Quicksilver and Leopard

Ever since I upgraded all my boxes to Leopard Quicksilver has been having issues. While searching for a new release I've located a solution that seems to have fixed most of my issues. Here's what to do.

  1. Quit Quicksilver if running.
  2. Delete all traces of Quicksilver by deleting these 4 files.
    • /Applications/Quicksilver.app
    • ~/Library/Application Support/Quicksilver
    • ~/Library/Preferences/com.blacktree.Quicksilver.plist
    • ~/Library/Caches/Quicksilver
  3. Head over to http://lipidity.com/software/quicksilver/ and download and install Quicksilver B5X.
  4. Launch Terminal and run the following commands.
    • chmod 0644 /Applications/Quicksilver.app/Contents/Info.plist
  5. Open Quicksilver and go through the setup WITHOUT installing any plugins.
  6. Open or relaunch Terminal and run the following commands.
    • defaults write com.blacktree.Quicksilver "Cutting Edge Features" -bool yes
    • defaults write com.blacktree.Quicksilver "Feature Level" 3
  7. Quit and relaunch Quicksilver.
  8. You can now adjust your settings and preferences and install some plugins.

I'm not saying this will work for you but is has made Quicksilver more stable for me.

Also to note is that the Quicksilver Interface plugin - Bezel HUD is pretty sweet.

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