Sometimes, for one reason or another, QS isn't running. I feel a deep sense of loss when I try to activate it and nothing happens. The main problem is that I want to use QS to *launch *QS. Navigating the applications folder seems creaky and lame, and QS has made me a shortcut man. Frustrated, I came up with a simple solution to allow me to start QS with a keyboard shortcut. I'm fairly sure that this has been covered before, but on the off chance that it hasn't, here's my solution:
1. Open Automator, and select 'Service' when it asks you what kind of workflow you'd like to create. 2. Change the 'Service receives selected' menu to 'No input'. 3. Drag the 'Launch Application' action onto the workflow. 4. Under the drop-down menu, choose 'Quicksilver' 5. Save your workflow with a name like 'LaunchQuicksilver' 6. Close Automator, and open up the 'Keyboard' preference pane in System Preferences. 7. Click the 'Keyboard Shortcuts' tab, and select 'Services' from the sidebar. 8. Scroll down until you see the 'LaunchQuicksilver' service that you created. 9. Make sure that it's checked, and then double-click on the empty space to the right of it, and you'll be able to choose a shortcut. 10. Voila! A makeshift trigger that allows you to open QS. I used command-control-q, because the command-control key combo is what i use to open all my programs, so it feels natural. Quicksilver will supercede any keyboard shortcuts that you've made in the preference pane, so don't worry that it'll interfere with another QS trigger that you've got set up. Cheers!
