Phone Amego allows you to define hot keys for: Answer Call, End Call, Open Call Window,
Open Contact Card, and Open Call Log under the More tab. Open Contact Card will open a
card for the last dialed or answered call (if any). If none is found (since the program was
launched), it will open the Call Log so you can choose one.
Command Modifier
When dialing, send touch-tones instead of starting a new call.
Option Modifier
When dialing, show number in Call Window to allow choosing a telephone device.
Pressed with Dial, add to favorites.
Control Modifier
When you click on a rolodex card icon, bypass other methods to open a Phone Amego Contact
Card directly.
When dialing or accessing Google Voice (or an IP phone), pressing Control (with the Debug
window open) will display the WebKit window Phone Amego uses to communicate with Google
Voice allowing you to see the login process in case of difficulty.
Pressing Control while selecting Phone Amego from the main menu will open the Phone Amego
Debug Log.
Pressing Control Show in Finder from the Call Log will open the main Phone Amego window
(helpful if the status bar icon is covered by another application). You can also click in any Finder
window to reveal more of the status bar (since Finder has fewer menus).
Many buttons have tool tips describing additional features when pressed with Option, Command,
or Control.
The Dial with Phone Amego application service defaults to Shift-Command-D. You can enable
this service and change it to Control-Shift-D in "System Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts ->
Services -> Text".
You can press "Esc" (Cancel) or "Return" (OK) in many dialogs without leaving the keyboard.
Application Launchers
Alfred App
To use Phone Amego with the Alfred App (PowerPack 1.1 or later), navigate to: Alfred ->
Preferences -> Features -> Address Book -> General, check Open Contacts in Alfred, set
the action for Phone to Pass to URL Scheme: phoneAmego:{query};alert=no. When
Afrled finds an Address Book entry, press return to view the entry in Alfred, press down-arrow to
highlight the number you want to dial, and then press return to have Phone Amego dial.
Launch Bar
To use Phone Amego with LaunchBar, navigate to: LaunchBar -> Preferences -> Actions
and select LaunchBar dial with Phone Amego (~/Library/Scripts/Phone Amego Scripts/) as
the Default Action for Phone numbers.
QuickSilver
To use Phone Amego with QuickSilver, move the script Quicksilver dial with Phone
Amego.scpt (~/Library/Scripts/Phone Amego Scripts/) to ~/Library/Application Support/
Quicksilver/Actions/. Quit and relaunch Quicksilver. When you find a phone number in
Quicksilver, press Tab and then type "dial" to show the dial with Phone Amego option.
Useful Techniques for Handling Calls
Checking your Calls While You Were Out