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Getting started (or reacquainted) with Quicksilver

Hack Attack: A beginner's guide to Quicksilver - Lifehacker

Adam Pash has written a terrific introduction to Quicksilver that I recommend for folks who are still scratching their heads about what all the fuss is about.

Part of the challenge is the "layers of the onion" problem. There's no explanation of what Quicksilver does that's at once brief, accurate, exhaustive, and easy for new users to immediately grok; it really does reveal its delights over time, through repeated usage, and in proportion to your willingness to learn and experiment. Adam does a good job of acquainting new folks with the basic idea and the setup, then he walks through a few of the many bits of fu that have made this app the phenomenon that it is.

Quicksilver can be used to launch files and applications, manipulate data, and seamlessly plug into almost any application on your Mac so that you can perform actions as soon as you think of them in a few short keystrokes.


Also from our own archives, here are a few popular Quicksilver items from the extended 43 Folders family (including 4 video tutorials). And seriously: if you really still don't see why QS is different, do watch the videos; writing about Quicksilver is like singing about a magic trick.

Popular 43 Folders posts on Quicksilver

Some of these could use a good tech edit, given their age and the evolving nature of QS, but they contain plenty of information to point you in the right direction.

Merlin's Quicksilver Video Tutorials

“...writing about Quicksilver is like singing about a magic trick.”

Our favorite Quicksilver resources from elsewhere

Jason Villasoto » Blog Archive » Quicksilver's picture

[...] Since switching to mac,...

[...] Since switching to mac, I’ve started using the ever-popular Quicksilver app. When I first discovered QS, I thought it was merely a third-party application that did the same job that Spotlight does on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. I was so wrong. Lifehacker has a great article that shows a newbie how to get started with this ultimate productivity application. Merlin Mann also has a lot of great articles about QS at 43folders.com. Oh, and by the way, QS is one of those applications that reaffirms how Windows is absolutely dead to me. [...]

 
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