Alfred

Need your Alfred snippets on iPhone and iPad? Alfred Snippet Converter now supports zip archives, drag & drop, and batch conversion of multiple collections. What’s New Zip Archive Support - Convert collections directly after exporting from Alfred without manual extraction. Drag & Drop - Simply drag your collection files onto the app window. Batch Processing - Convert all your Alfred snippet collections in one operation. The tool converts Alfred snippets into macOS text replacements, which sync across all your Apple devices via iCloud. Read the full setup guide in Alfred Snippets on iOS. ...

A few months ago, I wrote about Alfred Snippets on iOS. In that article, I described the manual process of converting Alfred text snippets into macOS text replacements. Since then, I’ve had time to refine this project and add some new features. You can download the final Command Line Interface (CLI) or the macOS app from this link. Next on my list is the complete automation of the process of synchronizing Alfred text snippets with macOS text replacements. I’m not sure if it’s even possible, but there’s only one way to find out. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it will take me less time than it did before. ...

Last updated: 13/08/23 I’ve relied on Alfred as my daily driver for boosting productivity for years. However, I didn’t switch from Apple’s Spotlight overnight. It took three attempts before I truly embraced its capabilities. In this article I’ll share my Alfred setup and explain my most frequent workflows. Let’s dive in! The Initial Setup I’ve already described the initial setup in detail in New Mac Setup article, so be sure to check it if you’re interested. ...

Last updated: 20/05/25 This note describes the steps I take when setting up a new Mac. This process could be mostly automated, but I can’t get myself to do it. It takes me around 90 minutes to go through all the steps. Let’s get started! I. Prerequisite Files to Import Before diving into installations, I make sure to have these configuration files ready: .gitconfig .zshrc II. Software Installation Apps marked with “🌕” emoji are optional (it depends if it’s a work or a private Mac). ...

Alfred allows you to save your frequently used text clips as Snippets. Over the past few years I’ve created hundreds of them. There’s one problem. Alfred snippets only work on your Mac. Today we’ll focus on how we can convert them into macOS snippets. That way, you’ll be able to use them across all your Apple devices! How Alfred stores snippets as a Zip archive. On macOS, you can open it with the Archive Utility app that’s shipped with the system. After successfully exporting it, you’ll need to convert it from Alfred’s data format to the one used by the system snippets. macOS allows to import keyboard snippets in bulk with Property List format files (plist). ...