![]() In Alfred you can assign hotkeys the usual way, i.e Modifier+Key. (That’s also the reason that Alfred doesn’t consume any RAM or CPU resources, as opposed to LaunchBar.) There are two (not more) crucial differences between LaunchBar and Alfred:Īlfred is entirely relying on the Spotlight index. I have been testing out Launchbar again and do see its pros. I suppose my real question is about the range of possibilities in both app, but I misworded my original question. I realize that I sort of changed the topic, and you definitely did answer my first question before. (Alfred, on the other hand, it uses the Spotlight index + some Caches => Many People complaining about the “sluggishness” of LB, but they don’t even realize that LB is working based on its own index) Keep in mind that Alfred is “substantially” a different thing: LB maintains its own Index, it works with that Index +Spotlight. With some points in favor of LB, and some points not in favor of Alfred. You have asked for ease of customization.Īnd I tried to answer this in the first posts. If you write an excellent script (“workflow’) for Alfred, and I write a mediocre script for LaunchBar (“Action”) you win.īut that’s not the point. OK, it’s always a question how you write your scripts. ![]() I don’t have too much experience with the latest version of Alfred. Please correct me if I’m wrong with something. This has to do with the way how the index works: LB relies (mainly) on its own index, while Alfred is dependent on Spotlight. I find, with LB you have more flexibility to customize the index, i.e. (As a sidenote: these Abbreviations can be assigned manually, or you just let LB learn them by using.) ![]() This way you have way more available combinations in LB. These don’t require modifier keys, an Abbreviation can be for example “ABC”.
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