Open menu

Application Wizard's Open menu lets you open favorite applications or groups of applications, recent applications, applications in the Dock and System Preferences panes. In addition to that it allows you to quickly open applications in the Applications, Classic Applications and Developer Applications folders or in any other frequently used folder.

To display the Open menu, click the blue button in the menu panel or menu bar or, if you have enabled it, press the Open menu hot key. Tell me more

Groups

If you have created one or more groups, the Open menu will display them, so that you can quickly open favorite applications or groups of applications. Tell me more

If the Choosable group menu items option in the Menus pane is checked, you can quickly open all the applications belonging to a group by selecting the group menu item in the Open menu. Tell me more

Dock Applications

Use this submenu to open applications you have added to the Dock.

Recent Applications

Use this submenu to open applications you have opened recently.

By default, recent applications are sorted by name. To list them from the most recent one to the oldest one, choose Sort Chronologically from the submenu. To change the number of displayed recent applications, use the Applications Number submenu at the bottom of the Recent Applications submenu.

To clear the Recent Applications submenu, choose Clear Menu from the Applications Number submenu.

Applications Folder

Use this submenu to quickly open applications located in the Applications folder.

By default, Application Wizard lists applications in a single non-hierarchical submenu looking two levels deep into the Applications folder and lets you increase or decrease the folder's depth using the Folder Depth submenu at the bottom of the Applications Folder submenu.

If you prefer the Applications Folder submenu being hierarchical, select the Make folder menus hierarchical checkbox in the Configure Open Menu dialog. Tell me more

You can open the Applications folder by selecting the Applications Folder item in the Open menu. If menus are hierarchical, you can also open any folder in the Applications folder by choosing the corresponding menu item.

Classic Applications Folder

If you have a PowerPC-based Mac with Mac OS X 10.3.9 or 10.4 and have installed Classic, the Open menu will display the Classic Applications Folder submenu.

Use it to quickly open applications in the Applications (Mac OS 9) folder on your Classic startup volume. By default, Application Wizard lists applications looking two levels deep into the Applications (Mac OS 9) folder and lets you increase or decrease the folder's depth using the Folder Depth submenu at the bottom of the Classic Applications Folder submenu.

If you prefer the Classic Applications Folder submenu being hierarchical, select the Make folder menus hierarchical checkbox in the Configure Open Menu dialog. Tell me more

You can open the Applications (Mac OS 9) folder by selecting the Classic Applications Folder item in the Open menu. If menus are hierarchical, you can also open any folder in the Applications (Mac OS 9) folder by choosing the corresponding menu item.

Developer Applications Folder

If you have installed the Mac OS X Developer Tools, the Open menu will display the Developer Applications Folder submenu.

Use it to open applications located in the Applications folder in the Developer folder. By default, Application Wizard lists applications looking two levels deep into the Developer Applications folder and lets you increase or decrease the folder's depth using the Folder Depth submenu at the bottom of the Developer Applications Folder submenu.

If you prefer the Developer Applications Folder submenu being hierarchical, select the Make folder menus hierarchical checkbox in the Configure Open Menu dialog. Tell me more

You can open the Applications folder in the Developer folder by selecting the Developer Applications Folder item in the Open menu. If menus are hierarchical, you can also open any folder in the Applications folder in the Developer folder by choosing the corresponding menu item.

Folders

Application Wizard lets you add frequently used folders to the Open menu, so that you can quickly open the enclosed applications. Tell me more

By default, Application Wizard lists applications looking two levels deep into added folders and lets you increase or decrease a folder's depth using the Folder Depth submenu at the bottom of its submenu.

If you prefer folder submenus being hierarchical, select the Make folder menus hierarchical checkbox in the Configure Open Menu dialog. Tell me more

You can open added folders by selecting them in the Open menu. If menus are hierarchical, you can also open any enclosed folder by choosing the corresponding menu item.

System Preferences

Use this submenu to open specific System Preferences panes. Choose the System Preferences menu item to open the System Preferences application.

The Open menu is fully customizable to best fit your needs: you can arrange menu items as you prefer, add separators to visually organize the menu and remove items you don't use. To customize the Open menu, open the Application Wizard pane in System Preferences, click the Menus tab and the Configure Open Menu button. Tell me more