Writer's Essential Apps Updated: Alfred 5 for Mac
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.ค. 2022
- If you have Mac, skip watching me explain and enthuse about what it does for us as writers, and just go buy it immediately. Join the Writer's Mailing list too: eepurl.com/gQTqTT
LINKS:
Alfred 5: www.alfredapp.com
58keys episode on Alfred 4: • Alfred 4: Even Better ...
MacPowerUsers: www.relay.fm/mpu/649 - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
It was though the Mac Power Users podcast that I found all things William Gallagher. Ecstatic that I did. Please keep on keeping on. Thank you so much.
Well, thank you; that’s made my night.
I did as told and bought Alfred and well yes it is exactly as you say. Thanks for the advice, as always spot on.
Excellent, I am so pleased. Thanks for letting me know.
How do you include external drives in your searches ?
Helpful video, going to download the app too…
Thank you, I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
As you noted, I’m only using a fraction of Alfred. Clipboard and search are the most frequently used. I forget what else it can do but there are also things it can do, but don’t understand how to use (e.g. workflows).
It took me a long time - years, I think - to even really think what a workflow could do. Since then, I’ve created only one: it takes the title of a TV show I type in, then reformats it into what the full URL of its episode guide should be on epguides.com. So it just adds a prefix and a suffix, cleans up spacing and so on. But if you look at www.packal.org you’ll find much cleverer ones that other people have created. I use someone’s timezone workflow, for instance, and very often one called Kill which, for instance, lets me type “Kill Microsoft Word” and it force-quits that app immediately.
Thanks for your tips and btw thats a super wide screen you have in the background!
Thank you. It's surprising how quickly you get used to that width, though: sometimes I'd like it to be a bit wider.
Except that you love it, explain what it does... what problems do it solve. I am happy that you are happy, I want to be happy as well
Hand on heart, I don't follow you here: the whole video is about what Alfred 5 does.
there is an app called Maccy that is free and does the same features as Alfred clipboard
I didn't know that one. I must have at least five clipboard manager apps, I'm not surprised there are more. Possibly surprised that Apple doesn't just include the feature itself.
@@WilliamGallagher maccy is the best app, i promisse
I’ve tried Alfred but keep coming back to Launchbar.
I should have mentioned Launcher, that was wrong of me. A long time ago now, I reviewed them both together for something and I know you'd be happy with either, but Alfred had quite an edge for me. I'm startled that I forgot about it in my excitement about the new Alfred 5. I'll keep an eye out for the next major Launcher update and see what I can do. Thanks, I appreciate this.
@@WilliamGallagher Launchbar development is glacial, but it continues to work so I continue to use it. Directory navigation with keyboard arrows and "instant send" are melded into my fingers now.
I have free Alfred 4 that I installed when I got my new computer. Will have to check out Alfred 5
I think the makers are very generous with what you get in the free version, but I’m not sure how much of that has changed with the new version. I don’t believe you lose any free features by going to version 5, so I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
OK, I know more about Alfred the Great now, but is there a kill process for the heat available? What is the temperature in your office right now?
It’s 18°C here - but here is outside. Fresh air. It won’t catch on.