LaunchBar VS Alfred

LaunchBar Reviews

Alfred Reviews

LaunchBar mentions (8)

• You're using function keys wrong

  I've been doing this for >10 years with https://manytricks.com/butler/. Works great! You can also bind snippets of text, scripts, etc. I can't overstate how important it is to have a keyboard that groups function keys into "islands" of (generally) 4 so you can touch-type them. An ergonomics consultant once observed that the source of my neck pain was that I looked at the keyboard while typing. As a touch-typist, I... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• Maccy is an open source lightweight and searchable clipboard manager for macOS

  LaunchBar[0], which predates Alfred but is similar in function, also has a fantastic searchable clipboard manager. LaunchBar's manager includes a feature that I've not been able to find in any other clipboard manager: a push/pop stack. With this feature you can, for example, copy a bunch of different items from a web page on to the stack, then paste them sequentially in a web form and pop them from the stack so... - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

• What apps do you install on your MacBook Pro to improve performance and usability?

  LaunchBar is something I personally find a more useful and better considered tool than Alfred, though they're aimed at doing the same thing. It also comes with a great clipboard persister and manager. Every time you start doing things in LaunchBar, you can type a couple of letters to filter the list of candidates down, which means juggling a 100 item clipboard history becomes very easy to manage. Source: over 2 years ago

• Clipboard app for regularly used text

  I use the one integrated into Launchbar. Source: almost 3 years ago

• What is the best clipboard archiving utility for macbook?

  Launchbar will persist up to 100 clipboard items, with full-text search and access. I use it constantly. The rest of Launchbar is horrendously useful - the best of the 'accessory' tools, IMO. Source: almost 3 years ago

Alfred mentions (5)

• Keyboard tricks from a macOS app dev

  Alfred (https://alfredapp.com) has a snippet manager (and a _whole_ lot more kbd goodies). - Source: Hacker News / almost 1 year ago

• Need help switching from Windows to Mac

  I assume you mean Windows + R, right? Use alfredapp.com or spotlight. Alfred can do: Find apps & files. Source: over 1 year ago

• .app vs .com?

  Like spectacleapp.com or alfredapp.com for example. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Here's my Alfred Workflow (Mac spotlight replacement) for navigating Perseus quickly

  I'm using Alfredapp.com's Mac Spotlight replacement to do this. Source: almost 2 years ago

• How I qualifed + worked as a doctor while running a business + maintaining a social life and (most of) my sanity: Key principles

  Once you've got your mac set up, Alfred is essential. I've got a full list of app recommendations here but don't get bogged down in it, just set and forget. Source: about 2 years ago