Quicksilver

Quicksilver is still alive??? I used the app on every Mac, every day. It was a wonderful adjunct to the way I use my computer. But it became unstable and seemed to be unsupported, so I abandoned it -- reluctantly -- and moved to Alfred. I may download and try this latest version (2.4.1) on my M2 MacBook Air, but I really hate switching horses in mid-stream, as they say. Still, I'm curious...

Updated again today - incredible app; so much power and extensibility for FREE.

Who woke the dead?! Quicksilver having its plentiful bugs repaired? Astounding. I thought they wanted it to suck! i almost want to try using it again.

1.6.1 is the latest for macOS High Sierra 10.13.x. This can be downloaded from the developer's site. 2.0.0 and later (including 2.0.2, as is currently being delivered as download, *not* 1.6.1) require macOS Mojave 10.14 or later.

Still works just fine, as it has done for years. Simple, quick, easy to use.

This was the greatest piece of Mac software I have EVER used (I used it for more than 15yrs); it is still amazingly functional, but the exceedingly slow maintenance of the app and it's plug-ins finally pushed me to Launchbar this year. Even so I fire up the app every few months because I miss it's functionality, but each time I am reminded why I sadly left it; it is now less customisable, and less modern than Launchbar and Alfred (I hate Alfred's UI). If it were updated I would be back in an instant!

I think of this as orphanware. It's dilapidated and unwilling to catch up with the future. Look elsewhere for a replacement. It was nice, sort of, for a while. A great idea. Then it rotted on the vine. Sad.

The invoice is a little dated ... Otherwise no problem. Uninstalled.

There comes out often new system utilities made by developers full of goodwill and visions that I encourage as I can but seem to be a bit lost facing the many traps put with purpose and bugs lazily left in MacOS evolving to downgrade the Macs towards iOs and phone users, as the smart asses of the marketing imposes to satisfy the avid, bulimic hunger of the stakeholders of a company that once upon a time was lead by someone whose aim and priority was to build the best computers of the world. Then there are experienced developers that keep making year after year more perfect their products, not discouraged be having been abandoned by Apple, if not even fought as atheists in Egypt. Quicksilver, Default Folder, Path Finder, Alfred, I would add FinderPop (sadly not more updated by the good Turly but still NECESSARY and still 'almost working') are keeping our MacINTOSHES (!!!) on the original path tracked by Stev, making them, if carefully 'tuned up' still the best and most lovely OS: powerful while friendly. Apple developer should learn by these guys instead to be 'corrupted by avidity'!

so powerful, simple, and FREE

As of v1.6.0, I swear the devs lost interest. It was abysmal. Now, their web page links to the WRONG file for the installer. You end up with a ".qspkg" file, which is NOT the installer. There is something very wrong over there. The CORRECT link to the actual INSTALLER for 1.6.1 is HERE: https://qsapp.com/archives/downloads/Quicksilver%201.6.1.dmg

Version 1.5.9 is out, dated March 12, 2018.

I use Quicksilver all day, every day and am grateful for its existence. However, it has some consistent, long-term problems that the developers willfully ignore. Here are a few:

• The auto update process runs to what appears to be completion, then it FAILs, forcing the user to manually download the latest version, Quit running Quicksilver, then manually install the app and run it.

• If there are plugin updates available, the list window isn't smart enough to allow scrolling within the space provided by your desktop. Instead, it can run off the bottom of the desktop, making it impossible to see all the updates or click the button at the bottom to install them.

• The version Changes web page hasn't been titled. If you want to save it, you have to manually name it from 'Untitled'.

• It often provides geeky, obscure notification messages that are entirely useless. For example, "Unable to locate 1Password logins Please set the 1Password 3rd party integration file'..." means what? Good luck ungeeking the lingo..

I've also found it dangerous to update to the latest version, creating what is for me the unique situation of avoiding updates. When I do update, I save a copy of the currently working version first in order to be able to restore it if the new version of Quicksilver manages to break something, which it notoriously has in the past.

General conclusion: Great software with long term incoherent, geek inflicted quirks. As such, I'd never recommend it to Granny. Therefore, I knock off 2 stars in the score. Ungeeking it would earn it 5 stars.

Formidable !

v1.5.3 is out today

Good app, free and nice but I don't see any considerable differences from the Spotlight option on a Mac. I suppose, it will be helpful if you have huge amount of apps, folders and files which are not in a good order, then Quicksilver is a great decision.

This is an app that I must have. It provides much more than what Spotlight has. A bit confusing at first when trying to configure for more advanced operations but excellent nevertheless.

The current version is 1.4.2, which is what downloads. As ever, if your installed version of Quicksilver is working, either DON'T update it, or backup the current version first just in case the new version throws bugs at you and you need to revert back again.

1.4.1 is available on their website - still the best Mac app ever

works but without the main developer who went to google, its development could just as well have ended

As usual: BEWARE updating Quicksilver. Every single time I've updated Quicksilver on my systems, it has CHOKED. I end up going back to the only version that I've ever found to reliably work for my setup: v1.1.3. Sadly, going back a version in Quicksilver can means your triggers are all screwed up with little "?" marks next to the, meaning you have to literally set them up from scratch all over again. And yes, if you complain to the project team, they'll get all defensive and denial mode on you. So don't bother. Just use the version that works. If you see a newer version, DO NOT UPGRADE until you've tested it out on some other test volume. Don't screw up your working Quicksilver setup for the sake of yet-another buggy update. And no, I won't honor rants in opposition to what I've said above. I've been through this damnable ritual too many times to bother going into flame warz over it. Just be glad if you figured out how to set up Quicksilver and have it working for you. What's wrong with version 1.3.0? It's activity simply drops dead without any notice or warning. Nothing programmed in it works any more. You have to reboot the thing and hope it now works again. Or better yet, go back to the version of Quicksilver that wasn't buggy for you. It's great that its free! But you get what you pay for. Headaches are not worth paying for.