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Re:macOS Ventura is now available by lelandfe on Monday October 24, 2022 @03:39PM (#33321473)
It should be embarrassing how much faster Alfred's search is. Using Alfred to just search feels like using a Ferrari to pick up groceries, but it really is just better – and has been for as long as I can remember.
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Re:macOS Ventura is now available by Hamuko on Monday October 24, 2022 @05:12PM (#33322736)
Doesn't Alfred just use the Spotlight in the backend for searches?
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Re:macOS Ventura is now available by lelandfe on Monday October 24, 2022 @05:53PM (#33323129)
It keeps your applications in a small (i.e fast) cache, so it's more or less instant when using it as an app finder.

I think it, yes, uses the Spotlight index for finding files, although I wouldn't be surprised if Alfred does some clever stuff on top of it too.

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