Daily Archives: November 17, 2011


Minor Productivity Tips with QuickSilver

I love QuickSilver on my mac.  When I have to get a new mac, Quicksilver will be the first application I install.  I know there are a TON of sites that have great Quicksilver tips and tricks, but I wanted to take a few minutes and show some of the shortcuts I use everyday.

1.  Bookmarks for QS

I love the fact that Quicksilver indexes my internet browser’s bookmarks.  99% of the time I open my favorite web pages through Quicksilver.  Example: ctrl+space > “min” > Mint.com is opened in Safari.

Also, when I land on a site that I want to come back to but I don’t necessarily want to clutter up the bookmarks bar, I’ll bookmark the site and dump it into the “Bookmarks for QS” folder.  That way I can easily get back without having to drill through tons of folders or browser history to remember where I was.

2.  Google search from QS

Love this one but I can’t take credit for figuring it out.  See Setting up a Google web search Trigger for instructions.

3.  Opening a folder for developing in TextMate

ctrl+space > navigate to the desired folder > tab > open with > textmate.  And it opens the folder in TextMate as a project.  Here’s a little attempt at a screen cast I made while playing with Camtasia.