My attempts to resist getting a new M1 Mac failed. I’ve now taken delivery of a base model M1 24” iMac with a Touch ID Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, and Magic Trackpad. After migrating data from my old MacBook Pro to my new M1 iMac, I ran into an issue with Alfred. File Search was … Continue reading Mac Migration Assistant broke Alfred file search on my new M1 iMac
This is an update to my Alfred or Keyboard Maestro or both article that I wrote the other day. I’m back using both Alfred and Keyboard Maestro. After using just Alfred for a few days I discovered a couple of Keyboard Maestro macros that I use that I wasn’t able to replicate in Alfred. So … Continue reading Update – Alfred or Keyboard Maestro or both
I wrote an update August 22, 2019 to this article. You can find it here. If you’ve been reading this blog for a while you’ll know that I’m a huge fan of Alfred and Keyboard Maestro. Alfred was one of the first apps that I discovered after moving from a PC to a Mac. I use … Continue reading Alfred or Keyboard Maestro or both
My Mac launcher app has gotten an update. Although I didn’t see much reason to upgrade from version 3 I did so anyway. I want to support the developer so I also upgraded my Powerpack license. Alfred is an indispensable part of the daily use of my Macs. I use it at least 20 to 30 times every … Continue reading Alfred 4 Is Here
I wanted to share this cool Alfred Workflow, Things for Alfred, with you since I know a lot of you have moved to Things 3 since its launch. Here’s what it does. Using the keyword todo Use the keyword todo to show Things lists and action any of them for displaying the corresponding to-dos. Action … Continue reading Interact with Things 3 using Alfred
If you have been following my blog for a while you know that I’m a big fan of Alfred. I use it all the time for finding and opening files. One thing I didn’t know though is that when searching files you can do a Quick View. In the past, I’ve always opened the file … Continue reading File Quick View with Alfred
If you’re using Alfred and Bear I want to share a workflow with you that I use to search Bear notes or tags and open the result from Alfred. Here’s how it works. Searching and opening results bs — Search for a note by title and open it in Bear. bst — Search for a tag (a … Continue reading Search Bear notes from Alfred
This is Part 4 of how I use Alfred. The default way to open files or folders on the Mac is with Finder. Using Alfred I’m able to launch files and folders with fewer mouse clicks. I do this with Alfred’/s Quick File Search. I activate Alfred tap the space bar and start typing the … Continue reading How I use Alfred to launch files and folders on my Mac
This is Part 3 of how I use Alfred. There are a number of text expansion apps available for the Mac the most popular being TextExpander. I considered it but the monthly subscription was a deal breaker for me. I also didn’t need anything that powerful. All I needed was basic text expansion and sync … Continue reading How I use Alfred for text expansion on my Mac
This is Part 2 of how I use Alfred on my Mac. There are times when I need to go back to something that I copied to the clipboard and use it again. The macOS clipboard only holds my most recently copied item. So in order to go back to something I need to have … Continue reading How I’m using Alfred as a clipboard manager on my Mac
This is Part 1 of how I use Alfred. This is not a review of all Alfred’s features. It’s how I use Alfred. If you’re looking for a review of Alfred’s features you can find it here. Last year I wrote three articles about some of the ways I use Alfred. To get started, I’m … Continue reading How I’m using Alfred on my Mac – Part 1
Update: February 12, 2018 Below are links to all the articles in my “All the ways I’m using Alfred Series”: How I’m using Alfred on my Mac – Part 1 How I’m using Alfred as a clipboard manager on my Mac How I use Alfred for text expansion on my Mac How I use Alfred to … Continue reading All the ways I’m using Alfred app on my Mac
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