It’s our final giveaway for this year’s Christmas calendar: Five Powerpacks and ten envelopes of Alfred goodies (stickers and keyboard brushes) will be sent to commenters at random. We don’t want to cut into your last minute shopping time so we’ve kept it simple once again. As 2011 has been a really amazing year for us, [...]
Category Archives: Tips and Tricks
Giveaway: Dropbox accounts up for grabs today!
December 16, 2011 – 7:20 am
In the spirit of Christmas and our Alfred calendar, Dropbox have given us three 10GB lifetime upgrades. Dropbox is an incredibly useful cloud-based file synching service, which we love and highly recommend for Powerpack users who want to sync their Alfred settings. To participate, leave a comment below and tell us how you use Dropbox [...]
Delight in Christmas shopping with Alfred
December 3, 2011 – 6:08 am
We can’t get away from it any longer – there’s under a month left until Christmas. *gasp* Lights and decorations are going up, and so is our blood pressure, thinking of all the presents that still need to be picked up. Fear not, Alfred’s here to help. Set up a few custom searches for your [...]
Alfred Extensions: The best scripts (so far!)
August 2, 2011 – 2:51 pm
With Alfred 0.9.9 out for general release, we’re excited to share some of the best Alfred Powerpack extensions that we’ve seen so far. These scripts have been created by Alfred users and are supported by their respective creators. Where possible, we’ve included a link to their Twitter account or website. If you’ve created a useful [...]
Alfred Productivity Tips: Tweaking your search results to show just what you want
May 24, 2011 – 11:45 am
We all use our Macs slightly differently, squirrelling files away in all sorts of obscure locations with, sometimes, less than helpful names or folder organisation. This is where Alfred comes in, like a knight in shining armour against the mountains of files on your Mac. Below are a few ways to tweak your settings to [...]
Giveaway: Share your Alfred tips [updated with winners]
May 9, 2011 – 3:00 pm
As you might know, about 3 months ago I started Alfred Tips tumblr which now houses over 50 tips and tricks, helping you make the most of the many, both free and Powerpack features that Alfred offers. There are tips for beginners as well as advanced users, ranging from descriptions of how to launch multiple apps [...]
Alfred Productivity Tips: Using custom searches
April 14, 2011 – 2:40 pm
Fancy becoming a productivity ninja with Alfred? Some might say that calling yourself a “ninja” is cliché but the ninja is efficient, stealthy and a master of his tools, just as you can be with Alfred. Besides, I’ve been gagging for an excuse to post this awesome Lego ninja picture so bear with me, alright? [...]
Alfred & QuickCal: Lightning fast calendar entries [20 License Giveaway]
April 6, 2011 – 1:38 pm
Update: Due to the popularity, we now have 20 licenses in total up for grabs! Keep the funny calendar entries coming! There are certain matches that are made in heaven; peanut butter & jelly, sunny days and weekends or Andrew and his new iPad 2. Another great match made recently is Alfred and QuickCal. Created [...]
Alfred in Technicolour: Your best colour themes
April 5, 2011 – 3:10 pm
Since we launched the colour theming for Alfred, you’ve been creating a wide variety of beautiful, interesting and, in some cases, downright bizarre colour themes. It was tricky, but we picked a few of our favourite themes that you’ve submitted or shared. To install: You need the Powerpack to use custom themes. Click on any [...]
Fixing Vanishing Artwork in iTunes 10.2 Update
March 8, 2011 – 1:46 pm
When we updated our Macs to iTunes 10.2 a few days ago, we noticed that our album artwork seemed to have vanished for a number of our albums when browsing with Alfred’s iTunes Mini Player. *cue head scratching* After a dig around, it appears that iTunes has changed the way it references album artwork. Whereas [...]
