The first sneak preview of v2 is the Workflows feature. See examples of how workflows can be used to look at movie trailers, upload files to Flickr or feed results back into Alfred.
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Alfred Powerpack and the Mac App Store (or not)
November 3, 2011 
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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 (update: Apple delayed it until June 2012), all […]
Read moreInstalling Alfred’s Powerpack
January 8, 2011 27 Comments
[Update: While Apple has added in-app purchase since this post was originally published, it has also brought in Sandboxing rules which affect our decision to put the Powerpack in the Mac App Store. You can read more on sandboxing in this Nov 2011 blog post.] Since the Mac App Store was launched on Thursday, there […]
Read moreAlfred 0.8 and beyond!
November 25, 2010 11 Comments
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 […]
Read moreTo Tab or not to Tab, that is the question
October 26, 2010 12 Comments
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 […]
Read moreThe Mac App Store – First thoughts
October 21, 2010 29 Comments
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 […]
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