Thank you Cem for making a tutorial on how to make Google Drive folders searchable from Alfred: ajanweb.notion.site/Shared-Alfred-Google-Drive-Workflow-37bc171299224a80ae6376b0b9039ef5 TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Step-by-step tutorial for Alfred 00:45 Settings Changes for Alfred 01:16 4 Main Ways to Use Alfred 01:47 Default Results Preferences 02:29 File Search Preferences 04:41 Keyword Search Settings 05:06 Add Custom Searches to Alfred 07:33 Change Appearance for Alfred 08:14 Paid Alfred Features 08:21 Download Custom Themes for Alfred 08:33 Clipboard History 08:48 Snippets Feature 09:09 Alfred Workflows Walkthrough 09:34 Alfred vs. Raycast (my thoughts)
Your knowledge is impressive. I’m a 73yo retired IT Engineer and being old and out of touch… I appreciate your channel. You talk really fast though so I have to do a lot of pause and rewinds. You have a great personality especially for a Geek. 😂. Subscribed.
If you go into settings of the video (where you select video resolution, enable captions etc.) you can slow down the video by selecting slower speed. Also, you can use J and L keyboard buttons to rewind and fast forward 10 secs. Hope this helps
Wow Alan, thank you so much for the donation and recognition!! Really appreciate you being so supportive, will try my best to keep this up and not disappoint 😁!!
Having bought the power pack back a few years and only just setting up my M2 MacBook Air, this video was a breath of fresh air for me with many laughs along the way 😄👍 Brilliant tips; very concise info; easy enough to follow. Overall a great video for getting me back into Alfred with my 'Legendary' license I have now 😆 Cheers Jeff 🍻
Simply amazing content - direct to the point - and I love when you show your specific setup and personalizations, the pro tips always amazing - in this video the pro tip with the file comments and searching for it just mind blowing. Congrats on an amazing work. I can't wait for the automator video.
Man, I've been using Alfred for a while but for simple tasks, I didn't know some of its other functions. I even downloaded most of the apps recommended on the 10 best Mac Productivity Apps video and it's a nice quality of life change. Love Macs and Mac OS . Thanks Jeff. I want to see that Automator video!!
I don't go super complex with workflows BUT making simple workflows to open and set up processes that you normally go through constantly can be super helpful. When I start a work day I have a workflow that opens every website and app that I need with one Keyword that I made with alfred. To do this just go to workflows -make a new workflow -then right click go to ACTIONS and then add "Launch apps/files" -Add any files or apps you want to open -Link each one to the start of the workflow where the "keyword" is -Then set a keyword that you will search to launch this workflow -LASTLY HUGE* make sure on the keyword block "no argument" is selected ^You can set up workflows to launch processes for every part of your work day. This is so helpful especially if you create content because you launch processes like "Import new shoot" you can make your own workflow that will launch all the folders or applications you would need right away to organize media. Or have it launch a template file for a new video edit with a keyword like "new video" It just speeds life up because you can quickly program the things you do all the time and take the thinking out of it.
Thanks for the video! I don't know if I'd consider myself a power user but I use Alfred a lot every day. I think what's great about the power pack is that there are so many pre-made workflows that you can suit them to your workflow. For example, my work requires using different browsers, so I have a workflow in alfred that allows me to set the system default browser and easily toggle between them. Then when I use Alfred to open my browser bookmarks, It will automatically open it in the browser of choice. I think the key takeaway for Alfred is that you get to find the workflows that best fit for your needs. The potential is almost endless.
First time seeing your video, it was great! I recently decided to drop my windows laptop for my MacBook Pro (SUCH a great move btw haha no regrets) - and I saw a lot of people use Alfred, your video have convinced me to download it and give it a try! once again thanks for the video! :D
@@JeffSu I can already happily report that I love it, its very useful and I find myself using its tricks and automation a lot! :D once again, thanks for the good explanation!
Another great video! I love Alfred. Thanks to your video I got the space thing before the folder name → game changer to get to my Downloads folder. Thank!
Hey Jeff, I subscribed just about a week ago but I want to thank you for quality of content you are posting. Grading, editing, it's all top notch. It's so informative and useful. One of the best subscriptions I have ever made!!!!! Thank you!
@@JeffSu I will say this video was a big help, I did buy the software but never really forced myself to use it like how you did with the searchers and snippets… but I definitely wanted to see what the work flow was all about. I did download / install some of the work flows but had some small issues. Keep up the good work and I am looking in to the power pack features as well. Thanks 🙏🏽 again.
