Re: Early History of Mac OS X Dock

On 2025-02-04 19:52:22 +0000, Bud Frede said:

Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> writes:

On 2025-01-25 02:06:07 +0000, Bud Frede said:

Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> writes:

Another option is pressing Command-spacebar and then start typing
the
app's name. If Spotlight's first choice isn't the correct one, you can
keep typing more letters or use the arrow keys to pick from the options.

I've found that LaunchBar is better at this than Spotlight is. In
fact,
I almost never use Spotlight. Alfred could be another good choice, and
I've talked to people that prefer Quicksilver for this.
I always launch apps from the keyboard with LaunchBar. It's more
convenient for me than having to use the mouse.

 On my old Mac running MacOS 9.2 and X 10.2 I had the function keys
set-up to run the usual apps (email, web browser, Usenet app,
etc.). After booting I just had to press F1, F2, and F3 to get them
all running. I could ouf course had them as startup items, but didn't
want to run them every time the Mac was started up.
 I haven't bothered on this newer Mac with MacOS X 10.13. It's just as
easy to use the Dock icons.

 ⌘-space and type "ff" for firefox. "mi" for my mail client. "si" for
signal. I rarely start an app with an icon on the Dock. I like to keep
my hands on the keyboard and not keep one hand on the mouse.
 I use Stage Manager on this Mac but not on my work Mac. I have different
workflows for each and use them a bit differently.
 It's good that we have plenty of options though. I'm glad that you've
found something comfortable for yourself. :-)

If you're *really* mouse-averse, you can use MacOS using just the Terminal, but you would have to find Unix commandline equivalents to all the regular apps you use.  :-)