Welcome to the first ever screencast by myMacBUZZ. This screencast is an introduction to an app that I use everyday called Quicksilver. It’s become an indispensable tool for me and is one of the few apps that I absolutely need to have on every Mac I use.

Quicksilver, according to it’s official description, is “a unified, extensible interface for working with applications, contacts, music, and other data.” The reason that the description is so complicated is because it’s really quite difficult to describe what Quicksilver does, and that’s why I’ve put together this screencast - to give newcomers an idea of what Quicksilver is and hopefully make you want to try it out.

So, without further ado, enjoy:

Ok, a couple of things I did not cover in the screencast (told you it was my first time):

• Ctrl+Space activates Quicksilver. You can change this key combination from within Quicksilver’s preferences.
• Pressing Tab jumps you to the next pane where you can choose actions associated with the selected item. Return then runs that action.
• The picture is off center because I wanted to make sure you could see the fly-out menu. Consequently, certain things will be cut off by the edges.

Also, here’s a direct link to the screencast: download.

So now you’ve seen what Quicksilver can do, go try it out - http://quicksilver.blacktree.com