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LaunchMagic 4.0.0

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Robust application launching utility. Shareware ($29.99)

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LaunchMagic (was F10 Launch Studio) is the premier launch management suite for Mac OS X. The fastest way to open applications, documents, and folders. Its one-of-a-kind design delivers an extraordinarily fast and efficient way to open applications, documents, and folders. It will literally change the way you use your computer.

What's New

Version 4.0.0:

LaunchMagic is the official successor to F10 Launch Studio.

Note: LaunchMagic 4 is a $14.99 paid upgrade from previous versions of F10 Launch Studio.

Added a LaunchMagic menu bar icon for permanent access to application features
Added a much-improved Get Info feature
Added ability to search documents related to an application in sidebar
Added sophisticated-looking selection frame with option to control color
Added a Quick Look Preview feature to preview files in the documents sidebar (shows full path as well)
Added space bar invocation of the Quick Look Preview just like the Finder
Added list view mode to documents in sidebar
Added ability to add documents and folders to the Launchpad in addition to applications
Added ability to launch dock items from the menu bar icon
Added dock selector to Blaster window
Added an Open/Close Launch Center menu item to the LaunchMagic menu in the menu bar
Added Welcome window with Getting Started video
Added support for Lion-style scroll bars
Added a reset database feature for an easy way to reset everything and start over
Added sort button to Launch Center
Added animation to fade in and out Launch Center window when it appears and disappears
Added keyboard shortcut to activate Search field
Improved and streamlined all aspects of the interface
The preferences are now accessed directly in LaunchMagic instead of from System Preferences
The application is now a 64-bit only application and requires Mac OS X 10.7 Lion or later

Version 4.0.0:

LaunchMagic is the official successor to F10 Launch Studio.

Note: LaunchMagic 4 is a $14.99 paid upgrade from previous versions of F10 Launch Studio.

Added a LaunchMagic menu bar icon for permanent access to application features
Added a much-improved Get more...

Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.7 or later

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LaunchMagic User Discussion (Write a Review)

ver. 4.x:

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Tlance reviewed on 04 Oct 2011

$30 for this piece of malarkey?! I had great memory of v1 so just to kill some time tried this out. I couldn't be bothered to get beyond the first 5 minutes during which I noted: 1) Once invoked you can't get anywhere without choosing an item. Real PITA when you have a hot corner set and accidentally hit it. 2) It uses the entire screen leaving only the bottom strip area for a dock.

And then there's the memory hit: 361MB VirtualMemory 519MB Real! That's absurd. I admit to being tempted to actually use it for a few hours to see if it blew up my 8GBs.

[Version 3.0.6]

Dradrienyouell reviewed on 01 Sep 2011

This at F10 Launch 3.0.6 is a lot more recent than comments below. F10 launched from System Preferences as a PrefPane alright but showed over 700 items in its count... 'impossible I thought'. I then set about expunging "No Entry" sign apps. It wanted my OK to delete. No OK action. Then that was that, frozen screen. Not even Force Quit registered the app. The other F10 controls 'honked'.
I could not even launch Activity Monitor to stop any app.
It required a hard shutdown to get my Mac back.
I checked Sys Prefs for F10, disabled it and quit Sys Prefs I then dragged Applications folder F10.app onto App Delete and went ahead and deleted.
In unhidden ~/Library I checked the F10 PrefPane was gone and the .plist and AppSupport/Chronos etc... Yes, AppDelete did a complete expunging of all F10 elements.

These days with funky Trampoline and Lion's Find apps I have no need of F10. "It has bitten the dust for ever from my Mac Pro 10.7".

[Version 3.0.6]

hardcat reviewed on 10 May 2009

F10 Launch studio has been around for ages, Version 1 was very slick and stood out from other launchers. F10 felt good, was easy to set up and only took over the screen when activated and disappeared when not needed. For me it's biggest strength was the ability to group applications as required by the user. I had groups for Office, Internet, imaging, projects and so on. Grouping applications in this manner allows one to quickly bring up F10 and go straight to the application required. Version 2 of F10 has seen an great deal of good development. the application again looks very modern and offers interaction with application files. Setting up F10 is again easy and not time consuming, applications not required can be filtered out. For reasons only known to the developers grouping applications has been reduced to a single row in selectable tabs with all applications remaining visible above the row. This change has for me greatly reduced the capability and desirability of what should be an excellent application. If it Isn't Broken, Don't Fix It comes to mind, because in this instance that is exactly what has happened. Design of function is also true here. For what it's worth F10 users should unite and ask the very nice developers to look again at bring back the much loved full screen grouping of applications.

[Version 2.2]

+11

Binarypackrat commented on 01 Oct 2008

I WANT to like the new version because I just purchased it. HOWEVER: These are my first impressions after digging around in it for a day. I am very disappointed as it seems now that it is just a GLORIFIED . There is no way that I see to "build Sets" of icon groups the way the old version did by filling the entire screen. That WAS the reason I used F10 in the first place. Now, the only way I see to build sets of icons IE: INTERNET= Safari, Transmit, Mail is to drag them to the new "Dock" I don't want "Docks" I want similar groups of large icons on my main screen-Not all of them unless I click on the tab the way it used to be that said ALL. Am I missing something Here??? Bummer.

[Version 2.1]

2 Replies

+11

Binarypackrat replied on 02 Oct 2008

**** Sorry- I left out DOCK So it should read "a GLORIFIED DOCK"

+10

kappe replied on 02 Oct 2008

lol still not working. no applications listed.

+33

gakesmith commented on 25 Sep 2008

This works well for me. But it needs some way to stay at the keyboard when choosing a document from the document sidebar. Until then, LaunchBar or QuickSilver are far more efficient to use plus they both have many more features.

[Version 2.0]

Jacko commented on 25 Sep 2008

Be sure and check the documents pane out on this before you purchase or upgrade. Although it seems like a great feature, there appears to be some garbled text and messed up graphics at the top where it's trying to show me the document count. I've sent a message to the developer. My only other beef is that when you have a lot of applications the icons refreshing a bit slowly. Other than these things, it looks like an improvement to the previous version.

[Version 2.0]

+11

Binarypackrat commented on 08 Dec 2007

I love this app. As a matter of fact it is the best launch app on the Mac (for me). HOWERVER it does not work in all spaces. Just in one desktop. Darn.

[Version 1.5.1]

+104

HAL2007 commented on 26 Jan 2006

One of the most elegant launchers available for Mac OS X. Quick and versatile and - not to forget - beautiful. To value this, they should really update their screenshots on the website. And the default key F10 is also a bad choice for systems utilizing Exposé... So I suggest a change of name, too. Other than that, it's a fine piece of software that honors Mac OS X's visual style.

[Version 1.5.1]

-1

Anonymous reviewed on 27 Aug 2004

This is the most elegant way to launch your apps. Way cool!

[Version 1.5]

-1

Anonymous reviewed on 13 Sep 2003

The best application of its kind. A real time saver. You no longer need to search you hard drive for that seldom used application, file, or folder. Use it for 30-days and you won't want to be without it.

[Version 1.5]

1 Reply

+11

binarypackrat replied on 03 Jan 2006

Well put!

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Downloads:11,138

Version Downloads:180

Type:Utilities : System

License:Shareware

Date:20 Apr 2012

Platform:Intel

Price: $29.99

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