Extremely valuable, I was having trouble figuring out the usefulness of Alfred compared to spotlight just by looking at the settings alone. Subscribed!
Hi @Jeff , amazing vid right here, I'm already in love with this wonderful timesaver app ! Just in case you didn't know about the snippets I use a snippet thingy already built-in on apple devices : keyboard replacements. This a sort of native snippets features that alfred gives us, but basicly on mac, iphone and ipad etc.. (synchronise throughout the devices you have). I find it great cause i'm able to have some shortcuts like /{your snippet} that gives my phone number, email signature, driver license number or whatever you find useful and usable often ! Settings -> Keyboard -> Replacements
Hi Emile, thanks for sharing! So I tried the default text replacement feature but I can't get it working on non-Mac native apps. Is that the same for you as well?
@@JeffSu yeah that’s the only thing that is annoying with this. It depends on the app, some of them allow it and some of them don’t (Notion works, affinity suite works, but certain website (login pages for ex.) doesn’t work indeed). Anyway, snippets are a power pack feature, how would you advice someone to purchase the full pack ? Do you use that much the paid features of Alfred ?
About 'Snippets Feature' 8:48, in macOS we already have a way to replace text. In 'System Preferences' -> 'Keyboard' -> 'Text'. You enter what text to replace (keyword) in the 'Replace" field and with what to replace it within the 'With' field. Work like magic. 🙂
Another WOW video 1. Lol I asked you which contacts app you used (thanks for the reply :) ) then now you shared that info in this video. 2. I will consider using Alfred once I’m better at this MAC way 3. Also… Naruto. keep up the awesome videos!
Thanks for the great video! I was just about to look for Alfred videos and boom you made one so being subscribed I didn’t even search. You read my mind diff you? Lol. Keep up the good work!
Started watching the video to see if I need Alfred and in minute 6 I wondered why I was still watching the video without installing Alfred, following through with the setup and start training my brain
@@JeffSu Yesss! Now I'll be forcing myself to re-condition my brain to more productivity! Oh, and the alt+tab software you mentioned is gold! I did not know how much I missed it since switching to Mac!
Awesome video and awesome energy with great quality! I really loved it and liked and subscribed juster after a few seconds of watching your content. Thanks for sharing so much productivity tools!
@@JeffSu almost infinitesmally. Im on Windows rn, and its just... a subpar experience. Random sign in prompts for microosoft services, ads in the OS, and an overall lack of polish. I've literally replaced every single default app with some third party alternative because the default windows tools look like they were designed on 1942.... oh wait... THEY WERE!! Some things just havent changed since the original windows up till windows 11
@@JeffSu no. I’ve been using Alfred for many years. I’ve used so little of it even though I have watch 10 or so training videos. Your approach clicked with me. I think I will be getting more use from it now.
Switched to Alfred just yesterday and am loving it! I dunno if there's a setting for this tho, but when you search for something on Finder, how do you make Alfred open in the Finder window you have right now, and not in a new Finder window?
What did you switch from? And regarding your question, I think it has to do with your finder settings (for example open new window in tab) instead of a new window or something
Hey Jeff - hope all is well on your end. Just a quick one: is this still the best way to utilise Notion with spotlight search? Or is there a newer solution?
First off, I have to say, your response time is nothing short of impressive - quicker than Usain Bolt! 😄 My apologies for the confusion in my initial question; perhaps a bit of sleeplessness on my end led to a less than clear inquiry. What I was trying to ask pertains to optimising my workflow with Notion, especially as I dive deep into Thomas Frank's Ultimate Brain setup. Currently, navigating to specific pages or content within Notion can be quite a journey for me, often requiring 7-10 clicks, particularly for items I don't access daily. I use Notion in Chrome on a Mac desktop. My question is about the current best practices for accessing Notion content more efficiently. Specifically, I'm wondering if Alfred, in conjunction with the Notion web version accessed through Chrome, is still the dream team for quick access? Or is this seamless integration only achievable with the Notion desktop app? I wanted to use Alfred like you: CMD plus space bar but wasn't sure if it apply to how I use Notion via the web browser or if there's a newer, more efficient solution out there. Thanks a ton!
I don't think I've made a YT comment in might life, but when you showed how to do a Google search from Alfred my jaw dropped. At the same time I thought the video stopped working, but then I looked and saw the face you were making; you knew it'd get people! Ha!
Good job! BTW, you can set the Alfred key to command command. It's faster and easier than the cmd space chord, and you can keep Spotlight -- although I'm not sure why anyone will need it. Also, cmd cmd ' will search files. Cmd cmd cmd , will open prefs.
