Butler
4.3.2
Overview
Butler makes it easier for you to perform a wide variety of potentially recurring tasks. Just arrange these tasks in Butler's fully customizable configuration and assign one or more triggers to a task.
Available Triggers
- freely configurable system-wide menus in your menu bar/Butler's docklet
- freely configurable pop-up menus -- triggered via hot key or hot corner (see below)
- abbreviations -- for example, enter "qt" to launch QuickTime Player
- hot keys -- for example, hit [F1] make iTunes switch to the next track
- hot corners -- for example, [shift]-[right mouse button click] in the lower left corner of your screen to pop up a menu that lists all system preference panes
- events -- for example, launch iChat when Butler starts up and the [option] key is not held
Possible Tasks
- launch applications
- open files
- access preference panes
- manage bookmarks
- search the web
- run AppleScripts
- extend the pasteboard
- enter text snippets
- simulate keystrokes
- control iTunes
- more...
What's new in Butler
Version 4.3.2:
- Volumes Smart Items now sort volumes alphabetically
- Firefox bookmarks support is now a visible-by-default feature again. Note that you still have to jump through an extra hoop to make Butler actually see your Firefox bookmarks
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$20.00
App requirements:
- Intel 64
- OS X 10.8.0 or later
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"Butler 5 pre-sale: Support Butler by purchasing Butler 4 now, and you'll receive a free copy of Butler 5 when it ships!"
And the developer has never come clean about this, just quietly removed references to Butler 5 from their web site. Vaporware.
I use Alfred instead. And I refuse to use any of Many Tricks' apps because they are a dishonest company.
In general I also agree that Butler, Default Folder, and FinderPop are three of the most important utilities on my Mac (I do, however, prefer Carbon Copy Cloner over SuperDuper).