iKey 2.1 Moves to iApp-like Interface — Script Software has updated their Macintosh automation utility iKey to version 2.1, adding a few features but mostly streamlining the interface to make it easier to create and edit shortcuts, menus, and palettes that automate repetitive actions. iKey 2.1 now features an iApp-like interface, with a left-hand pane that displays the applications in which particular shortcuts, menus, or palettes are active, making it easy to see which items are available for editing in the main pane. Also new is a Library window that contains all the commands (the basic functions iKey can perform for you), launchers (the ways you invoke shortcuts, most commonly by pressing a hotkey), and contexts (the applications in which shortcuts are active) that you’ve defined. The Library window simplifies the task of reusing already defined commands, and it also lets you see and delete commands, launchers, and contexts that aren’t currently in use. iKey’s programmer, Philippe Hupe, also added some new commands and options to existing commands, enabling iKey 2.1 to wake a sleeping Mac after a delay or at a specific date and time, to repeat the last or next-to-last shortcut executed, to choose items from hierarchical menus more flexibly, and more. Last but not least, iKey 2.1 resolves a few compatibility problems with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. In the interests of disclosure, note that I use iKey daily, that I make design suggestions during development, and that the update contains the 1.1 update to my 'Take Control of iKey 2' ebook, which documents the entire program and covers all the changes. The iKey 2.1 update is free to those who have registered the $30 iKey 2.0; it’s a 3.7 MB download. [ACE]
IKey lets you create shortcuts these are an action or series of actions just like you would perform on the Mac like: Application - Launch, quit, hide, and switch among applications Clipboard - Cut, copy, paste, and work with text on the clipboard Document - Open documents Folder - Show the contents of folders iKey - Control iKey itself. Need a wireless keyboard for your PC, Mac or iPad? Look no further than right here. Some corded and wired keyboards are antimicrobial or spill-proof and can allow the user to adjust height or other configurations. Many models are compatible with multiple operating systems such as Linux, Windows XP, Vista and Mac OSX.
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Have you ever noticed yourself, while working at your Mac, repeating the same action over and over again? Perhaps you’re typing your mailing address, or mounting the same file server volume every morning, or wishing you could switch to your Web browser at the touch of a key. Or maybe you want to back up your day’s work to your iDisk every night at 11 PM. Or what if you want to remap the keyboard shortcuts in an application that believes that Command-Delete should delete a word when you would prefer Option-Delete. For all these tasks you need iKey. With iKey, you can automate almost any task that you find yourself repeating, whether it’s once a week or many times each day. And you can initiate those tasks with the press of a key, by choosing an item from a menu, clicking a button on a palette, when your Mac’s clock ticks over to a particular time, or whenever your Mac wakes up.
Rather than write an independent book that you’d have to buy to get the most from iKey, we’ve partnered with Script Software to write the manual for iKey 2 as a free Take Control ebook (you still have to buy iKey, of course, but you can try it before you purchase). If you’re interested in checking out what iKey 2 can do for you, we invite you to download and read the complete manual, written by Take Control publisher and best-selling author Adam Engst.
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The manual helps you install iKey and provides a step-by-step usage tutorial. Then, since it’s easy to create a shortcut, menu, or palette, the rest of the manual is devoted to reference sections explaining all the different commands you can string together in shortcuts, the launchers you can use to trigger them, and entire iKey interface. Throughout the book, tips tell you not just how to use iKey, but the best ways to use the program.
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