start 4+

Launching programs - redefined

Gerald Koeder

    • 4.2 • 13 Ratings
    • $8.99

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Description

Discover start - The ultimate launcher for macOS!

With start, the innovative launcher for macOS, you can open applications, documents, shortcuts, URLs, and folders in an instant. Say goodbye to clutter - start brings order and efficiency to your workflow.

## Organize your digital life
start helps you optimize the organization of your applications, documents, and folders. Thanks to its well-designed organizational system, you can quickly and easily find everything you need. start automatically collects all applications available through Spotlight, and you can manually add additional files, URLs, and folders as desired. Open your entries with a mouse click or even faster with a hotkey. Keep track of your entries at all times with the help of tags, colors, and comments. With start, managing your workflow becomes a breeze!

## Exciting Features
- Tags: Create collections for applications, frequently used folders, scripts, and more. Organize and sort your files on macOS like never before.
- Comments: Add helpful notes and comments to your entries, so you know exactly what features they offer. Small comments with a big impact - always stay on top of things.
- Colors: Highlight your entries according to your preferences. With just a few clicks, you can assign colors to them and find them even faster.
- Hotkeys: Assign custom key combinations to individual entries or tags and launch them instantly from anywhere. Your workflow will never be interrupted again!

## Requirements and Availability
start is specifically designed for macOS version 12 and above, using Spotlight for application search. To ensure smooth operation, Spotlight must be enabled to capture applications (which is the default macOS setting).

Discover start and optimize your workflow like never before! Get the app for macOS from the Apple App Store and experience the ease of application navigation.

What’s New

Version 7.5

This update has optimized folder management and expanded it with a new feature: Navigation to the contents of your favorite folders.
When you add folders to Start, you can open them in Finder - or show the contents of the folder directly in Start. The right part of the main window thus becomes a compact browser for your favorite folders.
You can navigate very easily using keyboard shortcuts: the right arrow key or Command + the down arrow key to go down in the hierarchy, and the left arrow key or Command + the up arrow key to go up in the hierarchy.
To exit this display mode and return to the start view, simply press the Escape key.

Other new features:
- Direct display in Finder: Hold down the Shift key and click with the mouse or press Return to display the current entry directly in Finder.
- QuickStart-Guide: We have added a short guide to help you get to grips quickly.

Bugfixes:
- Saved thumbnails: Previously inconsistently loaded thumbnails for files and FavIcons are now called up reliably.
- Error detection with thumbnails: The error detection when generating thumbnails has been made more reliable.
- Export configuration: When exporting the configuration, access to the export directory is now checked in advance.
- Display error main window: An error that could cause the main window to not display correctly despite being called up by hotkey or mouse click has been fixed.

A big "thank you" to Sylvain for the support and help with the French translation and the design of the QuickStart-Guide.

Ratings and Reviews

4.2 out of 5
13 Ratings

13 Ratings

lovingroove ,

if URLs support favicon

would be perfect.

Developer Response ,

Thank you for your feedback and the idea with FavIcon! I have written this on the ToDo list and see if the capture of FavIcons can be implemented in one of the next updates.

--- Update ---

Hello Brainriot,

support for favicons has been built into Start. The corresponding update is currently being tested internally and should be released later this month.

Many greetings,
Gerald

guitar-student ,

FINALLY - I have been searching for Months

My Dock has been so full of apps I use all the time but I was afraid if I took some off the dock I would forget I had them. I was looking for apps that I could set apps to launch in the Menu Bar and somehow I came across this app. I bought it maybe a couple of hours ago and have been setting it up and asigning hotkeys to open some of the apps or url's I use everyday. This makes me so happy I finally found something to organize my mess of a dock, but I am super excited that I can launch whatever I want with a short two keys on the keyboard. Freaking Perfect.
Thanks.

Till Krueger ,

My new favorite in the menu bar

Start has proven to be so useful, so quickly, that it is now my favorite menu bar utility.

Being able to organize all my apps, files, and links by categorizing and tagging them is only the beginning. It seems that the more you look at Start, the more you'll find can be done with it.

Add to that the stellar support that Gerald, its creator, has been giving me, and I wonder how I could ever have lived without it. He is not only deeply concerned about keeping Start as efficent and resource-friendly as possible, but also reating to the needs and concerns of his customers. One user here expressed his hope for URLs supporting favicons, not even 2 months ago, and already this feature has been added.

My opinion is that Start is a must-have utility for every Mac owner, and for me, it will be one of the first 3 utilities that I will install on every Mac that I set up. Way to go Gerland, and thanks for providing us with this amazing utility at such a fair price!

App Privacy

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Supports

  • Family Sharing

    Up to six family members can use this app with Family Sharing enabled.