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Alfred is a quicklaunch application for Mac OS X, which aims to save you time in searching your local computer and the web. Whether it's maps, Amazon, eBay, Wikipedia, you can feed your web addiction quicker than ever before.
- Increase your productivity by launching apps with shortcuts
- Quicker access to web searches, bookmarks & more
- Be the first to identify "that guy" in a movie with speedy IMDB search
- Ward off RSI - skip using the mouse with easy shortcuts
- Best of all, it's free! (the Alfred PowerPack costs £15)
What's New
Version 1.2:
New Features:
- 2 new themes from user theme competition - Dark and Smooth & Pistachio
- Large type support, use ⌘L to show the currently typed text or calculation in large type
- Drag results (files / images etc) out of Alfred into emails, graphics apps, Finder
- New 'Advanced' option for Default Result types, add any file type you like to the default results (still recommend open/find/[spacebar]prefix for file search)
- Overhaul to file searching algorithm allowing, now non-continuous word based matching
- Improvements to the 'in' keyword allowing for disjoint keyword matching
- More exact matching for 'text files' in the default results, no longer matches .ics files
- Improved decimal point configuration in the Calculator, now allowing forced decimal separator output for comma based locales
- Alfred.app no longer shows in results and typing 'alfred' now opens the preferences
- Add Xcode's new Applications location to the default search scope
- More flexibility on the Spell/Define keywords, allow matching on items not in the dictionary
- Less aggressive scientific notation rounding for the calculator for better 0 approximation errors
- More intelligent 'eject' keyword to prevent false errors when a drive is successfully ejected
- Code and performance improvements
- Fixed / improved text and help throughout the preferences
- Make MAS version startup / welcome sheet non resizable and close using Esc key
- Allow ⌘^Q and ⌘^W as hotkeys, previously blocked by over-protective code
- Update the core window renderer to fix a quirk behind the preference cog with transparent themes
- Remove deprecated code and make Alfred more future proofed for OS X
Version 1.2:
New Features:
- 2 new themes from user theme competition - Dark and Smooth & Pistachio
- Large type support, use ⌘L to show the currently typed text or calculation in large type
- Drag results (files / images etc) out of Alfred into emails, graphics apps, Finder
- New 'Advanced' option for Default Result types, add any file type you like to the default results more...
Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6 or later
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6 or later
Alfred User Discussion (Write a Review)
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| Downloads:25,829 |
| Version Downloads:2,520 |
| Type:Utilities : File Management |
| License:Free |
| Date:01 May 2012 |
| Platform:Intel |
| Price:Free |
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Alfred is a quicklaunch application for Mac OS X, which aims to save you time in searching your local computer and the web. Whether it's maps, Amazon, eBay, Wikipedia, you can feed your web addiction quicker than ever before.
- Increase your productivity by launching apps with shortcuts
- Quicker access to web searches, bookmarks & more
- Be the first to identify "that guy" in a movie with speedy IMDB search
- Ward off RSI - skip using the mouse with easy shortcuts
- Best of all, it's free! (the Alfred PowerPack costs £15)
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goofansu reviewed on 02 May 2012
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cheewee reviewed on 27 Mar 2012
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Ethomp reviewed on 29 Feb 2012
This has replaced QuickSilver and Google Search Bar for me.
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Rubaiyat reviewed on 24 Feb 2012
I really regret switching from my Macupdate copy to the MAS version.
Also the MAS even manages to flag its own installations as needing updates then fails to do them.
Long Live Macupdate. :)
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goofansu reviewed on 15 Feb 2012
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Which one of these 3 would recomend?
thanks
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