Overview of Alfred's features
Alfred is a productivity app for Mac OS X. Between the core features available for free and the advanced features you can unlock with the Powerpack, you'll find a multitude of ways to speed up your work and make you more productive.
Take a look at the wealth of features below, as well as the tutorials and guides to get started.
Taking a look at Alfred's features
The links below are organised based on the order in which you'll find the sections in Alfred's Preferences. If you can't see what you're looking for, try searching via the magnifying glass in the top right corner of this page.
General Preferences
Set your Alfred hotkey and location to get started.
Features
The majority of your Alfred preferences are set in the Features section.
- Default Results
- File Search
- Web Search
- Calculator
- Dictionary
- Contacts
- Clipboard History
- Snippets and Text Expansion
- iTunes Mini Player
- 1Password
- System Commands
- Terminal/Shell
Workflows
With Alfred's incredibly flexible workflows, you can extend Alfred to create your own amazing time-saving tools.
Take a look at the Workflows section for more details.
Appearance
Take a look at Appearance and Theming to create custom themes with fonts and colours to match your Desktop or your mood. You'll also find various display options; number of results to show, Large Type and more.
Advanced
- Take a look at the Advanced preferences for additional settings.
- The Preferences Syncing feature will help you keep your Macs in sync, or simply back up your preferences online.
Remote
Find out more about Alfred Remote for iOS's features.
Information on setting up Alfred Remote:
Powerpack
Update
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