<s>
LaunchBar	B-Operating_System
is	O
an	O
application	O
launcher	O
for	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
after	O
training	O
,	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Photoshop	I-Operating_System
may	O
be	O
launched	O
by	O
simply	O
typing	O
'	O
pho	O
 '	O
and	O
Time	B-Operating_System
Machine	I-Operating_System
can	O
be	O
opened	O
by	O
typing	O
'	O
tm	O
 '	O
even	O
though	O
that	O
sequence	O
of	O
characters	O
does	O
not	O
appear	O
anywhere	O
in	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LaunchBar	B-Operating_System
also	O
provides	O
capabilities	O
beyond	O
application	O
launching	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
file	B-Application
management	I-Application
and	O
piping	O
the	O
current	O
selection	O
to	O
a	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
utility	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
clipboard	O
management	O
and	O
a	O
built-in	O
calculator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LaunchBar	B-Operating_System
is	O
distributed	O
as	O
crippleware	O
shareware	B-License
-	O
full	O
usage	O
of	O
the	O
application	O
requires	O
paying	O
the	O
registration	O
fee	O
,	O
but	O
up	O
to	O
7	O
abbreviations	O
may	O
be	O
used	O
per	O
session	O
without	O
paying	O
anything	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
researcher	O
Bruce	O
Tognazzini	O
,	O
"	O
LaunchBar	B-Operating_System
should	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
outperform	O
a	O
visual	O
interface	O
for	O
complex	O
,	O
repetitive	O
switching	O
sequences	O
by	O
an	O
expert	O
user	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LaunchBar	B-Operating_System
began	O
as	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
shell	O
scripts	O
for	O
the	O
NeXTSTEP	B-Application
platform	O
,	O
then	O
migrated	O
to	O
OPENSTEP	B-Operating_System
where	O
it	O
was	O
developed	O
into	O
a	O
full-fledged	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
in	O
2001	O
as	O
LaunchBar	B-Operating_System
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
Apple	O
introduced	O
Spotlight	B-Application
,	O
which	O
took	O
over	O
LaunchBar	B-Operating_System
's	O
default	O
position	O
at	O
the	O
top-right	O
corner	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
,	O
LaunchBar	B-Operating_System
was	O
changed	O
to	O
display	O
its	O
window	O
at	O
the	O
center	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
,	O
below	O
the	O
menu	O
bar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
LaunchBar	B-Operating_System
6	O
was	O
released	O
with	O
a	O
redesigned	O
interface	O
,	O
additional	O
indexing	O
rules	O
and	O
built-in	O
actions	O
,	O
live	O
web	O
searches	O
and	O
usage	O
statistics	O
.	O
</s>