Hi Jeff! This is great. Haven't you tried Raycast? It's so much nicer designed and even better in functionality and usability than Alfred! In my workflow, it replaced my Alfred completely. You should definitely give it a chance! Cheers.
Thanks for sharing Max! I checked Raycast out and it does look great! At this point though I feel like it's personal preference so I'd rather just stick with Alfred since I'm so used to it 😁
@@JeffSu Oh, I hope you change your mind some day so we can have your Raycast super tips as well!🤓I see it as an Alfred 2.0 already, and every week getting even better, so if the advantage becomes bigger to make your change worth it, hopefully you'll join us! Never say never :) Thanks for taking the time to answer!!
Great video! Do you know how to stop Alfred from clearing what I type in the search bar when I click off the window? It keeps resetting to blank search
@@JeffSu figured it out! You go to advanced, history and check the box show latest query if within 5min. If you don’t want that you can just press the up arrow to recall what you last typed. No more copy and paste 💪🏾
Hi Jeff! Thanks a lot for the great video. Although I had previously asked you to do this video, it has taken me a while to watch it, sorry for that. It is excellent and I look forward to the video about automator. Thanks!!!
How could I use this to launch Apple's Mail and Photos and other applications? It works fine for web searches and for opening Spotify but not for Photos or Mail.
Question - not sure if this is due to settings that I have checked off, but is there a way for alfred to search within specific native mac apps? This might be a more specific use case, but i always use spotlight search to navigate to a specific spot in settings - eg. if i search keyboard shortcuts in spotlight, it'll bring me to the exact spot in system settings for keyboard shortcuts But if i try to search in alfred, it doesn't give me any options like that
Great question! I don't think the integration is that deep! I totally agree with you though, right now I have to use Alfred to navigate to Keyboard > Keyboard shorcuts (2 steps)
Awesome Video! Thank you. The "comments' field works great for local folders, but doesn't stick on Dropbox folders, even tho they too are local, any tip?
Hi Jeff! I love LOVE your videos. I want to know more about the organizer that you use in the background for your tools! do you have an amazon list for those?/ Thanks in advance!
@@JeffSu I’m starting to rely more on raycast since I’ve been using it. Creating tasks from it, opening a floating note 📝, making calculations (like in Alfred and spotlight) although raycast handles formatted numbers better than Alfred, that’s probably my biggest problem with Alfred. Maybe you’ll be tempted by the dark side and make an awesome video with raycast 🤣
@@JeffSu thanks for replying, sweet of you. And ya I checked, it's not a premium feature, but I'm not able to use it even now. But let it be, I explored many of the Raycast features in 1 week, and loved it. I downloaded Alfred just to check it out. I think the free Alfred version could be lightweight and very good for someone who wants Mac and web searches.
Thank you Cem for making a tutorial on how to make Google Drive folders searchable from Alfred: ajanweb.notion.site/Shared-Alfred-Google-Drive-Workflow-37bc171299224a80ae6376b0b9039ef5
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Step-by-step tutorial for Alfred
00:45 Settings Changes for Alfred
01:16 4 Main Ways to Use Alfred
01:47 Default Results Preferences
02:29 File Search Preferences
04:41 Keyword Search Settings
05:06 Add Custom Searches to Alfred
07:33 Change Appearance for Alfred
08:14 Paid Alfred Features
08:21 Download Custom Themes for Alfred
08:33 Clipboard History
08:48 Snippets Feature
09:09 Alfred Workflows Walkthrough
09:34 Alfred vs. Raycast (my thoughts)
THANKYOU JEFF for the zero inbox tutorials. Changed my god damn life man!!
@@siiiiiiiiiimo You're very welcome Simon 😁😁
Can you do the same for raycast?
@@Moneymaker-uy4fe Probably not since I'll be sticking with Alfred haha
INSTEAD OF EMPTY TRASH (CMD SHIFT DELETE)
Your knowledge is impressive. I’m a 73yo retired IT Engineer and being old and out of touch… I appreciate your channel. You talk really fast though so I have to do a lot of pause and rewinds. You have a great personality especially for a Geek. 😂. Subscribed.
Hahahaha thank you Allen for such a kind comment 😁
If you go into settings of the video (where you select video resolution, enable captions etc.) you can slow down the video by selecting slower speed. Also, you can use J and L keyboard buttons to rewind and fast forward 10 secs. Hope this helps
I also agree! Fast talk. I slow it down.
@@disgpd Holy wow, I never knew about the J and L keys to jump ten seconds. Thank you!
