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This cheatsheet covers the default hotkeys, keywords and shortcuts for Alfred's features. Hotkeys in green are part of Powerpack features.
Note that, if you have changed hotkeys and keywords away from defaults, you'll need to refer to your own Alfred preferences to find out what they are.
Clever Question Mark:In Alfred, type '?hotkeys', '?keywords' or the question mark followed by the name of a feature, workflow, snippet, custom search, etc to bring up the relevant results.
Keep your Alfred settings in sync across your Macs with ease using Dropbox. Search for files and add them to your buffer to take action on all of them at once. Shell integration. Quickly open Terminal and run Shell commands from Alfred's command box. Search your local Contacts and copy or take action on their details. Alfred is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The most popular Linux alternative is CerebroApp, which is both free and Open Source.If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Alfred and 12 are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement.
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Alfred is command line tool for deep-learning usage. If you want split an video into image frames or combine frames into a single video, then alfred is what you want. To install alfred, it is very simple. Sudo pip3 install alfred-py. Alfred is both a lib and a tool, you can import it's APIs, or you can directly call it inside your terminal. Open Alfred on the two phones and sign in with the same Google account. Set one phone as the Viewer and one as the Camera, and enjoy simple security. Home Security Camera Pet Camera Health Care Camera Baby Camera. Home Security Camera Pet Camera Health Care Camera. Custom Alfred iTerm Scripts. AppleScript for iTerm2 Alfred integration. Copy the script to your clipboard. Open Alfred Preferences (call Alfred and press ⌘,). Navigate to Features → Terminal → Custom. Set Application to Custom. Select the text in the box. Optionally, change the script’s behaviour by changing the property.
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Basic Hotkeys
⌥space Show Alfred
↓ Select the next result in the list
↑ Select the previous item in the list
↩ Action the currently selected item
⌘# Action the # item directly [1-9]
⌘o Open file or application in default application
⌘, Show the Preferences Window
⌥↩ Search the currently typed query in Spotlight
⌃↩ Search the currently typed query in default web search
⌘↩ Reveal in Finder (if the result is a local file)
preferences Show Alfred Preferences
Launch applications
app name To launch an application simply start typing its name, then hit Return
Search the web
google, wiki ... Use predefined web search keywords
Find files quickly
open Follow keyword by query to open a file
spacebar Follow a space with your query to open a file
find Follow keyword by query to reveal file in Finder
⌘o Open the file
in Follow by a query to search for files that contain this query
Speed up your Mac productivity
define Follow keyword by a word and get a definition
spell Follow keyword by a word and see results with suggested spelling
13*567 Type a calculation into main window to get the result
= Start an advanced calculation (enable this function in the Calculator Preferences)
screensaver Start Screen Saver
trash Show Trash
emptytrash Empty Trash
logout Log Out
sleep Sleep your Mac
sleepdisplays Sleep your Mac's displays
lock Lock your Mac
restart Restart your Mac
shutdown Shut Down your Mac
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eject Eject (removable media or all mounted volumes)
hide Hide the running application
quit Quit the running application
forcequit Force Quit the running application
Work with files and applications
~ Navigate to your home folder
/ Navigate to your root folder
⌥⌘/ Go to last browsed path in the File System Navigation
previous Go to last browsed path in the File System Navigation
→ Show list of available Actions for selected item
fn Show list of available Actions for selected item
⌃ Show list of available Actions for selected item
⌥⌘ Show list of available Actions for selected Finder item
⌘↓ Browse selected folder in File System Navigation
↩ Enter a folder in File System Navigation
backspace Go up a folder
⇥ Autocomplete
. Show hidden files in File System Navigation
Tip: start typing in name of a folder/file to select it
Save your clips
Clipboard History and Snippets are Powerpack features.
⌥⌘c Open Clipboard History viewer
⌘c Copy selected clip to current Clipboard
snip Access snippets from main Alfred window with this keyword
clear Use keyword to clear Clipboard History
⌘s While in the Clipboard Viewer, save current clip as a snippet
Listen to Music
The iTunes Mini Player is a Powerpack feature.
These keywords must be used while the Mini Player is showing. Set up iTunes workflows to add keywords to your default results or global hotkeys.
