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Question: why? I read your post and the readme, but I still don’t know. Perhaps some background? I’m unfamiliar with both Alfred and Raycast, and while a quick
by PeterWhittaker 4y ago
Question: why? I read your post and the readme, but I still don’t know. Perhaps some background?
I’m unfamiliar with both Alfred and Raycast, and while a quick search tells me they are application launchers, that of itself tells me little, since I do not use any and don’t know what problem they solve.
Since I’ve been using Mac OS for many years, I’m guessing it’s a problem I don’t have or don’t know that I have.
Thoughts?
- beaker52 4y agoApplication Launchers are cmd + space replacements that usually come with host of useful features and a plugin interface of some kind. They’re just better than Spotlight - period. Check out Raycast - it’s the new kid on the block. Alfred is old trusty and has been around for over 15 years.
- PeterWhittaker 4y agoI’ve never understood the use case for Spotlight either. In the past, on slower machines, I’ve disabled its index because it dragged down performance. I think I’ve left it running on my Mini but I’ve never used it. (When I need to find files, I find that find and grep get me what I need quickly.)
- PeterWhittaker 4y agoWell, this has been an interesting few minutes.... Years ago, I disabled Spotlight because I found it bogged down my Air, but this thread got me curious, so I reenabled Cmd-Space and tried a few things, and am impressed... ...and my poking about re Spotlight led to me Stage Manager and I am very, very pleased. While I've always been a cmd-tab and cmd-esc person, Stage Manager is a wickedly cool and elegant new tool in my toolbox. I love how neat everything suddenly is! I suspect that after I have played with these a while, I will end up checking out Raycast.