Boost your Productivity on Mac with Alfred

Name: Boost your Productivity on Mac with Alfred
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Expand text, keep a clipboard history, search the web, or launch powerful workflows with just your fingertips

Created byJavier Cristobal

Last updated 8/2022

English

What you'll learn

Getting started with Alfred 5 and understanding all the features
How to create your own theme
How to create your own Workflows
What kind of workflows you should create
How to configure and add actions to Alfred Remote so you can run commands from your iPhone or iPad

Course content

5 sections • 53 lectures • 1h 8m total length

Introduction1:33
Boost your productivity on macOS by using Alfred to launch apps, find files, perform calculations, and search the web, with optional power pack features unlocked via a paid license.
Task: Download and install Alfred, Buy & Unlock the PowerPack0:20
General Preferences1:58
Configure Alfred general preferences on macOS: enable launch at login, set a keyboard shortcut to summon the app, specify country settings, and grant accessibility, full disk access, automation, and contacts.
Task: Get your Alfred Ready0:37
Look and feel3:30
Explore how to personalize Alfred's look by choosing and importing themes, creating your own, and adjusting window size, colors, fonts, and blur effects for each appearance.
Task: Customize Alfred1:30

Default Results: what, where and how Alfred will be able to search?4:13
Task: Customize your Default Results1:49
File Search: how to quickly find any item on your Mac3:29
Learn to use Alfred's file search to quickly locate and open any file on your Mac, reveal its Finder location, and search inside documents using tags.
Task: define your file search commands and navigation keys0:44
Universal Actions & Buffer: quickly perform actions on items and text1:57
Learn how to create and manage a buffer to temporarily store files and items, then use universal actions to perform multiple actions on items and text.
Task: define your Buffer and Universal Action hotkeys0:35
Web Searches: search efficiently on websites and applications2:52
Learn to use Alfred for fast web searches across websites and apps with keywords, and create custom searches using URLs and query placeholders to tailor your workflow.
Task: customize default web searches and create your own0:33
Web Bookmarks: access websites quickly!1:23
Boost your productivity on Mac with Alfred by quickly accessing websites via web bookmarks and keyword shortcuts like PM, with Safari or Google Chrome integration.
Task: define how you will access websites0:24
Clipboard History: don't copy the same thing twice3:21
Explore Alfred's clipboard history, which stores text, images, and files for defined durations, previews items, and lets you access them via shortcut or keyword with auto paste and quick-match.
Task: tune up your clipboard history0:48
Snippets: write quick and without mistakes3:40
Create and manage snippet collections in Alfred, assign keywords, and insert dynamic content like current date to write quick, mistake-free messages across apps.
Task: add and create your own snippets0:55
Calculator: always there when you need it0:59
Use Spotlight's calculator to add, subtract, multiply, and divide, copy the final result with a simple return, and use the equal sign for the final result.
Task: learn the calculator basics0:14
Dictionary: get instant definitions and spells0:50
Discover how Alfred provides instant word definitions and spelling help, with dictionary app definitions, spelling suggestions, and the option to copy words for use elsewhere.
Task: understand the dictionary0:15
Contacts: never fumble through your phonebook again2:46
Task: learn how to manage your contacts efficiently0:55
Play your Music1:16
Discover how Alfred on macOS launches a music player, searches the library by song, artist, album, or playlist, and controls playback via the mini player and keyboard shortcuts.
Task: set your DJ controls0:08
1Password: quickly login in any website0:50
Learn to quickly open 1Password bookmarks by typing a keyword after installing a workflow, then press enter to open in the browser or command return to view in 1Password.
Task: configure 1Password0:12
System: control macOS1:05
Control macOS with Alfred using quick commands to lock your Mac, empty trash, start the screensaver, eject drives, and free memory, with editable keywords, enable or disable commands, and confirmations.
Task: set your control commands0:08
Run Terminal commands from anywhere0:34
Boost your productivity on Mac with Alfred by learning to run terminal commands from anywhere. Copy a command and execute it from Alfred's dropdown, saving clicks over opening a terminal.
Task: define your terminal key0:07
Preview your files and text1:10
Discover how to preview files and text in Alfred on Mac using large type and keyboard shortcuts. Learn to customize previews and access them from the action panel.
Task: learn the Preview shortcuts0:40

Intro to Workflows - Triggers3:12
Task: understand how to create and run Workflows1:52
File and location Filters1:33
Learn to speed up Alfred searches by using file type filters and scope filters to locate note maps, Excel, and PowerPoint quickly, then open the selected file.
Task: understand and create your own File Filters1:37
Keyword Input1:32
Master keyword input workflows in Alfred to open websites, assign optional or required arguments, and chain actions to perform multi-site searches or quick newspaper access.
Task: understand and create a Keyword Input Worklows0:37
Another Input Blocks: Running Apps, Dictionary, List and Script Filter1:04
Workflow Action Blocks0:44
Automation Blocks0:30
Utilities Blocks0:19
Outputs Blocks0:33

Requirements

Some experience with macOS is recommended, but not mandatory
To get the most out of this course, you'll need an Alfred 5 Power Pack (single license of about $40)
For a couple of lessons, you will also need an iPhone or iPad, or you will not be able to use Alfred Remote (which costs about $5).

Description

Master your Mac and third-party applications at your fingertips, with Alfred, the mega launcher that will make you forget about spotlight, raycast, and other less powerful alternatives.

In this course, we'll go step-by-step through everything that Alfred has to offer so that you will be able to understand this awesome app from beginning to end.

How to configure the General Settings
How to create your own Themes and how to apply them
What are Default Results, and how to configure fallbacks to be more efficient
How you actually should search for your files,
How to use the Buffer of elements
What are Universal Actions, and how to use them to manage your files
How to search faster on websites
How to quickly open your Web Bookmarks and/or 1Password items.
How to never copy the same thing again twice thanks to the clipboard history
How to quickly type pieces of text, even dynamic ones, thanks to snippets
How to make calculations, and look for definitions and spells on the dictionary
How to quickly get information from your contacts, and use it with your favorite applications
How to control your Music App
How to control your System
How to run Terminal commands from Alfred
How to see text in a Large Type mode, and Previews or files
How to use Alfred Remote as your own Stream Deck
And of course, how to automate your tasks with Workflows!

If you decide to buy the course, you'll also get access to the Workflow Request section, where I'll do my best to help you create your own workflows.

I hope to see you during the course.

Javi

Who this course is for:

People who want to become Mac Power Users
Mac users having trouble finding their files
Mac users who repeat tasks over and over again
Mac users who need a better alternative to Spotlight or Raycast
Mac users who use professional applications, and have trouble remembering dozens of keyboard shortcuts.
Mac users who ultimately want to work faster and be more efficient with their computers.

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Course content

Introduction6 lectures • 9min

Alfred Features30 lectures • 39min

Workflows11 lectures • 14min

Recommended Workflows2 lectures • 1min

Alfred Remote4 lectures • 6min

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