⌃⌘↩ Show the iTunes Mini Player
itunes Use keyword to show the iTunes Mini Player
⌃⌘↓ Play / Pause
play/pause Play / Pause keywords
⌃⌘→ Next Track
next Next Track
⌃⌘← Back Track
back Back Track
previous Previous Track
⌃⌘↑ Play Random Album
random Play Random Album
volmax Maximum volume
volmid Half volume
mute Mute volume
⌃⌘[0-5] Rate currently playing song from 0 to 5 stars
backspace Go up a folder in iTunes Mini Player
⌘r Reindex iTunes library
Email and keep contacts
Contacts and Emailing is a Powerpack feature.
email Use keyword followed by name or email address to send an email using your default email client
Tip: If you open Address Book entries within Alfred, you can action individual fields (e.g. pressing return on an email Address will launch a new email to this address, etc)
Workflows
Every workflow has its own set of keywords and arguments, so have a look at the workflow's own documentation for details. You'll either find the documentation within the content of the workflow or on the creator's own website.
You can also type your keyword or part of the hotkey into the Workflows search to find them more easily!
File Search is an essential part of Alfred's search functionality. It allows you to expand your search, navigate your Mac's directories and take action on files you find.
On this Feature page, you'll find out more about:
Looking for File Actions? They've moved in the Alfred 4 preferences, so you'll find the Actions documentation here instead. QuickLook and Previews have also been moved out of the File Search prefs.
File Search
Alfred's Default Results include the most essential file types; Applications, System Preferences, Contacts, and any file types you've added.
When you need to expand your search scope beyond these core file types included in Alfred's results, the File Search keywords are here to help you.
- Use the 'open' keyword to open a file (or press the spacebar as a shortcut!)
- Use the 'find' keyword to reveal the file in Finder
- Use the 'in' keyword to search inside your files' content
You can customise these keywords in the Features > File Search preferences.
You can also choose which file types Alfred should not show in the results, and how many results Alfred should present.
If you're a Powerpack user, take a look at File Filters to create custom search filters based on file types or search scope, making your searches even more efficient.
File Navigation
Use Alfred to navigate through your Mac's file system. This is a great way to quickly make your way through folders without having to use the mouse.
To start, type:
- / (slash) to take you to the root folder on your Mac, or
- ~ (tilde) to go to your user directory.
From here, start typing the first few characters of the next folder or file you want Alfred to narrow his search to or use the arrow keys to go down to the folder you need.
Not sure of the file name? Add a * (star) to the start of your search term to make it into a wildcard.
You can tweak which keys are used to navigate through and open folders in File Navigation in the Features > File Search > Navigation preferences.
Sorting Preferences and Order
Using the cog in bottom right of the File Navigation window, you can customise the sorting by Name, Creation Date or Last Modified Date, and whether you want to show folders at the top.
You can set the order to ascending or descending either in the cog preferences, or by clicking the arrow next to it to swap the order.
⌘ + Shift + I can be used to show and hide the preview on the right side.
File Buffer
The File Buffer allows you to select multiple files and add them to a buffer. You can then take action on all of these files at once!
The buffer is controlled by using the ⌥ (Alt) key in combination with the selected file in Alfred's results.
- ⌥↑ to add a file to the buffer from Alfred's results
- ⌥↓ to add a file and move to the next item in your list of results
- ⌥← to remove the last item from the buffer
- ⌥→ to action all items in the buffer
- ⌥ backspace to remove all items from the buffer
You'll see an upwards arrow identifying the files you've already added to the buffer.
You can also see additional information about the particular file, as well as a cheatsheet of the key combinations when hovering over the files.
You can modify some of the preferences in Alfred's Preferences under Features > File Search > Buffer.
Want to take action on multiple files at once without first popping Alfred up? Select them in Finder and press the Finder Selection hotkey (which is ⌥⌘ by default) to bring up the Actions panel.
Recent Documents
The Recent Documents feature helps you locate the files you've opened last in a particular application.
Search for the application you're looking for and press the right arrow to show the list of file actions for your app. You'll then see the list of available file actions for it; Recent Documents will be at the top of the list. Press the Return key to see your latest documents.
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Known issue: this feature is not fully compatible with Microsoft Office and some other non-Cocoa (non-native macOS) applications. In these cases, only files opened with Alfred will appear in results due to the limitation of the third party software.
Learning more about file search
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Want to do even more with file search?
You can also take a look at the Guides and Tutorials for more ways to be productive when searching your Mac.