Jeff is such a breath of fresh air in the TH-cam realm. You're not only likeable and have tons of knowledge, I think you're also hilarious 😂
That's what I love to hear Rahmi! Thank you 😁
and handsome
Jeff, your videos have upped my google workspace experience! Thank you for what you do. Alan
Wow Alan, thank you so much for the donation and recognition!! Really appreciate you being so supportive, will try my best to keep this up and not disappoint 😁!!
YES! It's not the video we deserve, but it's the one we need right now. Please do even more here. I want to really optimize workflows.
Will do! Thanks Caeden!
Having bought the power pack back a few years and only just setting up my M2 MacBook Air, this video was a breath of fresh air for me with many laughs along the way 😄👍 Brilliant tips; very concise info; easy enough to follow. Overall a great video for getting me back into Alfred with my 'Legendary' license I have now 😆 Cheers Jeff 🍻
Glad to hear it Richard! I'm actually excited to explore Alfred 5 myself! Heard workflows got a huge new upgrade 😁
Simply amazing content - direct to the point - and I love when you show your specific setup and personalizations, the pro tips always amazing - in this video the pro tip with the file comments and searching for it just mind blowing. Congrats on an amazing work. I can't wait for the automator video.
Thank you so much! Glad you find my content to be direct and to the point, it's because I value my viewers' time 😁
Man, I've been using Alfred for a while but for simple tasks, I didn't know some of its other functions. I even downloaded most of the apps recommended on the 10 best Mac Productivity Apps video and it's a nice quality of life change. Love Macs and Mac OS . Thanks Jeff. I want to see that Automator video!!
That's lovely to hear my friend 😁
Barely 2 minutes in and I love the channel's humor already.
That's what I love to hear 😁
Thanks!
No, thank YOU Ben!! 😁😁
Can't believe I just now found your channel. Really great content, and I love the comedic bits.
Well I'm glad you're here now Pierre 😁
I don't go super complex with workflows BUT making simple workflows to open and set up processes that you normally go through constantly can be super helpful.
When I start a work day I have a workflow that opens every website and app that I need with one Keyword that I made with alfred.
To do this just go to workflows
-make a new workflow
-then right click go to ACTIONS and then add "Launch apps/files"
-Add any files or apps you want to open
-Link each one to the start of the workflow where the "keyword" is
-Then set a keyword that you will search to launch this workflow
-LASTLY HUGE* make sure on the keyword block "no argument" is selected
^You can set up workflows to launch processes for every part of your work day. This is so helpful especially if you create content because you launch processes like "Import new shoot" you can make your own workflow that will launch all the folders or applications you would need right away to organize media. Or have it launch a template file for a new video edit with a keyword like "new video"
It just speeds life up because you can quickly program the things you do all the time and take the thinking out of it.
Wow, thanks for the detailed instructions Darren! I gotta check this out!
This is the first time I was able to completely set up Alfred for my use. Very structured video Jeff. Thanks!
That's awesome to hear Jyoti! I hope you get to supercharge your workflow 😉
This channel is amazing! Always had a hard time finding items in enclosing folders and no with Alfred - BOOM done ! wow
Glad you found this (and Alfred) helpful Victor!! 😁
Thanks for the video! I don't know if I'd consider myself a power user but I use Alfred a lot every day.
I think what's great about the power pack is that there are so many pre-made workflows that you can suit them to your workflow. For example, my work requires using different browsers, so I have a workflow in alfred that allows me to set the system default browser and easily toggle between them. Then when I use Alfred to open my browser bookmarks, It will automatically open it in the browser of choice.
I think the key takeaway for Alfred is that you get to find the workflows that best fit for your needs. The potential is almost endless.
That's such a great point! A useful workflow for me doesn't necessarily it's a must-have for you. Where do you find your workflows?
I was waiting for this video for a long time.
Thank you so much.
Hope it doesn't disappoint 😁
First time seeing your video, it was great! I recently decided to drop my windows laptop for my MacBook Pro (SUCH a great move btw haha no regrets) - and I saw a lot of people use Alfred, your video have convinced me to download it and give it a try! once again thanks for the video! :D
You're welcome Nicolaj! Let me know if you end up using it 😁
@@JeffSu I can already happily report that I love it, its very useful and I find myself using its tricks and automation a lot! :D
once again, thanks for the good explanation!
@@nicolajlarsen3184 Nice!
謝謝！
Wow thank you so much Jasmine!!! 😁😁
I was actually looking for that tip for the custom search, thanks a lot for sharing, it did help a lot and i finally got it to work :)
Replying to my post to say you just made my life much easier, thanks a lot man :)
Nice! Which custom search did you end up using?
