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Robin Miller, … Laurent Daudelin20

Feb 21

Crashing multiple times a day - have tried everything but still crashing

Hello Nathan. You're teaching yourself Objective-C? I guess the whole code base is in ObjC? I

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Crashing multiple times a day - have tried everything but still crashing

Hello Nathan. You're teaching yourself Objective-C? I guess the whole code base is in ObjC? I

Feb 21

VL, Nathan Henrie3

Feb 11

Sorry, it was a problem on my side! I have PayPal set to use a Firefox Container and it loses the

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Sorry, it was a problem on my side! I have PayPal set to use a Firefox Container and it loses the

Feb 11

Zippy Do Da, … Nathan Henrie3

Feb 7

Monterey REALLY slow -

Quicksilver >=2.0 is a universal binary, meaning it natively supports both intel and arm

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Monterey REALLY slow -

Quicksilver >=2.0 is a universal binary, meaning it natively supports both intel and arm

Feb 7

Deana, Nathan Henrie2

Feb 4

Not learning actions; always defaults to calculate

Trying to provide all support through GitHub, in large part to prevent responding to the same /

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Not learning actions; always defaults to calculate

Trying to provide all support through GitHub, in large part to prevent responding to the same /

Feb 4

Richard Miller, Nathan Henrie3

Jan 22

Quicksilver Triggers "forgetting" to be active

I found a similar one there, thanks https://github.com/quicksilver/Quicksilver/issues/2972 [Bug]:

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Quicksilver Triggers "forgetting" to be active

I found a similar one there, thanks https://github.com/quicksilver/Quicksilver/issues/2972 [Bug]:

Jan 22

David Nicholls2

Jan 19

Quicksilvermenu bar icon goes blank in Sonoma

One further thing: If I quit QS then relaunch it, the menu bar icon appears correctly. But after a

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Quicksilvermenu bar icon goes blank in Sonoma

One further thing: If I quit QS then relaunch it, the menu bar icon appears correctly. But after a

Jan 19

David Rees, Nathan Henrie2

Jan 4

Required macOS version information incorrect in changelog?

I think you might be confusing macOS 14 and macOS 10.14. Nate On Thu, Jan 4, 2024, at 11:22 AM, David

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Required macOS version information incorrect in changelog?

I think you might be confusing macOS 14 and macOS 10.14. Nate On Thu, Jan 4, 2024, at 11:22 AM, David

Jan 4

Tobi, Nathan Henrie2

11/26/23

Problem with German / English App names

https://github.com/quicksilver/Quicksilver/issues/2977 Nate On Nov 26, 2023, at 12:59 PM, Tobi <

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Problem with German / English App names

https://github.com/quicksilver/Quicksilver/issues/2977 Nate On Nov 26, 2023, at 12:59 PM, Tobi <

11/26/23

Darryl, Nathan Henrie2

11/24/23

Slack Group Invite

I don't think it's used anymore. I've never been invited at least. Nate On Nov 24, 2023,

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Slack Group Invite

I don't think it's used anymore. I've never been invited at least. Nate On Nov 24, 2023,

11/24/23

ihf, Nathan Henrie4

11/24/23

Shelf cutoff on screen

Bummer. I'm assuming you restarted after making that change? This sounds like the bug for which I

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Shelf cutoff on screen

Bummer. I'm assuming you restarted after making that change? This sounds like the bug for which I

11/24/23

11/20/23

Modifier key - fn

I have a Logitech K750 keyboard. I use Karabiner to set the Caps lock to Cmd/Cntl/opt/shift and

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Modifier key - fn

I have a Logitech K750 keyboard. I use Karabiner to set the Caps lock to Cmd/Cntl/opt/shift and

11/20/23

Sean Constantine, … Nathan Henrie5

11/14/23

Sonoma has introduced a bunch of major issues for which we don't have fixes yet. I've been

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Sonoma has introduced a bunch of major issues for which we don't have fixes yet. I've been

11/14/23

Fritz Lang, Nathan Henrie2

11/2/23

mnemonics seem lost - Another weird post nuke & pave issue

Please consider starting an issue at GitHub. Nate On Nov 2, 2023, at 3:09 PM, Fritz Lang <

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mnemonics seem lost - Another weird post nuke & pave issue

Please consider starting an issue at GitHub. Nate On Nov 2, 2023, at 3:09 PM, Fritz Lang <

11/2/23

john larson, … gav duncan4

10/31/23

Trouble Launching

Thanks, that was it exactly. Looks like that preference data type went from a bool to a string. On

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Trouble Launching

Thanks, that was it exactly. Looks like that preference data type went from a bool to a string. On

10/31/23

Georg Lutz, … David Bayer4

10/30/23

Can not install quicksilver in Somona (14.0)

I recently restored my laptop to factory then upgraded to Sonoma before installing Quicksilver, and I

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Can not install quicksilver in Somona (14.0)

I recently restored my laptop to factory then upgraded to Sonoma before installing Quicksilver, and I

