In this episode I show you how to:

  1. Utilize Data Detectors in Apple Mail (for Address Book Entries)
  2. Activate Data Detectors in iChat via the Command Line
  3. Run shell scripts via Quicksilver

Here we go!

To utilize data detectors all you need to do is run your mouse cursor over any phone number, address, email, date, or time and a dotted rectangular outline will appear with a drop down arrow. Simply click on the drop down arrow and you will be presented with options such as:

  • Create New Contact
  • Add to Existing Contact
  • Create New iCal Event
  • etc. etc.

To enable this functionality in iChat you must run the following shell script:

defaults write com.apple.iChat EnableDataDetectors 1

You can do this several ways:

  1. In Terminal : Open Terminal (Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app) and type the command followed by ⌅ (Enter)
  2. Launch Quicksilver (⌃spacebar) enter text entry mode (.) and then type in the command. Once completed hit ⇥(tab) and then type R-U-N. Select Run this command in shell and hit enter. Presto chango you are ready to go!

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