@@JeffSu Giphy like u did and other site I don’t remember now 😅😇
@@mnis Hahhaha np, nice!
shit using Alfred for years but only to open applications, you opened my mind..
Glad to hear it! Let me know how it goes my friend 😁
Another great video! I love Alfred. Thanks to your video I got the space thing before the folder name → game changer to get to my Downloads folder. Thank!
It's great isn't it? Thanks for letting me know Eric 😁
How am I just now finding your TH-cam channel? My life is definitely improved
You should blame TH-cam 😉
Hey Jeff, I subscribed just about a week ago but I want to thank you for quality of content you are posting. Grading, editing, it's all top notch. It's so informative and useful. One of the best subscriptions I have ever made!!!!! Thank you!
Glad to hear it!!! Welcome Štěpán!
Excellent. We've never seen anyone link to someone else's video at the end. That's classy.
I always like to give credit where credit is due!! 😁
4:50 😁 love this guy!!! 🤩
Hahahaha thank you!!
Hello Jeff, Any way you can make an updated video, also could you play around with work flows or just where you are now with Alfred?
This is a great idea, I might do one in a few weeks! 😁
@@JeffSu I will say this video was a big help, I did buy the software but never really forced myself to use it like how you did with the searchers and snippets… but I definitely wanted to see what the work flow was all about. I did download / install some of the work flows but had some small issues. Keep up the good work and I am looking in to the power pack features as well. Thanks 🙏🏽 again.
Extremely valuable, I was having trouble figuring out the usefulness of Alfred compared to spotlight just by looking at the settings alone. Subscribed!
Woohoo! So are you an Alfred user now? 😁
Hi @Jeff , amazing vid right here, I'm already in love with this wonderful timesaver app ! Just in case you didn't know about the snippets I use a snippet thingy already built-in on apple devices : keyboard replacements. This a sort of native snippets features that alfred gives us, but basicly on mac, iphone and ipad etc.. (synchronise throughout the devices you have). I find it great cause i'm able to have some shortcuts like /{your snippet} that gives my phone number, email signature, driver license number or whatever you find useful and usable often ! Settings -> Keyboard -> Replacements
Hi Emile, thanks for sharing! So I tried the default text replacement feature but I can't get it working on non-Mac native apps. Is that the same for you as well?
@@JeffSu yeah that’s the only thing that is annoying with this. It depends on the app, some of them allow it and some of them don’t (Notion works, affinity suite works, but certain website (login pages for ex.) doesn’t work indeed).
Anyway, snippets are a power pack feature, how would you advice someone to purchase the full pack ? Do you use that much the paid features of Alfred ?
@@pinopictures I honestly got it to support the developer 😂
@@JeffSu 😅Alright ! Please keep going with your yt project, I love your content, your tips are true life/time savers ! Have a nice sunday Jeff 👍🏻
Thank you for this video Jeff! Now I can actually use Alfred properly lmao. I was so overwhelmed with its options
Glad to hear it! How long have you been using Alfred for?
Love your sense of humour along that is woven into a very useful video! Thank you!!
Glad to hear it Troy! You're very welcome 😁
About 'Snippets Feature' 8:48, in macOS we already have a way to replace text. In 'System Preferences' -> 'Keyboard' -> 'Text'.
You enter what text to replace (keyword) in the 'Replace" field and with what to replace it within the 'With' field. Work like magic. 🙂
Gotcha. Somehow I never got it to work...
really enjoying your videos, thanks for making them!
You're extremely welcome 😁
These custom searches seem really helpful. Wasn't even aware of these.
Let me know if you end up using this feature!
Another WOW video
1. Lol I asked you which contacts app you used (thanks for the reply :) ) then now you shared that info in this video.
2. I will consider using Alfred once I’m better at this MAC way
3. Also… Naruto.
keep up the awesome videos!
One Piece > Naruto > Bleach. Fight me
@@JeffSu you're too efficient to fight with. istillmissjiraya T.T
Dragonball > all 🥹
But your Videos are OP as fk.
I feel like super saiyan, after setting those things up.. thanks 😍
Love your page man, keep it up! Never heard of this stuff but I use mac for work, so this is really helpful to me!
Glad to hear it! It took me a while to get used the Mac too but doesn't seem to be too bad (coming from PC)
Thanks for the great video! I was just about to look for Alfred videos and boom you made one so being subscribed I didn’t even search. You read my mind diff you? Lol. Keep up the good work!
I did read your mind but since I didn't want to freak you out I didn't tell you 😉
THANKYOU JEFF for the zero inbox tutorials. Changed my god damn life man!!
