You can set up keywords to launch a custom search from a page of your choosing rather than a regular google search. With the custom search option, you can personalize Alfred’s web search to an extreme level. If you have your location settings on, you can also search for nearby places and movies etc the same as you do on your phone.Īlfred takes the web search to next level. It fetches results simultaneously form Web, Siri suggestions, and Siri knowledge. Spotlight has a pretty wide range in web search. But it is not fair to compare the two apps with unequal settings. Surprisingly the app says it is not recommended as it may slow down the search process. Open the Alfred app, under Features > Default Results, check the box ‘ Unintelligent’. For example, if you type ‘Pages’ all files of pages will be listed in the suggestions below.Īlfred might seem a bit slow at first when it comes to file search, but you can change this from the Settings. Alternatively, you can type the app name and all files related to the app will be listed in the preview. When you search for a file, Spotlight gives you suggestions from document files, folders, bookmarks etc. Spotlight searches all file types by default but of course, you can change the preference from System Preferences > Spotlight >. Pressing the shortcut displayed in front of a result will launch the app. And since every result of Alfred has its own shortcut, you won’t have to scroll through the results. While Spotlight takes ‘a’ second to process the command, Alfred will start showing you results as you type. But, what makes this point comparable is the speed of processing a keyword, of course in our testing. Launching appsīoth Alfred and Spotlight, are App launcher at heart. If you do so the apps will launch on every alternate command. Both Alfred and Spotlight can have the same hotkey as well.
You can choose your own set of combination but preferably different from Spotlight. Although, you can change it later anytime. To change the shortcuts, double click where the shortcut is displayed and press your preferred set of hotkey to save it.Īlfred, on the other hand, would ask you to set up a hotkey when you first initiate the application. The hotkey to launch Spotlight by default is cmd+space, but it can be changed or completely turned off from System Preferences > Keyboard > Shortcuts.
ALFRED 4 VS SPOTLIGHT WINDOWS
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ALFRED 4 VS SPOTLIGHT FREE
To have a fair comparison, in this article we will compare them under, Spotlight Vs Alfred’s free version. What is the need for another launcher app then? What more can Alfred offer? Let’s analyze some points that might help you decide.īefore we begin, Alfred comes with lots of amazing paid feature along with free ones. It not only lets you find files and launch apps but also comes with a built-in calculator, currency converter, dictionary and much more. Spotlight is ‘the tool’ when it comes to working on Mac.
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