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quicksilver?

  • 29-07-2008 3:16pm
    #1
    Trev M
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,840 ✭✭✭


    I tried to donwload Quick Silver as a lot of people seem to like it a lot so thought Id check it out ...when I download I get a

    ".bz2." file ? so went the bzip2 site downloaded that which gave me a .tar file...... kinda goin round in circles here Anyone shed any light?

    Much obliged
    Trev


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  • #2
    ronnie3585
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,675 ✭✭✭ronnie3585


    I am having exactly the same problem too. I've tried to open it with the Stuffit Expander but to no avail:(


  • #3
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,693 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    Delete the ".bz2" from the end of the file and choose to use .dmg as the extension. Should open okay then.


  • #4
    Trev M
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,840 ✭✭✭Trev M


    Roger that , thanks Sad professor it worked fine.


  • #5
    ronnie3585
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,675 ✭✭✭ronnie3585


    Works a treat, ta!


  • #6
    Red Alert
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 7,486 ✭✭✭Red Alert


    Great stuff!


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  • #7
    randombar
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    Lads any tips n tricks for this?


  • #8
    chisler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12 ✭chisler


    I use this: http://osx.iusethis.com/app/theunarchiver its not perfect but works for most stuff.


  • #9
    randombar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,428 ✭✭✭randombar


    Sorry I was talking about quicksilver istelf, I'm getting used to finder, I can load up programs and files no problem with finder, what extra things should i be doing with quicksilver??


  • #10
    Sad Professor
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    GaryCocs wrote: »
    Sorry I was talking about quicksilver istelf, I'm getting used to finder, I can load up programs and files no problem with finder, what extra things should i be doing with quicksilver??
    Well it's pretty versatile, I don't know half the things it can do. It's easy to think of it as a 3rd party version of Spotlight but it's so much more. For example you can use it to play, pause, skip, etc with iTunes. It's ideal for anyone who prefers using the keyboard over the mouse.

    Best to read through the documentation, there's a few tutorials in there as well.


  • #11
    randombar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,428 ✭✭✭randombar


    Start ing tog et the hang of it all right, I love my mac (tear in ee) what hot key are people using to invoke it?


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  • #12
    grizzly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,789 ✭✭✭grizzly


    GaryCocs wrote: »
    Start ing tog et the hang of it all right, I love my mac (tear in ee) what hot key are people using to invoke it?

    cmd + space bar – works for me.


  • #13
    BanzaiBk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,285 ✭✭✭BanzaiBk


    I used be a massive QS junkie, since it when open source though I hate it. The latest releases (you have to manually look for them yourself in google code) are very buggy from my experience (on both a mba and a macpro) and I've uninstalled it from my machines. I'm pretty sure they've changed the name to Alchemy aswell.


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