:17 am, Howard Melman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Look in the catalog under Applications. Is the top source (also called > > > Applications) checked and is there a number to the left of the > > > checkbox? If not select it and hit the rescan button the bottom. > > > > If not I'd try deleting the caches or moving the App Support/ > > > Quicksilver folder and recreating the prefs. > > > > What version of QS on what OS? > > > > Howard > > > > On Jun 6, 2009, at 2:04 PM, Norm & Debra wrote: > > > > > Yes, I have tried both to no avail > > > > I have also reinstalled quicksilver > > > > > Strange eh? > > > > > On Jun 6, 10:32 am, Howard Melman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Have you tried restarting QS or rescanning the catalog (⌘R)? > > > > >> Howard > > > > >> On Jun 6, 2009, at 11:30 AM, Norm & Debra wrote: > > > > >>> The other day QS suddenly couldn't launch some of my applications. > > > >>> When I search for Safari, all that is found is 'safari.app > > > >>> (catalog)' > > > >>> which doesn't open safari, it just opens QS catalog pref pane. It's > > > >>> doing this for about a half a dozen apps but not all. Very bizarre. > > > > >>> Here is a picture of a search for Safari: > > > >>>http://img.skitch.com/20090606-1jxpqb4p5861dy2iptysxhwd4f.jpg > > > > >>> Any thoughts on how to reset this? > > > > >>> Thanks, > > > >>> Norm
