#Launchbar smb how to#

#Launchbar smb how to#

It's hard to just 'sample a bunch' because you'll forget how to invoke them. I think one of the biggest challenges with Workflows are, however, what you said. Its file buffer is easy to use, it has a 'good enough for 95% of people' text snippet module with variables, its mini-player for music is good for quick commands, and the real guts of it, Workflows, are amazing. It's fast, which is good, but it doesn't index Spotlight metadata and for simple operations can suffer from some of what you mention.īut it can do so much more, and a lot of it is more intuitive than I've found in other applications. But for me, the raw power of Alfred more than makes up for it.Īs purely a launcher, Alfred is okay. I do think that for some operations, how you describe is more intuitive. I think that ultimately it's down to how your brain works. I know Alfred is immensively popular, so I'm asking myself whether I'm the only one having a big gripe about this behaviour. Then I press Tab and get to set the verb: 'Remind me to ', 'Send as e-mail', 'Send as sms', 'Google '.

Quicksilver and Launchbar both get this right, allowing workflows to start by typing the object: 'Buy Milk'. Was it 'Remind '? 'Note '? 'Create '? 'Remember '?).

Alfred interrupts this process by forcing me to first recall the specific command that I want to execute on the thought I'm forming. When I get a thought that I want put into words ('Buy milk'). Hoping for some good input, I want to verbalise where I think Alfred goes wrong: I did my master's thesis on cognition and how user interfaces affect working memory. Installed, got disappointed, installed Quicksilver, got disappointed and installed Launchbar, which turned out to be only half a dissapointment. Some quick research dubbed Alfred the new kid on the block. I still miss the workflow part and thought I'd look into today's alternatives. I'm installing my new MacBook and came to think of Quicksilver - a workhorse some 15 years ago, sent away once Spotlight entered into my life.