Raycast vs Alfred A Good and Geeky solution

Chapters

00:00 - Intro - Alfred vs Raycast 00:41 - Let's look at Raycast 00:59 - Search for Files 01:16 - Keyboard Shortcuts in teh Action Menu 01:43 - Keyboard shortcut to get back to the start 02:24 - Easy Drag and Drop set up 02:41 - Get battery Info or other system info 02:59 - Floating Notes Window 03:24 - Share out of Floating notes 03:38 - Day One the Journaling app 03:54 - Word and Character count 04:09 - Clipboard History 04:29 - Split the view into types - text, images, files, all 04:47 - Have a look at the Affinity Designer tutorials 05:09 - Drag and Drop directly out of the Raycast window 05:33 - Clipboard history drag into FInal Cut Pro 05:52 - Access to shortcut from the Shortcuts App 06:16 - Have a look at the Raspberry Pi tutorials 06:35 - Learning to use Raycast 07:05 - Raycast Window Management 07:28 - More window positions than most users will need 07:47 - Learn the KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS 08:08 - Pinning Items into Clipboard history 08:33 - Command + K to get more options 08:46 - Quick Links for sites you visit regularly 09:18 - Go to Raycast Settings 09:34 - External extensions make Raycast more useful 09:52 - Open AI Extension 10:06 - Search for Emojis 10:39 - I use Raycast to turn on Voice Control 10:55 - Outro

I have been using our friend for a very long time and I’ve upgraded at least two or three times and I’m now on version five. I have found it are useful tool in comparison to using Mac spotlight for search. A number of useful utilities are added to Alfred especially when you have the Power expansion tools added.

Recently I have found a Raycast and I’m finding that just as useful. Raycast does many of the same things that Alfred does. Looking for files and there’s an action menu which gives you extra tools when you found the file that you want. There are a number of extensions with Raycast and I find them easier to use than the automation tools you get within Alfred.

I have installed a number of extensions including extensions for dealing with git, obsidian and no tagging including one that has a floating note. It’s a quick way to capture something and to send it off to someplace else. How do use for these will be depends upon how they fit into your muscle memory. It maybe you have otherwise of doing things already which hi are inside your head and you don’t even have to think about them.

I’m enjoying Raycast and I thoroughly recommend you giving it a try. What is your preference Raycast or Alfred or are you still perhaps working with the standard spotlight from Apple. Either using Raycast or Alfred or might be both Will improve your productivity.

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