I've used Leopard all weekend and I am hooked. I expected it to be just a mediocre upgrade without those gotcha features. I've been proven totally wrong. Since top ten lists are all the rage with the internets, here's mine.
Top ten reasons to embrace Leopard
10) I actually like the Dock now (I don't hide it in the basement between uses anymore)
9) Coverflow sucks less than I thought (It is actually handy for folders with images, but not much else)
Here's a simple use for Quicksilver. Create a new trigger with the first pane set to your music library. Set the second pane to "Search Contents" and now you can load any song while working in any application. Shouldn't iTunes come with this feature built in? Update: Another way to do this is with the iTunes plugin for Quicksilver. Invoke QS and start typing "iTunes", then right arrow in to see a list available options like browsing artists, tracks, genre etc.
Remember back when Steve Jobs introduced us all to Spotlight. He did a demo that seemed like magic. He typed in a word and Spotlight found audio, video, photo and text documents related to that word. I was amazed and rushed to get Tiger installed on my mac. What a let down when I realize that this only works if you have tagged your files with Spotlight comments.
A previous post showed how to use Apple's Automator to create a workflow for taking a screenshot and sending it to iPhoto. Wouldn't it be great if you could associate a hotkey to run this work flow? Enter Quicksilver. First you must setup QS to catalog your Scripts folder. Go to the catalog preferences for QS and select Custom on the left side panel. Now you can create a new Folder scanner.
