Also, shirt but very useful ebooks like “Take Control of LaunchBar”. But just the fact that small verbs, or keywords, is needed to execute things… it’s just not intuitive - the way Objective Development has created LaunchBar is incredible.Īlso, we’ve got the equally good documentation and user guide. And sure, it’s no longer as hyped or frequently name dropped as Alfred, but I don’t care.Īlfred looks so modern and “friendly”. I probably use a minority of all big features.
It gets you faster than you type.īut it’s built-in smartness is just enormous.
Objectively it is, and maybe Alfred is too, but LB feels instant. On a subjective note, LaunchBar feels like (very) Fast Software™.
#Launchbar equivalen windows mac
These two features alone, alongside the launching of apps, would be enough for a great Mac utility app. The calculator and the insanely smart parentheses is so fast, intuitive and powerful. I use the clipboard manager hundreds of times per week (and it’s saved me from losing important information many times). I also think it’s not a great first time experience for the average users - but for most of you reading this, LB is just unparalleled. It doesn’t look super modern to the average user. More important is I’m pretty confident it can’t become built in the way LB is. I don’t feel at home in Alfred and it’s not built into my muscle memory like LaunchBar is. There are so many great applications, but I do think LB would be the one application I really could measure a serious loss in efficiency/productivity (and I think, fast usage resulting in less context switching). The moment I pause any new attempt to get along with Alfred, and resume my use of LaunchBar - it’s like coming home again. I’ve purchased the Powerpack for Alfred years ago. “Why would I switch to Alfred from LaunchBar?” Hilariously, I also find myself doing self serving searches like this: Of course, I’m in my bubble just like everyone else is in their own bubbles.īeing an app junkie, and a Mac user for fifteen years, I’m always searching for better ways to tweak my Mac experience. Plus, it’s far easier to develop your own Alfred workflows–Alfred’s kind of all about that–than write your own LB scripts. Generally speaking, LB is always a little more streamlined, with Alfred spending that efficiency on an interface that persistently displays more guidance. It just seems like at every turn, the functionality of LB and Alfred converge so that whatever you can do in one, you can do in the other.
For example, I use “Send via AirDrop” all the time, and wish there were an Alfred workflow/File Action that would do that from Path Finder, not just finder. As I did with Alfred workflows repositories, I browse them all every once and a while to see if there’s anything I can use, and those few get memorized through frequent usage, just like Alfred’s workflows. You can send things to these actions, and they all have names that make their functionality obvious. I see 137 actions in LaunchBar, which you can list by launching it, then entering “Actions” and browsing into the category.
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