Casey Liss

So I kind of understand why Apple did this because searching for the power button on Macs has been a bit of a silly game for many years. And it seems silly to tech nerds who are like, I remember when the power button was on the keyboard and I loved it or whatever. But if you don't know where it is, like people just want to open up their laptop and if it's turned off, they just want to...

mash it with their meaty paws and have it turn on so this is the right thing to do 99 of the time except that one percent of time when you want to clean the keyboard when it's incredibly frustrating so i don't know the solution maybe there should be a gui to toggle this off in system settings somewhere that nobody can find but yeah in the meantime maybe check out one of the keyboard cleaning apps

mash it with their meaty paws and have it turn on so this is the right thing to do 99 of the time except that one percent of time when you want to clean the keyboard when it's incredibly frustrating so i don't know the solution maybe there should be a gui to toggle this off in system settings somewhere that nobody can find but yeah in the meantime maybe check out one of the keyboard cleaning apps

It's been in the notes for a while. I started using Quicksilver ages ago as my launcher thing. I use it in a very limited way. I've talked about it on the show. I mostly just use it to launch apps and do a few other things. I've had it for years and years. And, you know, I know there's a million other launchers. I own a million other launchers as well. But I just like Quicksilver does what I want.

It's been in the notes for a while. I started using Quicksilver ages ago as my launcher thing. I use it in a very limited way. I've talked about it on the show. I mostly just use it to launch apps and do a few other things. I've had it for years and years. And, you know, I know there's a million other launchers. I own a million other launchers as well. But I just like Quicksilver does what I want.

And I'm good with that. I like how it looks. I like how it works. I like everything about it. I'm so used to it. I don't need to do anything fancier than it does. Everything's fine. But Quicksilver, being a very old app whose original developer moved on to do other things, has had a bumpy road in recent, the past five years or so, maybe.

And I'm good with that. I like how it looks. I like how it works. I like everything about it. I'm so used to it. I don't need to do anything fancier than it does. Everything's fine. But Quicksilver, being a very old app whose original developer moved on to do other things, has had a bumpy road in recent, the past five years or so, maybe.

I think someone else picked up the project, but there's not a lot of people developing and maintaining it. And when it works, that's fine. But when it starts getting flaky, it's like, well, it's open source. Maybe I could try to fix it myself. I can never get the freaking thing to build because of some obscure Xcode error that I can't figure out and it's Objective-C.

I think someone else picked up the project, but there's not a lot of people developing and maintaining it. And when it works, that's fine. But when it starts getting flaky, it's like, well, it's open source. Maybe I could try to fix it myself. I can never get the freaking thing to build because of some obscure Xcode error that I can't figure out and it's Objective-C.

So I'm like, oh, I don't want to do that. You file a bug, but then you feel bad because it's just one guy trying to maintain the thing in his spare time. And you're like, maybe I should just try another launcher.

So I'm like, oh, I don't want to do that. You file a bug, but then you feel bad because it's just one guy trying to maintain the thing in his spare time. And you're like, maybe I should just try another launcher.

So I just go through all the other launchers that I already own, buy the latest Alfred power pack, make sure I have the latest version of all the things, try Raycast, all these new fancy things. And it was like, you know... I can get by with some of these, but I kind of miss Quicksilver.

So I just go through all the other launchers that I already own, buy the latest Alfred power pack, make sure I have the latest version of all the things, try Raycast, all these new fancy things. And it was like, you know... I can get by with some of these, but I kind of miss Quicksilver.

And then the Quicksilver dev will come back from vacation and make a change, and Quicksilver will start working again. I just feel like I'm kind of stuck here, because I'm just so used to Quicksilver, and I just want it to continue to work the way it has always worked. But the things... I'm getting hung up. And so...

And then the Quicksilver dev will come back from vacation and make a change, and Quicksilver will start working again. I just feel like I'm kind of stuck here, because I'm just so used to Quicksilver, and I just want it to continue to work the way it has always worked. But the things... I'm getting hung up. And so...

some of the problems i've been having with it is sometimes they're just playing crash and that's one of the worst things it can do because it's faceless i run it in faceless mode there's no dock icon there's no menu bar icon it's just faceless it's just part of my mac and there's nothing worse than hitting command space and having nothing happen because i have a spotlight bound to command option space so having a launcher and hitting command space and starting to type and nothing happening well a that typing is now going into whatever the hell you were in like a messages window and

some of the problems i've been having with it is sometimes they're just playing crash and that's one of the worst things it can do because it's faceless i run it in faceless mode there's no dock icon there's no menu bar icon it's just faceless it's just part of my mac and there's nothing worse than hitting command space and having nothing happen because i have a spotlight bound to command option space so having a launcher and hitting command space and starting to type and nothing happening well a that typing is now going into whatever the hell you were in like a messages window and

It's like whatever the beginning of what you're going to type. And B, it just makes your computer feel like it's broken. Right. It's just like, oh, just it's like it's like getting on an escalator that doesn't move. Right. My computer is not doing what it's supposed to do. And then it's like hung in the background or it's like it's crashing. You need to relaunch it. And how would I relaunch it?

It's like whatever the beginning of what you're going to type. And B, it just makes your computer feel like it's broken. Right. It's just like, oh, just it's like it's like getting on an escalator that doesn't move. Right. My computer is not doing what it's supposed to do. And then it's like hung in the background or it's like it's crashing. You need to relaunch it. And how would I relaunch it?

Command space Q. Oh, no, that doesn't work. It's a chicken egg. Like I don't know how many times I've done that to try to relaunch Quicksilver. It's just madness, right? Sometimes it hangs. And then this other thing that it was doing that I actually filed a bug on was like it would launch.