Glad to hear it Simon! How long have you been using Inbox zero now?
Very useful video. I am learning new features everyday!
Awesome 😁
@@JeffSu are you going to make a video about Raycast too? I have both installed on my Mac use them both interchangeably.
@@nuwannilanka Not anytime soon haha, I find Alfred to be enough for me!
nice to see im not the only one with lots of Portugal photos on my computer !
😂
Started watching the video to see if I need Alfred and in minute 6 I wondered why I was still watching the video without installing Alfred, following through with the setup and start training my brain
LOL! So did you end up installing Alfred?
@@JeffSu Yesss! Now I'll be forcing myself to re-condition my brain to more productivity! Oh, and the alt+tab software you mentioned is gold! I did not know how much I missed it since switching to Mac!
Subbed just because of the Portugal gag. I like this guy
Hahaha glad you enjoyed that Andrew!
Jeff, thanks a lot for another great video. btw 04:50 is really nice lol
Hahahahaha thank you!! 😁😁
I discovered your channel recently and just absolutely love all the information and tips you provide. Subscribed! Thanks for the effort!
Woohooo welcome my friend! Thank you so much!!
Thanks dude! I was expecting for this Video 🤘🏻
Hope it didn't disappoint!
Universe must be running low on RAM, seeing as I just installed Alfred for the first time about an hour ago.
Perfect timing, thanks for the tips!
Hahahahaha hope this video was easy to follow along! Let me know if you have any feedback Rand 😁
Awesome video and awesome energy with great quality!
I really loved it and liked and subscribed juster after a few seconds of watching your content. Thanks for sharing so much productivity tools!
Hahahaha glad to hear it!! Thanks for being here Cyrille 😁
This was actually so so thorough and exactly what i needed! Thank you so much!
Woohooo you're welcome!
I will try it again. I felt really overwhelmed with so much stuff...
I need to ask, how many times you empy trash every day?
Portugal rules btw 🇵🇹
At least 10X a day. Hahahhaa Portugal is awesome, I want to visit sometime 😂
Very helpful video (short, clever and useful tips)! Thank you!
Thank you Sascha 😁
I always refer back to this video when setting up Alfred on any computer. Side question: do you use Alfreds calculator or do you have specific app?
I rarely use the calculator app in general 😅
Great video man. I remember how much time alfred saved me back when I was on mac.... Good times...
How much do you miss the Mac right now?
@@JeffSu almost infinitesmally. Im on Windows rn, and its just... a subpar experience. Random sign in prompts for microosoft services, ads in the OS, and an overall lack of polish. I've literally replaced every single default app with some third party alternative because the default windows tools look like they were designed on 1942.... oh wait... THEY WERE!! Some things just havent changed since the original windows up till windows 11
@@akhilachanta805 Yea...the one thing I don't miss is ads in OS. That's frustrating as heck!
@@JeffSu ISTG and it looks like they are doing it more and more even integrating them into file explorer.. I have had enough.............
Great Jeff. I am a new subscriber, and I love your approach. It is quick but also step-by-step. Keep it coming....
Wooohooo welcome! Glad you found this video helpful (are you new to Alfred as well?)
@@JeffSu no. I’ve been using Alfred for many years. I’ve used so little of it even though I have watch 10 or so training videos. Your approach clicked with me. I think I will be getting more use from it now.
@@dionnevanzyl8213 Glad to hear it!!
Great video. I had Alfred for ages but almost never used it. Thanks for the awesome content!
Let me know if you end up giving it another try Alberto! 😁
@@JeffSu totally. And I'm also watching @theproductivityshop videos to maximize the workflow.
@@albertorama8262 Nice!!!
Switched to Alfred just yesterday and am loving it! I dunno if there's a setting for this tho, but when you search for something on Finder, how do you make Alfred open in the Finder window you have right now, and not in a new Finder window?
What did you switch from?
And regarding your question, I think it has to do with your finder settings (for example open new window in tab) instead of a new window or something
@@JeffSu switched from spotlight search :) Thanks for the answer!
Hey Jeff - hope all is well on your end. Just a quick one: is this still the best way to utilise Notion with spotlight search? Or is there a newer solution?
What do you mean by "utilize Notion with spotlight search"?
First off, I have to say, your response time is nothing short of impressive - quicker than Usain Bolt! 😄 My apologies for the confusion in my initial question; perhaps a bit of sleeplessness on my end led to a less than clear inquiry.
