I'm looking for a calculator to replace the wonderfully conceived but, unfortunately, 32 bit Calq.

It's most endearing feature is its ability to hot-key formulae like so. (That's Calq's window on the right, blended in with my desktop.)

I've found Calculator + f in the App Store, but it's less elegant and more complicated than I like.

Is anybody aware of an alternative?

Thanks.

This is a shot in the dark: Can you use the built-in Calculator app and specify a keyboard shortcut via System Preferences > Keyboard > App Shortcuts?

Thanks for the suggestion, Jon, but shortcuts can be created only for menu bar options.

Its not quite the same thing but Devon Technology's Calc Service might serve your needs. I have generally been very happy with their products and their support.

Thanks for the suggestion.

I've seen CalcService come across MacUpdate any number of times, and each time I've considered it and decided that it isn't useful in my context.

PCalc allows for user created formulae. Not sure if you can hot-key them; I don't use that feature. A macro utility, if you already have one, could do that for you.

Thanks for the suggestion, Ira.

I d/l'ed PCalc many years ago and was put off by the enormity of its GUI...waaay more complex than I wanted to even see, let alone deal with.

Calculator + f (I can't link to it, because it's only in the App Store.) is far more to my liking, and the devs have already coached me in setting up presets.

(A macro utility?)

Something like the old QuicKeys or the current Keyboard Maestro. They have the ability to assign to a keystroke or two (like "option-L") a series of mouse and/or keyboard "transactions".

I looked at it in the App Store and it does seem to be exactly what you are looking for.

I suspected you meant that, and I've already got that functionality in Butler, but the need for it suggests that PCalc exports its formulae and that, therefore, each one requires a unique hotkey...ridiculously cumbersome in my instance. (Butler would allow me to put all of them into a single pop-up menu, which, although not as cumbersome, would still entail extra work.)

Calculator + f stores its presets onboard as did Calq.

Yep! Calculator + f looks like my answer. It's really a shame that Calq's dev has thrown in the towel; it was a unique, elegant, and highly functional, but simple, app with MANY fans.