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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Oxford, Ohio
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I keep seeing this on different posts, not to mention in the menus of menu OS X apps. Services. I've searched for info on them, but have found nothing really. Can anyone give me a general summary of what they are and why I should care about them?
Thanks a million.
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Join Date: Apr 2001
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To put it simply, Services are a way to use one Cocoa application from within another Cocoa application.
F'rinstance, here's one I've used: While browsing the Web with OmniWeb, I spot an interesting bit of info. I highlight the text that contains the info, then go to the Services submenu and choose "Email text."
Bingo! A Mail.app message window appears, with the highlighted text contained in the body of the message. 
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"I sentence you to be hanged by the neck until you cheer up."
MacBook Pro 15" w/ Mac OS 10.8.2, iPhone 4S & iPad 4th-gen. w/ iOS 6.1.2
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Join Date: Mar 2001
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I like using the omniweb service, highlight any text and it will open a new webpage with the text as the url. I really hope developers actually use services because they are a cool idea but I can easily see them just not being implemented. 
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The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive.
- Thomas Jefferson, 1787
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<kadin>
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I don't understand why I'm never able to access the "Grab" services. No matter what program I'm in, Grab services (and a few other ones) are always grayed out.
Does anyone know how to activate them?
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thanks. It sounds like something I hope gets implemented more.
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Join Date: Jul 2000
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Originally posted by <kadin>:
<STRONG>I don't understand why I'm never able to access the "Grab" services. No matter what program I'm in, Grab services (and a few other ones) are always grayed out.
Does anyone know how to activate them?</STRONG>
The Grab Service will only work in apps where a picture can be 'pasted'. So, I think you can launch 'Preview' and then use the Grab service.
I think this is the biggest problem with the whole 'Services' menu. There is nothing intuitive or logical about it.
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