On November 29th, we released version 1.0 of Alfred. We were so excited to finally make this milestone release available to everyone, yet we couldn’t have predicted how much better you would all make December and January for us. Since the release, Alfred received numerous accolades, including the revered Macworld Editor’s Choice Award. As a [...]
Category Archives: Announcements
Wishing You a Wonderful Christmas!
December 24, 2011 – 7:40 am
2011 - How was it for you? For us, it was… epic, in the truest sense. It was a long adventure, filled with fantastic twists and turns and a glorious ending. Not only have we made tons of new friends, learned loads more about business, but we have been awarded incredible recognition; We were graced with [...]
Giving to Cancer Research
December 19, 2011 – 7:50 am
Over the course of December, we’ve been giving away all sorts of tips and goodies for you to enjoy as part of our Christmas Calendar. Today, we’ve decided to give differently. The greatest thing we all have to be grateful for is our health, which gives us the freedom to do what we want and [...]
Alfred Powerpack and the Mac App Store (or not)
November 3, 2011 – 1:46 pm
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 [...]
Power Up!: Payment Process Gets An Upgrade
October 27, 2011 – 3:44 pm
When we first launched the Powerpack a year ago, we set up Google Checkout as the primary payment system. It was easy to set up, it was affordable and it meant Andrew could get back to adding new features to Alfred. Opinions about Google Checkout were very divided; Some of you liked it but many [...]
New Support Site & Over 100 Awesome Alfred Extensions
October 10, 2011 – 3:48 pm
Since we released version 0.9.9, you have been creating some fantastic extensions to improve your productivity. We published the first few extensions in August to give you a taster for what could be done with extensions. Powerpack users have since created over 100 extensions so we’ve added a whole new section to our new support [...]
Giveaway: Celebrate the Powerpack’s 1st birthday with a silly hat picture!
August 23, 2011 – 3:43 pm
A lot can happen in a year. 12 months ago, we introduced the Powerpack as a very useful add-on to the free version of Alfred. The first Powerpack release had three main features: File System navigation, Result actions and basic control of iTunes with the initial Mini Player. Since then, the Powerpack has grown and [...]
Sneak peek: “Neighbours” feature for Alfred 0.9
April 1, 2011 – 6:49 am
This was a parody post for April 1st. Unfortunately, Universal Powerline Cloud™ technology which allows for effortless and security free connection to your neighbours networks doesn’t exist Over the past few weeks, Andrew has been working on a new feature for version 0.9 which we’ve kept under wraps until now. This feature will make Alfred [...]
We’re heading to South by Southwest Interactive
March 4, 2011 – 4:01 pm
Next week, the Alfred team (Andrew, Anna and myself) will be heading to Austin, Texas. South by Southwest Interactive is a conference held in the city that likes to keep it weird. Developers, designers, marketing types and all sorts of interesting people gather for a few days of interesting talks and keynotes, as well as [...]
Alfred celebrates his first birthday today!
February 28, 2011 – 11:12 am
When Andrew and I look back at how much has happened in the past year, since we first released Alfred on a Sunday night while watching the Canada vs USA hockey game during the Olympics, it’s hard to believe it’s only been a year. Back then, Alfred did little more than launch web searches and [...]
