497: Spotlight, Alfred & LaunchBar

macOS' Spotlight feature has made serious strides in recent years, but many power users still turn to Alfred and LaunchBar for app launching, file searching and executing workflows. This week, David and Stephen compare these tools and talk about their favorite features of each.

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Links and Show Notes:

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Stream Deck | elgato.com

Use Spotlight on your Mac - Apple Support

Quicksilver — Mac OS X at your Fingertips

Alfred - Productivity App for macOS

LaunchBar 6

Alfred Remote for iOS - Command Centre for Your Mac

Merge last "N" number of clipboards - Workflow Help & Questions - Alfred App Community Forum

Actions – LaunchBar 6

Alfred Workflows - Extend Alfred and Boost Your Productivity

Search Apple’s Support site with Alfred – 512 Pixels

Search Wayback Machine with Alfred

Home | Packal

Alfred Workflows - Alfred App Community Forum

iansinnott/alfred-maestro: An Alfred workflow to execute Keyboard Maestro macros.

TimeZones | Packal

Search Apple/iCloud Notes (High Sierra, Mojave, and more) - Share your Workflows - Alfred App Community Forum

Circle Ⓣⓔⓧⓣ in Alfred

Alfred Powerpack - Take Control of Your Mac and macOS

Order License – LaunchBar 6