I didn't get the point of Alfred until I tried it out. Now it feels weird to wor...

iztyhi · on June 2, 2014

I've had it installed for a while but never got beyond using it as an application launcher. Do you have any tutorials you'd recommend for getting into the advanced uses?

oalders · on June 2, 2014

I didn't do too much research to get started, but I did find this page to be a good starting point: https://github.com/willfarrell/alfred-workflows

TarpitCarnivore · on June 2, 2014

Just look through their forum that is dedicated to sharing Workflows. It makes certain things much more convenient. http://www.alfredforum.com/forum/3-share-your-workflows/

tangerinemac · on June 2, 2014

Loads of workflows here too: http://blog.alfredapp.com/tag/workflows/

colmvp · on June 2, 2014

I've been an Alfred user for the last few years.

Recently, I started using my old PC with Windows XP to play a few older games. Goodness, using the Start Button again feels so clunky, slow, and inefficient. I can't imagine why so many people made such a huge uproar about the loss of the Start button in the recent Windows when typing an application name is significantly faster and more efficient.

commandar · on June 2, 2014

The Windows XP start button is not equivalent to the NT6.0/6.1 start button.

Personally, I found the Start button in Vista to be a far better app launcher than Spotlight at the time.

bane · on June 2, 2014

I'm not sure if comparing the latest in OS X productivity apps to the default installed program finder on a 13 year old operating system is a useful comparison. You may as well be comparing it to the mechanisms in Atari TOS.

mixmastamyk · on June 2, 2014

Having a start button and search are not exclusive.

Also, you can also pin highly used apps to the taskbar, which is even faster than searching.