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Old 26-06-2007, 06:39 AM
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What is a service?
Hi all

Please file under 'there is no such thing as a stupid question' but despite using Macs for almost 20 years there are some things I still don't understand. One of these is the services menu. What is a service and how do you use it?
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Old 26-06-2007, 07:10 AM
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Services seem to work best when you've selected something (try selecting this text) and then applying a service such as summarise, Mail --> Send selection to, etc. Some third party applications such as Quicksilver also have services which basically add functionality.

They are pretty much under-used due to lack of profile for them and understanding of them.

Hope this helps a little.
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Old 26-06-2007, 07:29 AM
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One of these is the services menu. What is a service and how do you use it?
Care to do a screen grab of exactly what your talking about?
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He's talking about the Services menu, under the Application menu in your menubar.
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Old 26-06-2007, 08:19 AM
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I'd describe the Services menu as a funky idea ruined by the stupidly large listing of things in there that can't be removed or hidden.
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Old 26-06-2007, 08:24 AM
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Service Scrubber seems pretty good in adjusting the menu.
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Old 26-06-2007, 08:27 AM
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you mean this?
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Old 26-06-2007, 08:42 AM
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Yes, that one.
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Old 01-07-2007, 05:32 PM
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It's sad - services were a big part of using NEXTSTEP (did I get the capitals right?), but they're almost completely hidden away in OS X. Try using a few thing such as the Summarize [sic] service, which can be useful.

Here's a good article and a link so some services you can download.
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