![]() ![]() File System Browsing: Navigate to any file or folder on your hard disk.Browse your Music Library by playlist, genre, artist, album, composer or song.Browse or sub-search your web history grouped by days as a flat list.Browse your web bookmark folder hierarchy or sub-search a flat list of all bookmarks and folders.Browse your contacts, contact groups and contact details such as email addresses, phone numbers, etc.For example, type TED to select TextEdit, then press Right Arrow. Browse the recent documents of selected application.Alternatively (with a few exceptions) the space bar can be used for browsing as well.Collections of other items (folders, bookmark folders, browser history, contacts, Music Library, photo albums, categories, etc.) can be browsed by pressing the Right Arrow key.I don't think you need it right away but it may prove to be useful as you go forward. The developers of Alfred have an extension that they sell for a small fee. ![]() Alfred goes to the Library of Congress website and brings back a list of all the images found using that search term. I set up a custom search using the string "LOC ". For instance, I like to look at images at the Library of Congress. If you regularly search other locations that are not in the predefined list, you can easily build a new link with a term that makes sense to you. Alfred comes with a long list of pre-built search options including Google Images, Google Mail, Google Docs, Wikipedia, eBay, and quite a few more. Alfred brings up a fresh window of your browser and has already linked to the Google search page with the results returned. Instead of "find", start your search with "google ". When you hit that combination, Alfred's search bar pops up.Īnd this result comes back almost instantaneously. Alfred works through a simple search bar which is brought up by hitting a couple of keys that you can set to whatever you like. No need to go to the Dock or the Applications folder. No more Command-Tab to move around between applications. So what does Alfred do? Alfred is a combination replacement for Spotlight, a super-speedy little application launcher, and a fast route to searching the web. And best of all, Alfred works for free! It costs nothing to download the app which is still in beta. Alfred (the app) can't do everything that Carter, the butler of that series, could do, but this Alfred can do a lot. Having just watched the first set of episodes of Downton Abbey on Masterpiece Theater, I can definitely see the value in having a butler. The application I wanted to write about is called Alfred (as in the butler). I came across a free app in the newly launched App Store (you do have the latest version of OS X - 10.6.6 don't you? It gives you access to the App Store). Unlike real caffeine, this digital caffeine can be neutralized as the click of the coffee cup. Best of all, this little application is free either at the developers website here or you can get it at the Mac App store if you have Snow Leopard 10.6.6 installed (do yourself a favor and get the latest OS X upgrade if you don't have it). No more Systems Preferences diddling - just a period of your Mac being awake. ![]() you choose! You can set it up in the utility's preferences for either minutes, hours, or indefinitely. Click it and the empty cup fills with coffee and your Mac is wide awake for. The utility installs a little cup of coffee on the right side of your top menu bar. A developer at Lighthead Software has written a great little utility called Caffeine which does the trick. Do you find it irritating when the display wants to dim while you are reading a long webpage or while you are watching a video? Sure, you can hit the space bar or wiggle the mouse but why should you? You can go to the Systems Preferences to change your Energy settings for your display but this seems like a hassle for just the one thing you are doing at the moment. I guess the same could be said for my Mac. ![]() Before I can start my day, I need a little caffeine. ![]()
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