10/30/23

10/29/23

Window position on startup

Dear all, A bit of a confusing one for me... for the last few weeks Quicksilver has relocated to the

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Window position on startup

Dear all, A bit of a confusing one for me... for the last few weeks Quicksilver has relocated to the

10/29/23

Fritz Lang, Nathan Henrie9

10/28/23

Firefox bookmarks not found

Awesome, thanks for the update. Would you mind updating and closing the GitHub issue? Nate On Oct 28,

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Firefox bookmarks not found

Awesome, thanks for the update. Would you mind updating and closing the GitHub issue? Nate On Oct 28,

10/28/23

D Ho, Rob McBroom5

10/27/23

Sort results by most recent update

That's a big bummer. I could have sworn I had that long ago. I guess I've been using Alfred

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Sort results by most recent update

That's a big bummer. I could have sworn I had that long ago. I guess I've been using Alfred

10/27/23

10/27/23

Weird one: Keyboard shortcuts won't work, Quicksilver seems to take over (Sonoma)

Hi, I've been using Quicksilver for over a decade and never seen this before. Today, when I

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Weird one: Keyboard shortcuts won't work, Quicksilver seems to take over (Sonoma)

Hi, I've been using Quicksilver for over a decade and never seen this before. Today, when I

10/27/23

Quicksilver, … Nathan Henrie9

10/24/23

Show Contents unavailable

Removing the caches fixed the problem! Maybe I should have saved them for further analysis, but at

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Show Contents unavailable

Removing the caches fixed the problem! Maybe I should have saved them for further analysis, but at

10/24/23

Bob West, Rob McBroom2

10/15/23

Sonoma: Permission for QS to access data in other apps is not persistent

On 6 Oct 2023, at 18:05, Bob West wrote: > Just "upgraded" (don't get me started) my

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Sonoma: Permission for QS to access data in other apps is not persistent

On 6 Oct 2023, at 18:05, Bob West wrote: > Just "upgraded" (don't get me started) my

10/15/23

Raafi Rivero, Dan Johnson2

10/9/23

MacOS Sonoma issues with Primer

I had success resolving that issue by simply turning off “superfluous visual effects”. Give that a

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MacOS Sonoma issues with Primer

I had success resolving that issue by simply turning off “superfluous visual effects”. Give that a

10/9/23

10/9/23

Updated OSX, now Quicksilver appears in the corner

Since updating to Sonoma, my Quicksilver pop-up window always appears in the upper-left corner of my

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Updated OSX, now Quicksilver appears in the corner

Since updating to Sonoma, my Quicksilver pop-up window always appears in the upper-left corner of my

10/9/23

James McLean, … Rob McBroom13

10/3/23

Calculate always the first action

On 18 Sep 2023, at 15:49, 'Nathan Henrie' via Quicksilver wrote: > Can anyone localize

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Calculate always the first action

On 18 Sep 2023, at 15:49, 'Nathan Henrie' via Quicksilver wrote: > Can anyone localize

10/3/23

Roee Friedman, … Rob McBroom6

9/12/23

Moving from slickrun

Thanks a lot. Truth is I did not manage to convince QS to work the way I need, so I've moved to

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Moving from slickrun

Thanks a lot. Truth is I did not manage to convince QS to work the way I need, so I've moved to

9/12/23

Anton, … Rob McBroom3

9/3/23

Left Shift for English, Right Shift for Ukrainian - how to?

On 24 Aug 2023, at 21:35, Patríck Robertson wrote: > Unfortunately Quicksilver doesn't support

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Left Shift for English, Right Shift for Ukrainian - how to?

On 24 Aug 2023, at 21:35, Patríck Robertson wrote: > Unfortunately Quicksilver doesn't support

9/3/23

HJW, Rob McBroom3

8/25/23

can't activate with double ctrl

Ah, I had overlooked the Modifier-only activation button. Thanks On Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 10:00:48

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can't activate with double ctrl

Ah, I had overlooked the Modifier-only activation button. Thanks On Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 10:00:48

8/25/23

Mihai, Patrick Robertson2

8/23/23

Index MacOS Shortcuts

Nice idea. I have created a plugin and release it soon. You can download the following file to see if

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Index MacOS Shortcuts

Nice idea. I have created a plugin and release it soon. You can download the following file to see if

8/23/23

Noam Ross, Rob McBroom2

8/9/23

File matching behavior not as expected

On 27 Jul 2023, at 15:04, Noam Ross wrote: > Somehow in the past months a config I may have

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File matching behavior not as expected

On 27 Jul 2023, at 15:04, Noam Ross wrote: > Somehow in the past months a config I may have

8/9/23

James McLean, Rob McBroom3

6/25/23

Dictionary plugin: gone or not?

@Rob McBroom: I totally agree about ⌃⌘D, or even better a 3-finger track pad tap (since the

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Dictionary plugin: gone or not?

@Rob McBroom: I totally agree about ⌃⌘D, or even better a 3-finger track pad tap (since the

6/25/23

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