+1 for Alfred. Amazing software.

++2 for Alfred. AND it has plugins so you can search your Chrome or Brave tabs with Alfred as well. I just hit CMD + Shift + T and it'll search all my open tabs without the browser being in focus. I had to pay but it wasn't much. Use it everyday! https://github.com/epilande/alfred-browser-tabs

oooh, I hadn't seen that plugin before; nice

I used Alfred for 10+ years as well, but am a recent Raycast convert. Much larger and easier to use extension ecosystem, and looks nicer too IMO.

Raycast looks really interesting. Is there anything you miss from Alfred?

Nope, I installed a few extensions to replicate things I had in Alfred, and got a few new features for free

Alfred (https://www.alfredapp.com/) and BetterTouchTool (https://folivora.ai/) really are two of the must-haves for every mac.

> BetterTouchTool

Physical function keys are a must-have for every mac imo

BTT does work with the TouchBar, but the "Touch" in the name comes from "touchpad" since it originally was used to add various macros/gestures to the touchpad and mouse. TouchBar support was added later.

Most new Macs come with full-size function keys, including a massive escape key the same size as the tab key. (At least on the en-US layout; can't speak to others.)

> > BetterTouchTool

> Physical function keys are a must-have for every mac imo

While it wasn't the case for a while, they all do now.

TipTap mapped to cmd+tab oh lordy

Interesting. What other gestures do you use? I've tried to setup BTT to emulate cmd+tab with swipe right or left but it wasn't a smooth experience so I've made Touch-Tab https://github.com/ris58h/Touch-Tab

Made a mistake, I use TipTap for ctrl+tab aka switching tabs in browsers and IDE's.

Also four finger press for cmd+`

I have a lifetime/powerpack Alfred license, and i don't use it much, if at all. I have it installed, but in my experience Spotlight has gotten a lot better in recent years, at least to the point where i just use that.

My only excuse for using Alfred is Dash (https://kapeli.com/dash), which integrates with Alfred, but these days so does just about every editor i use (including Vim, Emacs and Sublime Text), so i very rarely find myself using Alfred for it anymore.

One tool i do use at lot though is Hook (https://hookproductivity.com/).

It’s an easy configuration change to default the search to the current folder. Alfred is great on it’s own but not needed to fix this.