• Rescan Your Services.
  Rod Knowlton made an excellent contribution in the comment thread below — Using the PBS tool to force a rescan of Snow Leopard’s Services. This seems to be working well for most people, so I wanted to add it to the top of the list.

  To use it, open up Terminal and type or paste the following:

  /System/Library/CoreServices/pbs
• Reboot.
  I just finished talking with someone on Twitter who was trying to fix this problem and, after all of the troubleshooting steps we brainstormed, it was a reboot that got him back in business. Seriously — do this first.

• Repair Your Permissions.
  Yes — it’s our next favorite step of troubleshooting anything on a Mac! If you aren’t sure how to do it, here’s a good guide for beginners using Apple’s own Disk Utility. Utilities like Onyx are also a dead-simple way to do a permission repair on your hard drive!
• Manually Check Your Service List.
  Check both your ~/Library/Services and /System/Library/Services directories for old services. To quickly troubleshoot which Service is causing the hang up, move them out of the directories one by one and check the Services menu again. You’ll know that you’ve found the culprit when “Building…” is replaced by the an actual list of services.
• Reset the LaunchServices database with a Mac Utility.
  At least one user reported fixing the issue by rebuilding the LaunchServices database. Again, utilities like Onyx allow you to do so pretty easily:
  
• Reset the LaunchServices database with a Terminal line command.
  If you’re comfortable with Terminal, you can use the command below to achieve the same thing as a utility like Onyx:
  /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Versions/A/Support/lsregister -kill -r -domain local -domain system -domain user

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The Original Concept

I still think that format would be pretty great (cough, cough… Evernote team… cough), but is there something that we could do NOW?

As was often said in the movie Fargo — Youbetchya! And it’s available for download below!

Updated On February 25, 2010

Features

• Once Installed, this service will allow you to Control-Click (a.k.a., “Right Click”) a highlighted passage of text anywhere that Snow Leopard’s Services are available and search through your notes in Evernote!
  

  

  Installed Services appear at the bottom of your Contextual Menu

• Instead of opening up a new tab or window in your browser, a special preview window will appear after a moment containing your search results. When you’re done, just close the window and you’re back to where you started — with no fuss!

(Pretty cool, eh?)



Easy to use Preview Window superimposes your results over the current window.

The Fine Print

(Otherwise known as “Stuff You Should Know Before Installing”)

• This Is the “Beta 2″ Release, which should fix some “Permissions Errors” that happened with the installer;
• Other errors may arise when you do something that I didn’t think of or test for! Just use the comment thread below to tell me about it
• I am providing the Service for the benefit of the Mac community. While it works wonderfully for me, I cannot take responsibility for any data you might lose (or if your laptop turns into a pumpkin or something…)
• “Community” means “participation”. Please share with the rest of us how you think this service could be improved (and feel free to help someone if they don’t understand something!)

How to Install and Use

1. Download the ZIP file from the link below:



2. When unzipped, click on the installer package called “Search in Evernote Service” and follow the instructions.

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Have you ever been reading about a book, movie, or an album and wanted to find it quickly on Amazon.com? Now it’s as easy as clicking your mouse with Snow Leopard!

I think that the new Automator Services are among Snow Leopard’s best new features because, with a little elbow grease, users can extend the operating system in some pretty fun ways. For example, I’m always reading about things online that I want to remember to look up or add to my shopping cart on Amazon.

With this service installed, all I have to do is highlight the text that I want to search for and then activate it! I thought I’d share this PREVIEW release to see if it works for you as well!

Features

• Once Installed, this service will allow you to Control-Click (a.k.a., “Right Click”) a highlighted passage of text anywhere that Snow Leopard’s Services are available and search for it immediately on Amazon.com!
  

  

  Installed Services appear at the bottom of your Contextual Menu

• Instead of opening up a new tab or window in your browser, a special preview window will appear containing your search results. When you’re done shopping, just close the window and you’re back to where you started — with no fuss!



Easy to use Preview Window superimposes your results over the current window.

The Fine Print

(Otherwise known as “Stuff You Should Know Before Installing”)

• THIS IS A BETA RELEASE! Errors will undoubtedly arise when you do something that I didn’t think of or test for!
• **UPDATE** This New “Beta 3″ Revision continues to try and fix installer-related issues that occurred on some systems. If you installed an earlier version and the service didn’t work, this revision should fix the issue for you!
• This Service will only work in applications that support it. For example, Safari allows the use of services and Firefox (currently) doesn’t.
• Veritrope.com’s Amazon Affiliate ID is included in the search, which means that I may receive a commission on items you find through the Search Service.
• This service is being provided for the benefit of the Mac community. While it works wonderfully for me, I cannot take responsibility for any data you might lose (or if your laptop turns into a pumpkin or something…)
• “Community” means “participation”. Please share with the rest of us how you think this service could be improved (and feel free to help someone if they don’t understand something!)

How to Install

1. Download the ZIP file from the link below:




2. Once downloaded and unzipped, click on the installer package called “Amazon.com Search Service for Snow Leopard” and follow the instructions.

   

How to Use

1. Open Safari (or any other Services-Aware Application);
2. Highlight the text you want to search for on Amazon.com
3. Move your cursor over the highlighted text and Control-Click (Right-Click) with your mouse
4. When the Contextual Menu appears, look toward the bottom of the list for the available Services
5. Select “Amazon.com Search”. The Preview Window will appear in just a few moments and display your search results!

I hope you enjoy using it! Please leave any suggestions, comments, or “bug reports” in the comments below.

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