862: Mac Launcher Showdown

We put Spotlight, Raycast, and Alfred head-to-head to find the best launcher on Mac!

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Credits

The Mac Power Users

Stephen Robles (beard.fm)

David Sparks (macsparky.com)

The Editor

Jim Metzendorf (twitter.com/jmetzendorf)

The Fixer

Kerry Provanzano (twitter.com/ciaokerryciao)

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Sparky's Alfred Field Guide (macsparky.com/afg)
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Alfred - Productivity App for macOS (alfredapp.com)
Stephen's Full Raycast Setup (youtu.be/71K_LCKljmk)
YouTube Video

Raycast - Your shortcut to everything (raycast.com)
Pastebot 3 for Mac (tapbots.com/pastebot)
Projects | ThoughtAsylum (thoughtasylum.com/projects)
Alfred Workflow Screen (oaktreepixels.com/workflow-canvas-20260811-140…)
Gnome — Quickly Share GIFs on Your Mac (lexfriedman.com/gnome)
TextExpander: #1 Text Replacement & Keyboard Shortcut App (textexpander.com)
Drafts | Where Text Starts (getdrafts.com)
Moom · Many Tricks (manytricks.com/moom)
What's New in Raycast for Mac v2 | Raycast Manual (manual.raycast.com/new-in-v2)
A Technical Deep Dive Into the New Raycast - Raycast Blog (raycast.com/blog/a-technical-deep-dive-into-th…)
LaunchBar 6 (obdev.at/products/launchbar/index.html)