Note: Before I start, this only affects software obtained through the Mac App Store. Any software purchased outside of the Mac App Store isn’t affected by this and continues as before. The Mac App Store and Sandboxing The Mac App Store is currently in transition. From March 2012, all new submissions / updates need to [...]
Author Archives: Andrew
Installing Alfred’s Powerpack
January 8, 2011 – 5:11 pm
Since the Mac App Store was launched on Thursday, there has been a little bit of confusion over how to install the Alfred Powerpack after downloading Alfred from within the Mac App Store. It’s quite simple… You need to download Alfred from our website to use the Powerpack. Think of downloading the version from our [...]
Alfred 0.8 and beyond!
November 25, 2010 – 3:29 pm
As 0.8 draws closer to being ready (1st dev release likely within the next week), I thought I would go over some of the motivations behind this release and give a bit of a sneak peek at some features between now and 1.0. The focus of the 0.8 Release Initially, 0.8 was supposed to primarily [...]
To Tab or not to Tab, that is the question
October 26, 2010 – 9:19 am
In the most recent 0.7.2 update, I started a process of usability enhancements in the run up to 1.0 to try and make the Alfred experience more predictable and consistent for new users. It’s only during this process that you realise how very few options there are for fast ‘single tap’ hotkeys to perform certain [...]
The Mac App Store – First thoughts
October 21, 2010 – 8:50 am
It was inevitable – after Apple’s success with the iOS App Store, they would want to get their finger in the pie for OS X Apps too. Is Alfred (and its Powerpack) suitable for the App Store? These are my very initial thoughts about the App Store split into Pros, Cons and Uncertains. The Pros [...]
Baking Alfred – The Release Cycles
October 11, 2010 – 2:35 pm
I love interacting with our Twitter followers, giving them sneak peeks of things I am working on for Alfred at that particular moment in time. Screenshots of upcoming features, keeping the change log up-to-date, discussing future ideas. However, this poses a bit of a problem. Alfred is under heavy development and currently releases very regularly [...]
Alfred then, now and moving forward
September 2, 2010 – 9:57 am
Alfred 0.7 launch party cake It’s been a while since I wrote my last post on the blog (Alfred is about to get a whole lot better) and I am over the moon with how much progress I’ve made with Alfred in the last 6-7 weeks. Let’s just look back to see what has changed [...]
Alfred Is About To Get A Whole Lot Better
July 15, 2010 – 12:43 pm
In the past number of months, Alfred has been my side project and I have managed to squeeze it into every spare moment I have. This includes writing the software, replying to many support emails, being really active on Twitter and listening to quite a considerable amount of feedback and feature requests. Alfred has had [...]
