Alfred

Productivity App for macOS

4.9•18 reviews•

867 followers

Productivity App for macOS

4.9•18 reviews•

867 followers

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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.

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Alfred Launches

Alfred 5.5Alfred makes friends with ChatGPT and DALL-E

Launched on March 22nd, 2024

Alfred 5A wealth of exciting features for both new & advanced users

Launched on July 14th, 2022

Alfred 4.5: Universal ActionsA whole new way to use Alfred

Launched on August 7th, 2021

Alfred 4.3Alfred is now Universal and adds gorgeous Big Sur theming

Launched on December 16th, 2020

Alfred 4Award-winning productivity app for macOS

Launched on May 30th, 2019

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4.9

Based on 18 reviews

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Reviewers see Alfred as an essential Mac utility that often replaces Spotlight because it feels faster, broader, and easier to use day to day. They repeatedly praise quick app and web search, keyboard shortcuts, snippets or text expansion, clipboard history, and workflows that automate routine tasks. Several say it becomes one of the first apps they install and hard to live without once adopted. Criticism is scarce; the only clear reservation is that one long-time user felt the jump from version 4 to 5 was not especially worth the upgrade.

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Pros

custom workflows (5)

spotlight replacement (4)

fast performance (3)

hotkeys (3)

quick search (3)

clipboard history (2)

free version (2)

powerpack features (2)

snippets (2)

text expansion (2)

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•9 reviews

What's great

Use this EVERY DAY! Worth it.

What needs improvement

Maybe main gripe would be, an option to output calculator results in the native calculator app instead. Currently, pressing Enter results in the calculation being lost.

vs Alternatives

Native spotlight on Mac.

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•11 reviews

I'd find macOS unbearable without Alfred. It's easy to forget what "clean" macOS was like, because they've been shipping features that replace or complement what was a separate app, back in the day. I use this instead of Spotlight. I use it with a Pomodoro timer script that someone wrote and I just grabbed in <5m. I use it for all my keyboard shortcuts, because it's much faster than cmd+tabbing or anything similar. I use it for expansions for boilerplate code and LaTeX. I'm sure there are other, fancier features, but I don't use those. Alfred 4 was worth the money. The upgrade to 5 wasn't super worth it for me, but I did so to support the creators anyway.

What's great

fast performance (3)text expansion (2)custom workflows (5)spotlight replacement (4)

What needs improvement

not cheap (1)

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•4 reviews

Alfred is a game-changer for Mac users! This productivity app has revolutionized the way I work. With its intuitive hotkeys, keywords, and text expansion features, I can accomplish tasks in half the time. The search function is lightning-fast, and the ability to control my Mac with custom actions using the Powerpack is incredibly powerful. Alfred has streamlined my workflow, and I can't imagine going back to my old ways. 5 stars and a must-have for anyone looking to boost their productivity on macOS!

What's great

text expansion (2)hotkeys (3)quick search (3)powerpack features (2)

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