I pushed a couple of updates to my #Todoist #LaunchBar action, conforming to the new API and supporting deadlines. I use this daily. It has some unique features like pulling in Mail links. Still, at the core, it is about getting stuff quickly into your inbox.
https://github.com/Ptujec/LaunchBar/tree/master/Todoist-Inbox#how-it-works
Drafts is a fantastic application. I mainly use it on my phone. While I don't use it extensively, it is gold for what it does.
As a small thank you, here are two #LaunchBar actions: one for viewing recent drafts and another for searching drafts:
https://github.com/Ptujec/LaunchBar/tree/master/Drafts
/cc @drafts
Looking for a simple and fast way to update #LaunchBar actions? Check out my new action!
Action: https://github.com/Ptujec/LaunchBar/tree/master/LB-Repo-Updates 
Blog post: https://ptujec.github.io/news-regarding-action-updates/
Reader on macOS now supports the same `wiseread://` x-callback-url scheme URLs as the iOS app:
- `wiseread://new` (opens Inbox)
- `wiseread://later` (opens Later)
- `wiseread://shortlist` (opens Shortlist, if that workflow is used)
- `wiseread://archive` (opens Archive)
- `wiseread://search` (opens Search)
- `wiseread://read/{ID}` (opens document by ID)
I've updated my Readwise LaunchBar action to open URLs directly in the Reader app now: https://github.com/quinncomendant/Reade.lbaction
@ctietze I switched to #LaunchBar when Alc0r stopped developing it, but damn, that was about 13-14 years ago as well.
I wrote a little about browsing with LaunchBar. It's one of the features/concepts that makes LB stand out.
https://ptujec.github.io/the-unique-power-of-browsing-in-launchbar/
New #LaunchBar Action to Switch Audio Devices!
Check it out!
https://github.com/Ptujec/LaunchBar/tree/master/Audio-Devices#readme
Just shipped v1!
Reade is a LaunchBar action to interact with the Readwise and Reader APIs. It can add highlights to Readwise, save URLs and text to Reader, and list Reader items.
https://github.com/quinncomendant/Reade.lbaction/
Give MindNode Next a try!
https://mastodon.social/@mindnode/113549061350041568
If you miss recent documents in #LaunchBar check out this action:
https://github.com/Ptujec/LaunchBar/tree/master/Recent-MindNodeNext-Documents
I made a LaunchBar action to list and manage Readwise and Reader items. Is this something others would be interested in?
![A screenshot of LaunchBar showing how to save an item to Reader by entering “save [URL]”](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/461/528/034/841/845/original/cae36a80ed77676d.png "A screenshot of LaunchBar showing how to save an item to Reader by entering “save [URL]”")
![A screenshot of LaunchBar showing how to create a highlight by entering “save [TEXT]”](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/461/528/031/089/120/original/2a3bb22df2ae9813.png "A screenshot of LaunchBar showing how to create a highlight by entering “save [TEXT]”")
![A screenshot of LaunchBar showing how to list Reader items filtered by category and locations by entering “list [LOCATION] [CATEGORY]”](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/461/528/026/449/670/original/1651f7c28509af5b.png "A screenshot of LaunchBar showing how to list Reader items filtered by category and locations by entering “list [LOCATION] [CATEGORY]”")
@ia Wow! I didn't realize this was already working. Nice! This let me build a nice automation (#LaunchBar action) to correct text with ChatGPT. Any chance you'll add support for this to the #AppleScript library on Mac or #Shortcuts? Currently, I need to use UI scripting. It's working but it's hard to share because of the custom naming of sources. Something like this would be ideal:
Question for users of #LaunchBar: where can I find a list of custom actions/extensions that are known to work?
thank you!
/cc @launchbar @ptujec
This was fun … not
https://ptujec.github.io/Sequoia-Notification-Updates/
Did the LaunchBar 6.20 update break JS-based Actions for anyone else? My ChipiChat action is broken now. I submitted this support request with more details.
![The support request I just posted:
Hello,
I updated to LaunchBar 6.20 today, and found it doesn't run my custom Javascript-based action: https://github.com/quinncomendant/ChipiChat.lbaction
I get “The script execution was interrupted” when trying to run it. Screenshot: https://send.strangecode.com/f/scr-20241014-nojf.png
In Console.app, I see errors related to javascript execution, such as:
- `WebKit Threading Violation - initial use of WebKit from a secondary thread`
- `Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[__NSArrayM subarrayFromIndex:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x600003cac000'`
- `Unable to find store record for 'file:///Users/q/Applications/LaunchBar.app/Contents/XPCServices/at.obdev.LaunchBar.JavaScriptRunnerService.xpc/': Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-10811 "kLSNotAnApplicationErr: Item needs to be an application, but is not"`
- `recordCrashEvent; isBeta 0, log: '/Users/q/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/at.obdev.LaunchBar.JavaScriptRunnerService-2024-10-14-151909.ips'`
I'm attaching the full Console.app log output, as well as the IPS crashlog mentioned in the log.](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/307/972/116/814/437/original/d009f361c0a2f824.png "The support request I just posted:
Hello,
I updated to LaunchBar 6.20 today, and found it doesn't run my custom Javascript-based action: https://github.com/quinncomendant/ChipiChat.lbaction
I get “The script execution was interrupted” when trying to run it. Screenshot: https://send.strangecode.com/f/scr-20241014-nojf.png
In Console.app, I see errors related to javascript execution, such as:
- `WebKit Threading Violation - initial use of WebKit from a secondary thread`
- `Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[__NSArrayM subarrayFromIndex:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x600003cac000'`
- `Unable to find store record for 'file:///Users/q/Applications/LaunchBar.app/Contents/XPCServices/at.obdev.LaunchBar.JavaScriptRunnerService.xpc/': Error Domain=NSOSStatusErrorDomain Code=-10811 \"kLSNotAnApplicationErr: Item needs to be an application, but is not\"`
- `recordCrashEvent; isBeta 0, log: '/Users/q/Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/at.obdev.LaunchBar.JavaScriptRunnerService-2024-10-14-151909.ips'`
I'm attaching the full Console.app log output, as well as the IPS crashlog mentioned in the log.")
#Launchbar or #Alfred? I’ve been a semi-regular Alfred user on my #Mac for years but…
Fed up with #macOS' #Spotlight. No fuzzyfinder, in 2024; no real drilldown; the way it organizes/sorts results are unintuitive. I shouldn't have to remember what /format/ a document is to go "oh right I oughtta scroll down a bunch to see PDFs” 
What's good for alternative launcher/finder tools these days? AFAIK, it's still down to the same candidates from ~10ya, ie #Alfred, #Quicksilver, #Launchbar? (EDIT: Raycast enters the chat! Tho its AI focus is worrying.)
See poll!
There seems to have been some subtle change in the way #macOS works when text services pass text off to an app.
In my experience, this used to bring the target app window to the foreground AND make it the the active app, but now it only does the former - ie it brings the window up with no focus.
As a result after I do my #LaunchBar voodoo to (for example) shoot text into MacVim, my cursor is still in the original app and bad things happen :\
Anybody else notice anything like this?
One of my oldest favorite #macOS apps is #Launchbar. In the last few years I had set it aside, but I'm back in the paid-user fold again.
I don't have time right now for a full encomium, but: Over the past 15-20 years I've tried every app purporting to compete with Launchbar, on Mac and Linux both, and found nothing that beats it, for me.