What I was trying to ask pertains to optimising my workflow with Notion, especially as I dive deep into Thomas Frank's Ultimate Brain setup. Currently, navigating to specific pages or content within Notion can be quite a journey for me, often requiring 7-10 clicks, particularly for items I don't access daily. I use Notion in Chrome on a Mac desktop.
My question is about the current best practices for accessing Notion content more efficiently.
Specifically, I'm wondering if Alfred, in conjunction with the Notion web version accessed through Chrome, is still the dream team for quick access? Or is this seamless integration only achievable with the Notion desktop app? I wanted to use Alfred like you: CMD plus space bar but wasn't sure if it apply to how I use Notion via the web browser or if there's a newer, more efficient solution out there.
Thanks a ton!
@@rahmi.digital Nah I just use CMD+P in notion to search. I usually remember the keywords in page titles I'm searching for
Lee’s is more! Thanks Jeff, that’s something I struggle with sometimes, remembering the keywords for naming. 🤣
I don't think I've made a YT comment in might life, but when you showed how to do a Google search from Alfred my jaw dropped. At the same time I thought the video stopped working, but then I looked and saw the face you were making; you knew it'd get people! Ha!
Hahahahahahahahahaha glad to hear it 😁
thanks for the video, I have a question when I type general I don't find general in settings
You might need to use spotlight for that
Good job! BTW, you can set the Alfred key to command command. It's faster and easier than the cmd space chord, and you can keep Spotlight -- although I'm not sure why anyone will need it. Also, cmd cmd ' will search files. Cmd cmd cmd , will open prefs.
INTERESTING. I had no idea idea you could set it to double-tap a certain key but that makes so much sense!!! Thanks for letting me know Michael 😁
Hi Jeff! This is great. Haven't you tried Raycast? It's so much nicer designed and even better in functionality and usability than Alfred! In my workflow, it replaced my Alfred completely. You should definitely give it a chance! Cheers.
Thanks for sharing Max! I checked Raycast out and it does look great! At this point though I feel like it's personal preference so I'd rather just stick with Alfred since I'm so used to it 😁
@@JeffSu Oh, I hope you change your mind some day so we can have your Raycast super tips as well!🤓I see it as an Alfred 2.0 already, and every week getting even better, so if the advantage becomes bigger to make your change worth it, hopefully you'll join us! Never say never :) Thanks for taking the time to answer!!
@@yakinbozek if I ever do, you will be the first to know Max 😏
Am using Raycast too, haven't tried alfred but since I've installed Raycast first, better stick to it!
@@guntherfurlong Go for it!
I came for the sense of humour and stayed for Alfred... hope that's ok too 😂 Great Video Jeff, thanks for the tips...installed Alfred today.
No sorry. I'm going to have to ask you to leave...
Great video! Do you know how to stop Alfred from clearing what I type in the search bar when I click off the window? It keeps resetting to blank search
But that's a feature not a bug 😂. I usually just copy what I had and paste it back in
@@JeffSu figured it out! You go to advanced, history and check the box show latest query if within 5min. If you don’t want that you can just press the up arrow to recall what you last typed. No more copy and paste 💪🏾
@@dek10157 Oh WOW thanks for circling back!!! Going to try this now hahaha
Could you please explain the "characters percent" part a little more? 6:33
A lot of websites replace a space " " with "%20"
can I know what screen recording do you use
Here you go: www.jeffsu.org/gear/
Hi Jeff! Thanks a lot for the great video. Although I had previously asked you to do this video, it has taken me a while to watch it, sorry for that. It is excellent and I look forward to the video about automator. Thanks!!!
No worries Davide! As long as you're here now 😁
The query search was awesome, thank you
No problem 😁
Great video as always. Thanks for the tips!
Thank you and you're very welcome 😁
Thank you for going over this app. Very cool
No problem :)
How could I use this to launch Apple's Mail and Photos and other applications? It works fine for web searches and for opening Spotify but not for Photos or Mail.
wait nvm I was able to get it lol thank you for demonstrating this. I am really looking forward to increasing my productivity using this
Glad to hear it Adrian 😁
when i print my screen with "shift + command + s(image to clipboard)", the image does not appear in the app maccy, do you know why this is happening??
Try restarting the mac and Maccy
Great video, thanks!
Glad to hear it! Do you use Alfred?
@@JeffSu Actually no, I've tried it before but stuck with spotlight, however I'm reconsidering it now after watching your video.
Howto deactivate the spotlight keyboard shortcut in ventura OS?
Preferences > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Spotlight
Thanks for the references to Portugal 🇵🇹!
