The Spotlight Search Metadata on your Mac is a truly remarkable thing. Given some text it is able to find all occurrences anywhere on the filesystem in the blink of an eye. At that this point your options are limited however.
Mini Run Alternatives
Mini Run is described as 'A handy tool to start application by keyboard' and is a application launcher in the os & utilities category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Mini Run for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, File Explorer and iPhone apps. The best Mini Run alternative is Alfred, which is free. Other great apps like Mini Run are Listary, Wox Launcher, Keypirinha and Ulauncher.
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55 LaunchTab alternatives[Last update was released on 05 Oct 2007, but you can download it from Softpedia.com on http://www.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-Enhancements/Other-Desktop-Enhancements/LaunchTab.shtml ]
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- Free
- Proprietary
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Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
Pipy is a free Windows utility designed to gradually improve one’s productivity during typical desktop tasks. It does so by combining a launcher and a desktop search tool within a single application.
AddToRun is a small utility that will allow you to open any file or application from the Start Menu's Run Command dialog box (WIN+R). It has a very simple interface which will allow you to select a file and assign it an alias or friendly name.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
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- Windows
Launch Box is generally an application launcher. It's very influenced by Quicksilver for Mac OSX. Remember that this is only a first release so don't get your hopes up too much. Launch Box is written for the GNOME 2.10 platform and depends on GTK+ 2.
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File Seeker searches hard disks for files with excellent speed, accuracy and search within feature.
- 74 JetStart alternatives
Tired of digging into crowded Start Menu? JetStart offers you a quick access to categorized Start Menu shortcuts, recently launched programs and system commands.
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A user-friendly graphical shell with tons of features that empowers non-technical people to do complicated stuff faster than ever before with simple, natural commands. Opening, Quiting, Installing or Uninstalling apps is now a breeze.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
iSeek is a handy little program for Mac OS X that allows you to instantly search for anything you seek, no matter what program you are running. iSeek puts a familiar search field in your menu bar, needing just a click or keystroke to start your search!
20 LanHunt alternativesLanHunt is a lan based search engine, which enable users to download and look for content shared on local area network. LanHunt is fast, typically giving results in seconds. Database update is required only once from the inbuilt updater.
- 7 Bashrun2 alternatives
Launcher that uses a terminal with a modified bash session.
Bashrun2 is the second generation version of bashrun, an application launcher running a modified bash session in a small terminal window, providing all the well known bash features like tab-completion and history. Addi.
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47 Hulbee Desktop alternativesHulbee Desktop is a professional search software. With its "Data Cloud", a cloud of search terms, it helps users to narrow down their own search. This way, they are able to find the needed data more quickly.
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