Butler makes it easier for you to perform a wide variety of potentially recurring tasks. Just arrange these tasks in Butler’s fully customizable configuration and assign one or more triggers to a task.
Available Triggers:
• freely configurable system-wide menus in your menu bar/Butler’s docklet
• freely configurable pop-up menus — triggered via hot key or hot corner (see below)
• abbreviations — e.g., enter “qt” to launch QuickTime Player
• hot keys — e.g., hit [F1] make iTunes switch to the next track
• hot corners — e.g., [shift]-[right mouse button click] in the lower left corner of your screen to pop up a menu that lists all system preference panes
• events — e.g., launch iChat when Butler starts up and the [option] key is not held
Possible Tasks:
• launch applications
• open files
• access preference panes
• manage bookmarks
• search the web
• run AppleScripts
• extend the pasteboard
• enter text snippets
• simulate keystrokes
• control iTunes
• more…
What’s new:
Version 4.1.6:
• Butler’s status window (the one that’s shown in response to your entering hot keys or requesting iTunes information, for instance) no longer captures mouse clicks. If you want to move the status window, do so while holding the command key.
• Worked around a possible interference with Typinator.
• This is not a transient release. See the Many Tricks blog for more info on this.
• Available languages: English, French, German, Japanese — potential localizers might want to have a look at Butler Help’s “Localizations” section.
