Opening applications

Application Wizard lets you open favorite applications or groups of applications, recent applications, and applications in the Dock. In addition to that, it allows you to quickly open applications located in your Applications folders.

Task
Action

Open an application belonging to a group

Display the Open menu and choose the application from the group's submenu.

Open all applications in a group

Display the Open menu and choose Open All from the group's submenu.

If you have selected the "Choosable group menu items" checkbox in the Menus pane of the Application Wizard preferences, choose the group from the Open menu.

Use a open group keyboard shortcut.

Open all applications in a group without restoring their windows

Display the Open menu, hold the Command and Option keys, and choose "Open All and Don't Restore Windows" from the group's submenu.

Requires Mac OS X 10.7.

Open all applications in a group at login

Check the group's "Open automatically" option.

Open more applications at the same time

Display the Open menu and select multiple applications by pressing the Shift key.

Open an application without restoring its windows

Display the Open menu, hold the Command and Option keys, and choose the application.

Requires Mac OS X 10.7.

Open a 64-bit capable application in 32-bit mode

Display the Open menu, select the application, and press the Control key.

Requires Mac OS X 10.6 or later.

Open a Universal application using Rosetta

Display the Open menu, select the application, and press the Option key.

Requires Mac OS X 10.6 or earlier.

Open an application in the Classic environment

Display the Open menu, select the application, and press the Option key.

Requires Mac OS X 10.4.

Open an application in the Dock

Display the Open menu and choose the application from the Dock Applications submenu.

Open a recently used application

Display the Open menu and choose the application from the Recent Applications submenu.

Open an application in the Applications folder

Display the Open menu and choose the application from the Applications Folder submenu.

Open a developer tool

Display the Open menu and choose the application from the Developer Applications Folder submenu.

Open an application in the "Applications (Mac OS 9)" folder

Display the Open menu and choose the application from the Classic Applications Folder submenu.


Related topics

Using the Open menu
Customizing the Open menu
Assigning keyboard shortcuts to groups
Opening groups automatically when you log in
Opening and quitting multiple applications
Disabling or enabling window restoration for specific applications
Forcing applications to open in 32-bit mode
Forcing Universal applications to run using Rosetta
Forcing applications to open in Classic