Spark for Mac

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• Unbelievable

  joinermJanuary 4, 2009

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Spark just keeps getting better. Appears to work perfectly in Leopard 10.5.6, I use it constantly. Fantastic. Keep up the good work!

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• Well done!

  sprevJune 18, 2008

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />A truly excellent piece of software. Elegant, stable, lightweight, fast. A fantastic hot-key program. Bravo! I've written tons of hot-key scripts and Spark has been rock stable and lightning fast to respond. Forget the buggy and kludgy QuicKeys, iKey, and Keyboard Maestro. This is free, and it is awesome.

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• Thank You

  lcmslutheranMay 7, 2008

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Thanks for getting me free of Quickeys. Spark is much quicker and SO much easier to use than QK.

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• Ver 3.0b5 DOES work in Leopard

  Bud SimrinMarch 3, 2008

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I used to use Spark all the Time in Tiger and just now downloaded it for my new Intel Imac with OS 10.5. It works just fine for me.

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• Dear Spark, I love you

  pickering--2008August 7, 2007

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />One of my very few can't live withouts. I especially appreciate that all application windows come to the front when using Spark to switch applications. For die hards who still appreciate Classic window mode, that's a fine addition. But Spark would still be a blessing without it. Switching applications with function keys is faster even than Command-Tab, and loads faster than pushing a mouse to something and clicking on it. Spark can also control iTunes by the keyboard and run scripts, which really makes it three or four handy applications rolled into one invisible and ever-ready tool. It's an application, so it doesn't need to install itself anywhere, but it smartly keeps itself out of the dock. Many thanks to the fine people who continue to provide this indispensable program.

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• I LOVE THIS TOOL - Iit is essential, can't live...

  pdxmrmacMarch 22, 2007

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  ...without it!<br />This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />I have been looking for this exact utility for YEARS in both the commercial-shareware and amongst the freeware offering. I bought and used a few in that time, but gave them all up for various reasons. However, with Spark, it was LOVE at first sight AND it is FREE! Wow. I put it on all of my customer's machines, so I can trip the same apps, scripts, and folder commands on every machine, even over the phone with a nervous customer. Pure bliss. This tool has saved me so much time and it is fast becoming my number one favorite add-on.

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• Love It!

  julia2February 28, 2007

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Spark is great. Totally reliable and unobtrusive, it's just there. I have all my most-used apps on the function keys for launching or switching. On the laptop I had to get used to having to use the Fn key modifier, but it's still better than having to point at the dock, and on the desktop I've got 10 apps available with a single keystroke and another 20 using cmd and ctl. Indispensible. Maybe a bit unintuitive to setup at first, but once you get the hang of it it's quite logical.

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• Excellent App

  Bud SimrinFebruary 28, 2007

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Despite one reviewer not being able to figure out how to use Spark (possible), I agree with the other raters. I give it 5 stars. It took me about 15 minutes to figure out, it is loaded with features, and it works very well for simply assigning hot keys to launch programs, documents, scripts.

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• Excellent App

  Bud SimrinFebruary 28, 2007

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Despite one reviewer not being able to figure out how to use Spark (possible), I agree with the other raters. I give it 5 stars. It took me about 15 minutes to figure out, it is loaded with features, and it works very well for simply assigning hot keys to launch programs, documents, scripts.

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• Excellent

  Alex_6October 19, 2006

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  This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />Quiet, unobtrusive, does the job it promised to do flawlessly and without a single problem. And it's free. (However, it is not a complete replacement for QuicKeys or iKeys.) Regarding a previous reviewer's comment, it's true that the developer's English is not good, and, consequently, the English-language Help could use considerable improvement. But, even without Help, it's fairly simple, and, if you're familiar with Mac OS X, it shouldn't take more than 5 or 10 minutes (at most) to figure out how to use Spark effectively. Full marks (except for Documentation). Strongly recommended.

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