Published by Gerald Koeder on 2024-06-24
start Overview
What is start? innovative::bytes start is a launcher app for macOS that allows users to quickly and easily open applications, documents, URLs, shortcuts, or folders. It offers a well-planned organizational system for items and quick access to frequently used items. Users can add files and folders manually and use tags, colors, and notes to keep track of their applications. The app also supports hotkeys for launching items with a simple keystroke. It requires macOS 10.15 or newer and uses Spotlight internally to search for applications.
1. innovative::bytes start is a unique launcher for PC that allows you to open applications, documents, URLs, shortcuts or folders quickly and easily.
2. start supports you and your workflow with a well planned organizational system for your items and a quick access to what you need.
3. Launch your Applications with a simple mouse click or even faster and more convenient: with a hotkey! Also use tags, colors and notes to keep track of your Applications.
4. Create tidiness in your Dock and start items with the smart launcher app start instead.
5. Launch with a simple keystroke! Assign a key combination to your individual items and open them immediately from anywhere with a customizable keyboard shortcut.
6. It's incredibly easy to use: start automatically collects all applications available with Spotlight.
7. start was developed for PC 10.15 (and newer) and uses Spotlight internally to search for applications.
8. Use tags to create collections for your applications, frequently used folders, scripts or any other file.
9. Add comments and small notes to your items to describe them in more detail.
10. Highlight your items as you like! With just a few clicks you can highlight your items with colors and find them even faster.
11. It has never been so easy to organize and sort items on PC.
Download and Install start - PC
Download for PC - server 1 -->Intel, 64-bit processor, OS X 10.7 or later.
Compactible OS list:Yes. The app is 100 percent (100%) safe to download and Install. Our download links are from safe sources and are frequently virus scanned to protect you
A "must have" launcher utility
I tried the trial version for about an hour and decided to go ahead and purchase it. I've been using CustomMenu for a few years, and while it's been adequate, it didn't provide nested categories. Start is so simple and easy to use. When you first launch it, you are shown a list of all the apps in your Applications folder. You can then select one or several apps and give them a tag, which puts them into a common category. If you have a lot of photo apps, you can create the top-level category of "Photo" then secondary categories such as "Utility", "Browser", "Editor", "F/X", and so on. Each of these sub-categories can have their own sub-categories as well by creating a tag like "Photo|Utility|Resizer". Apps can be assigned multiple categories as well. In use, clicking on the menubar icon drops down a list of categories that you can click and select from the popout list. Another terrific feature is the ability to drag a folder or file into the Config window, then assign it a tag. This is great for those who have a folder of projects created using Sparkle (a web site creator). You just drag this over, then name it "Web|Sparkle Projects". Sparkle and Coda and other web tools are in the top level category "Web". That way I can easily open the project folder when I'm working in Sparkle (or other application). If you forgot the name of that rarely used single-use utility that changes the EXIF data on your images, assign it to a category in "Photos" and when you need it, just go there and click on it. This app is highly recommended.
Does Not Work
No matter what you do the folders only display as an icon and do not display what is inside the folders. Furthermore to even make the menus it is extremely complex for what the purpose is suppose to be. You want a quick access menu but must spend hours to set it all up when it should be a 1 click shop to do so. Not worth the $8.99 asking price at all.
AMAZING. Wowwww, how is this not built-in to the OS???
It definitely **does** work as advertised despite what user tkukoc said. He/she probably didn't bother to takee the time to read the manual or desciption very well. Nonetheless, this app is amazing. Soem quirks here and there, but overrall it is an amazing time saver to be able to tg your apps the way you want and sort them (within the app, of course). Excited for what the future has in store for this app for sure. PLEASE MAKE A MOBILE APP THAT CAN DO THE SAME THING!!! Drives me nuts that there isn't a better way to organize apps on iphone / ipad. This seems like it could definitely be the answer.
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