Alfred is an award-winning productivity application for OS X. Alfred saves you time when you search for files online or on your Mac. Be more productive with hotkeys, keywords, and file actions at your fingertips.

Loads of app-launching, file-searching goodness - free for you to download and use with no strings attached. Alfred is the ultimate productivity tool for your Mac. Get it and see for yourself.

Get the Powerpack. Discover the Powerpack, a set of incredibly powerful features, built on top of the robust core of Alfred and integrated with OS X.

• Single license: 19 pounds (GBP) for single user
• Family license: 29 pounds (GBP) for 5 users under one roof
• Mega Supporter: 35 pounds (GBP) Single User with Free Lifetime Upgrades

Note: This application contains in-app and/or external module purchases.

Version 3.7:

• Tweaks Alfred auto-updater to be more reliable with macOS Mojave
• Consolidate Alfred Text Helper into Alfred's core for future proofing with macOS Mojave
  • Add new request dialog on first start of Alfred to request permissions
  • Add a "Request macOS Permissions" option to the Alfred Status Bar menu if permissions aren't currently granted
• Fix empty workflow filter file search results in certain situations when suffixing a search term quickly with a space
• Fix Script Filter result mod override variables to correctly inherit upstream variables
• Fix clipboard history image preview to correctly render on retina displays
• Additional integrated URLs updated from http to https, for example, the Apple Maps link in the Contacts viewer

I owned a previous version of LaunchBar but uninstalled it because it started slowing down, and I'd periodically hit some key or spacebar at the wrong time and it would do something contextually within the app that I was not expecting, and it got annoying.

Earlier this year I read a review over at The Sweet Setup which called Alfred the best Mac app launcher. In it the reviewer specifically noted the confusing contextual commands in Launchbar. Okay, so Alfred has a free version, let me try it.

Love.

When searching for files it's faster than Spotlight! Now, when I want to launch an app or look for a file I use Alfred. (And when I need to search inside files or do sophisticated searches I use HoudahSpot.)

I've used Alfred now for around three months. I haven't upgraded yet but I'm pretty sure I will soon, if only for its 1Password integration.

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