ok, I might be missing something very important, but what's the difference between this and an Automator Finder plugin (or app droplet) using a shell script action?
Been using this for about a year now. Like QuickSilver, imo an os x install without it just seems...broken.
The zip file comes complete with ancillary apps included. If you want the "complete deal", as others have mentioned, you should really install OMCEdit too. Together these apps make "right click" a fully customisable (and therefore much more useful) part of os x.
This is probably the greatest customization program I've ever seen on any OS. I've added searches for selected text in a half dozen databases and libraries, file viewer/converters, paste commands for frequently used text snippets, commands that wouldn't otherwise be available in programs running in full-screen mode, etc. etc. Absolutely indispensable, with a great and growing library of user-generated commands.
This, and the companion app OMCEdit, makes a great addition to any OS X geek's arsenal.
While perhaps not being all that well suited for absolute newcomers to Mac and OS X, this utility is relatively easy to configure to your very own liking.
But remember, using OnMyCommand without the OMCEdit companion app (now included with OnMyCommand) isn't a very good idea.
What can you actually do with OnMyCommand?? That's a deep question...
But roughly, it will let you add virtually ANY command you wish for, in your contextual menu (which is, for those who possibly doesn't know what that menu is; the menu that appears when you Control+Click, or click the right mouse button).
Examples of useable commands that I have in my context-menu, thanks to OnMyCommand are:
- Iconize (which let me change the icons of picture files into the pictures of the files)
- Lookup (various Internet lookups that I can perform on a selected word or phrase; for instance "MacUpdate this...", etc.)
- Make Symbolic Link (on selected file/folder; as opposed to making normal aliases)
- Terminal Here (opens up the Terminal and switches the current directory to wherever I performed the command)
- etc. etc.
Anything you can do with UNIX scripting as well as AppleScript, plus even other means of performing commands, can be done with OnMyCommand. Which makes it a real powerhouse utility.
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ok, I might be missing something very important, but what's the difference between this and an Automator Finder plugin (or app droplet) using a shell script action?
Been using this for about a year now. Like QuickSilver, imo an os x install without it just seems...broken.
The zip file comes complete with ancillary apps included. If you want the "complete deal", as others have mentioned, you should really install OMCEdit too. Together these apps make "right click" a fully customisable (and therefore much more useful) part of os x.
This is probably the greatest customization program I've ever seen on any OS. I've added searches for selected text in a half dozen databases and libraries, file viewer/converters, paste commands for frequently used text snippets, commands that wouldn't otherwise be available in programs running in full-screen mode, etc. etc. Absolutely indispensable, with a great and growing library of user-generated commands.
This, and the companion app OMCEdit, makes a great addition to any OS X geek's arsenal.
While perhaps not being all that well suited for absolute newcomers to Mac and OS X, this utility is relatively easy to configure to your very own liking.
But remember, using OnMyCommand without the OMCEdit companion app (now included with OnMyCommand) isn't a very good idea.
What can you actually do with OnMyCommand?? That's a deep question...
But roughly, it will let you add virtually ANY command you wish for, in your contextual menu (which is, for those who possibly doesn't know what that menu is; the menu that appears when you Control+Click, or click the right mouse button).
Examples of useable commands that I have in my context-menu, thanks to OnMyCommand are:
- Iconize (which let me change the icons of picture files into the pictures of the files)
- Lookup (various Internet lookups that I can perform on a selected word or phrase; for instance "MacUpdate this...", etc.)
- Make Symbolic Link (on selected file/folder; as opposed to making normal aliases)
- Terminal Here (opens up the Terminal and switches the current directory to wherever I performed the command)
- etc. etc.
Anything you can do with UNIX scripting as well as AppleScript, plus even other means of performing commands, can be done with OnMyCommand. Which makes it a real powerhouse utility.
Awesome. Add in the OMCEdit app, and you've got a REALLY easy way to get or set up contextual menus for anything.
One of the most useful OS X plug-ins. Even though you don't have unix skillz, you can download shared commands and subscribe to the mailing list.
a must install. seemless intergration.