Quicksilver lives: Update of the MacOS tool ends up in Sequoia

The once very popular MacOS universal tool Quicksilver, with which you can start apps and do various other useful things, is now ready for Sequoia alias MacOS 15. On github (but not yet on the official Website) ready for download and also delivers other innovations.

Working on Quicksilver continues

The application already ran under Sequoia beforehand, but not really ideal. Co -developer @pjrobertson So pushed a special layer and provided many fixes for MacOS 15 away. Sequoia itself has been available for end users since September, so it took a few months for the adjustments to be finished.

However, the development could be faster in the future: Quicksilver will be Ready for Apple's programming language Swift made. However, older MacOS versions under MacOS 13 will lose support in the future, warns the team. Before that, the makers had In version 2.4.2 in October the use of various private APIs Cut off, which unfortunately removed some popular animations from the app.

Development every year – but further supported

Quicksilver once had many fans. The Launcher part of the application competes with, among other things, Alfred. The meaning and purpose of the app is to be able to carry out many user actions from the launcher. This includes access to documents, browsing in the file system and the management of content using drag & drop. A plug-in interface allows the integration of numerous other Apps and features.

However, the app is notorious for its lengthy development cycle. Version 1.0 was reached after a whopping ten years. It is correspondingly nice to see that the development of the small team continues – even if there is often only an update once a year. The application is open to the source, if you feel called, you can develop – and give the project new drive if necessary. Alternatively, however, can be for quicksilver also donatethe makers are happy. There is also a cooperation In the translation project of the app desired.