Alfred
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Alfred is a productivity application for macOS, which boosts your efficiency with hotkeys, keywords and text expansion. Search your Mac and the web, and control your Mac using custom actions with the Powerpack.
License model
- Freemium • Proprietary
Application types
Platforms
- Mac
- iPhone
- iPad
Features
Alfred News & Activities
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Recent News
- Maoholguin published news article about Alfred
Alfred 5.6 update brings enhanced workflow tools, UI improvements, and bug fixesThe latest update for Alfred, version 5.6, introduces numerous enhancements and fixes, primarily ta...
- POX published news article about Alfred
Alfred 5.5 has been released with new workflow views and ChatGPT/DALL-E integrationAlfred, the popular productivity application for macOS, has announced the release of its version 5....
- POX published news article about Alfred
Alfred 5.5 Beta has been released with ChatGPT / DALL-E integration and new workflow viewsAlfred, the popular macOS productivity app, has announced the release of its 5.5 beta version, intr...
Recent activities
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What is Alfred?
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- Updated Apr 15, 2021
- 3.33 avg rating
Comments and Reviews
Indispensable command-line launcher and all-around productivity booster for macOS.
Alfred has a fatal flaw.
Alfred indexes items from a variety of sources: applications, messages, files, scripts, etc. When a user submits a query, it uses an adaptive algorithm to rank the items in terms of the likelihood that the user wanted this item.
However, Alfred's matching algorithm is awful. If you execute the same query repeatedly in series, the adaptive algorithm reaches different conclusions about which items you wanted. Even if you TELL it: "When I enter the query 'f,' I mean that want THIS SPECIFIC ITEM," Alfred will ignore your instruction and give you other results that happen to include the term "f". The item you specifically requested might be the first result - or it might be the second result, or the last result, or nowhere in the list.
This bug has been brought to the developers' attention. They are enamored with their adaptive algorithm, so they do not care and will not fix it.
Don't use this garbage software. Use another package that respects users' instructions more than its own haphazard guesses.
the most efficient way to search on websites. You can create a workflow to look up on any compatible website for a word which you have selected on screen. Select the word, tap a given keyboard shortcut and watch the web browser open the website with the look up given
Alfred is very good but relies on Spotlight index and suffers therefore the same limitations, i.e. no indexing of network or Cryptomator (FUSE) volumes
Alfred is an essential app for me. I wouldn't know what to do if I sat down in front of a computer without it. I have been a user for years. It is simple, but very extensible.
Alfred is a much better version of Spotlight with much more functionality and customization. Highly recommended.
Alfred+powerpack is the REALLY AWESOME app on Mac that beat the shit out of Windows!