Usage Examples

Working with files and folders

• Type e.g. TED to select the TextEdit application
• Press Space (or Right Arrow) to access the recent documents of TextEdit

• Type ~ (the tilde sign) to quickly select your home folder
• Or type / (forward slash) to quickly select your boot volume
• Use the arrow keys keys to browse the contents of the selected folder or volume

• Type e.g. DESK to select the “Desktop” folder
• Now press Right Arrow to see all items on the Desktop
• Type another abbreviation to select one of these items
• Press Command-Shift-R to rename the selected item
• See the “File” menu for more file operations such as “Duplicate”, “Get Info” or “Move to Trash”

• Select a file (via abbreviation search, browsing, Command-G, etc.)
• Press Command-C to copy its file-path
• Select a folder
• Press Command-V to get a menu with possible file operations (Move, Copy, Make Alias, etc.)
• Use the up/down arrow keys or the function keys to select the desired file operation

• Press Command-G to transfer the current Finder selection to LaunchBar
• Press Tab to trigger “Send to…”
• Select the desired target application, type e.g. TED to select TextEdit

• Type e.g. MV to select the “Mounted Volumes” indexing rule
• Press Space (or Right Arrow) to get a list of all mounted volumes
• Press Command-E to eject the selected volume

Searching for items of a particular kind

• Type e.g. CAT to select the “Categories” indexing rule
• Press Space to sub-search for a specific kind of items
• Type e.g. GEN to select the “Genres” category, containing all genres defined in your iTunes Library
• Press Space to sub-search this category for a particular genre
• Type e.g. CLA to select the “Classical” genre
• Press Right Arrow to start browsing the selected genre (e.g. to view a list of all classical albums or composers)
  You may skip the initial steps and just type CLA to select the “Classical” genre directly.

• Select a category to sub-search it for an item of a particular kind
• Type e.g. PHN to search for a “Phone Number”
• Type e.g. TIFF to search for a “TIFF Document”
• Type e.g. IMFI to search for any kind of “Image File” (TIFF, JPEG, GIF, PDF, etc.)
• Type e.g. APHE to search for an “AppKit Header File”
• Once the desired category is selected, press Space and sub-search it by entering a further abbreviation

Browsing and searching the web

• Type e.g. SAHI to select the “Safari History” indexing rule
• Press Space to sub-search all recently visited web pages
• Type an abbreviation for the searched web page

• Type e.g. GEP to select the “Google Exact Phrase” search template
• Press Space and enter a phrase that you wish to search exactly with Google
• Press Return to get the search results displayed in your web browser

• Type a dot character to start entering an arbitrary URL
• Complete the URL
• Press Return to get the entered address opened in your default web browser
• Alternatively press Tab to select the desired web browser

• Type e.g. BF to select the “Bookmark Folders” category
• Press Space and select a particular bookmark folder
• Press Return to open all bookmarks within this folder at once

Interacting with Terminal

• Select a folder (via abbreviation search, browsing, Command-G, etc.)
• Press Command-T to open a new Terminal window for this folder

• Select a file (via abbreviation search, browsing, Command-G, etc.)
• Press Command-Shift-T to prepare a Terminal command for this file
• Type e.g. “cksum” to calculate the file’s checksum

• Type e.g. MAN to select the Unix “man” command
• Press Space to enter a parameter for the selected command, e.g. the name of the man page you wish to open
• Press Return to get the results displayed in a new Terminal window