What is LaunchBar?

LaunchBar provides lightning fast access to thousands of files, web-bookmarks, email-addresses and applications just by entering short abbreviations. Type OW to launch OmniWeb, AHN to open the "Apple Hot News" web page, BM to write an email to "Bob Miller" or HP01 to locate a folder named "Holiday Pictures 2001".

The set of items and their corresponding abbreviations don't need to be configured manually. LaunchBar uses a very powerful, adaptive abbreviation search algorithm that allows you to enter any thinkable abbreviation of the searched item.

To ensure a maximum of keyboard control, LaunchBar can be activated very quickly using a system wide hotkey.

Highlights

• Accessing numerous resources by entering short abbreviations
• Quick activation using a system wide hotkey
• Ultra fast, adaptive search algorithm: Learns from the user's habits
• Switching between running applications
• Filesystem Browsing
• Easy installation: Automated setup management and an extensive default setup allows to use LaunchBar "out of the box"
  
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Compatibility notes

LaunchBar 5.6.4
Compatible with:

OS X 10.9 Mavericks
OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
OS X 10.7 Lion
OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard

LaunchBar 5.1.3
Compatible with:

OS X 10.7 Lion
OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
OS X 10.5 Leopard
OS X 10.4 Tiger

LaunchBar 4.3.8
Compatible with:

OS X 10.4 Tiger
OS X 10.3 Panther
OS X 10.2 Jaguar

LaunchBar 3.3
Compatible with:

OS X 10.3 Panther
OS X 10.2 Jaguar
OS X 10.1 Puma

LaunchBar 2.0
Compatible with:

Mac OS X Server 1.2 (a.k.a Rhapsody)

Emulating this? It could probably run under: SheepShaver