“Once you know the basics about services, OS X’s underused shortcuts, your next question is inevitably: Where can I find more? You can add — and even create — your own services,” Kirk McElhearn reports for Macworld.com.
Here are four of the best:
1. DevonTechnologies’ WordService
2. DevonTechnologies’ CalcService
3. MacAutomation’s Finder services
4. Your own custom-made services
Read more in the full article here.
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I didn’t even know about these services!
MDN, was this really an article that needed posting?
WTF are you talking about?!?!?! Of course this is something they should post! Looking it over, it seems to be very useful relevant information that, my guess, very few people even know about.
I’ve been a Mac user since ’84, and all I knew about services was that the related to apps I had installed. Didn’t know there were services that you could add from other sources that weren’t apps.
So yeah, this was a useful posting.
We need a “Like” button next to comments. 🙂
Like.
^Like
Also a “Flag” button
I never use them, so I forget they exist. This is a good reminder…
I just highlighted some text in Safari, just to see what related Services are already installed. There’s one called “Add to iTunes as a Spoken Track.” Does that come pre-installed, because I don’t remember adding it? It’s very cool… highlight any text in any app, such as the text of a news article, and select that Services command. It uses Text-to-Speech to create an audio file from the selected text, ready to play in iTunes.
I’m going to start doing that with BLN’s comments, and donate them to iTunes U!
Yes, it is built into the OS.
I’m looking for beer brewing and chip delivery services. Cold these be built in too?