Anytime Sofia 😂
Question - not sure if this is due to settings that I have checked off, but is there a way for alfred to search within specific native mac apps?
This might be a more specific use case, but i always use spotlight search to navigate to a specific spot in settings - eg. if i search keyboard shortcuts in spotlight, it'll bring me to the exact spot in system settings for keyboard shortcuts
But if i try to search in alfred, it doesn't give me any options like that
Great question! I don't think the integration is that deep! I totally agree with you though, right now I have to use Alfred to navigate to Keyboard > Keyboard shorcuts (2 steps)
@@JeffSu good to know - thanks for the quick reply! love all your productivity and app videos :)
@@nl6142 No problem!
This was great Jeff, thank you!
You're very very welcome 😁
Can someone share the name of the 'free app' he mentions at 6:07?
The software he dragged the icon to in his toolbar
Sorry I misspoke, it's NOT free. It's called Dropzone!
Awesome Video! Thank you. The "comments' field works great for local folders, but doesn't stick on Dropbox folders, even tho they too are local, any tip?
Hm...I'm not too sure but probably because FInder's comments field isn't the same as Dropboxes (even though it's for Desktop)
@@JeffSu Thanks Jeff! I found the answer, I manually added my home folder in the search scope and fixed! (new mac with Ventura).
@@Lexxo777 Oh awesome! Glad to hear you found a fix! Sorry I couldn't be of more help!
Amazing video, well done!
Thank you Luiz 😁
Amazing man, Thank you.
You're very welcome!
This guy has an awesome sense of humour!
Yea, I know 😏
Love your videos!!
Thank you Onur 😁
@@JeffSu I’m enjoying my Mac so much more because of you and your videos 💪🏼
@@onurdegirmencitv and what's I love to hear!
make a video about the full powerpack please !!
When I git gud at it...one day 😂
i never like videos, but you sir get a huge like for the por...tugal part.
Hahahahahaha glad to hear it Anders 😁
Is Alfred able to index Google Drive content for searches?
Check out the instructions in the pinned comment 😉
I put the dock on the left, auto hide it. And set the time to show to 5s. And use alfred and iterm, it is all i need
Nice! Thanks for sharing Floris, what is iterm?
@@JeffSu terminal app replacement.
@@MrFloris ahhhh gotcha
Great energy and tone
Thank you my friend 😁
I wanted to hit the like button so many times on this video
You should do it in increments of even numbers 😁
Hi Jeff! I love LOVE your videos.
I want to know more about the organizer that you use in the background for your tools!
do you have an amazon list for those?/
Thanks in advance!
Wait which ones?
Great video again, makes me want to invest more time in Alfred again 😂
Did you stop using it Nicolas? 😅
@@JeffSu I’m starting to rely more on raycast since I’ve been using it. Creating tasks from it, opening a floating note 📝, making calculations (like in Alfred and spotlight) although raycast handles formatted numbers better than Alfred, that’s probably my biggest problem with Alfred. Maybe you’ll be tempted by the dark side and make an awesome video with raycast 🤣
just subed for your sense of humor :))
Hahaha I'll take it 😁
How can you open Mac general settings from Alfred?
Alfred command bar > Preferences (or type in System settings)
@@JeffSu a quick google search later, turns out this is ‘patched’ in Ventura. Luckily there’s an official workflow for it!
@@wicked_john Oh I didn't even know there was a bug! 😂
I like using both spotlight and alfred so I use a hot key of Option+A
Nice!
Legendary jokes and awesome tips. Thanks!
Did you like the jokes more or the tips 😜
Great Video!
Thank you 😁
Thanks for breaking it down
No problem 😁
This is fire 🔥🔥🔥
3 fire emojis? Dam this video must have been good 😁
@@JeffSu yup
Please start posting videos for Android & Windows user as well, Jeff! We love you!
There will be a non-mac related video next week
@@JeffSu looking forward
YOUR AWESOME !!!!!!
Yea I know 😉
Any way to maccy works with images on clipboard history?
It does by default 😁
@@JeffSu for me que I copy an imagem appears like a blank space 🥲
Any alternative for Windows? Something similar to Alfredo app
I honestly don't know 😅
@@JeffSu Anyway thanks for the video!
is the file search feature premium now?, cause I can't find my files and images.
Definitely not, you might need to restart
@@JeffSu thanks for replying, sweet of you.
And ya I checked, it's not a premium feature, but I'm not able to use it even now.
But let it be, I explored many of the Raycast features in 1 week, and loved it.
I downloaded Alfred just to check it out. I think the free Alfred version could be lightweight and very good for someone who wants Mac and web searches.