This tip is really popular on Twitter. Looks like you've soothed a raw nerve for a lot of QS users. :)
On Monday, March 12, 2012 12:40:29 PM UTC+9, CakeFace wrote: > > 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! >
