Any useful features without/before purchasing the Powerpack?

[stevesmith8675309]

I've heard Alfred described as useful in the past but hadn't downloaded it until tonight. 

Alfred was described as a good solution for organizing and searching docs, PDFs, bookmarks, etc. 

 

So far, it appears that unless or until I purchase Powerpack, I've installed a hotkey to search Google, Amazon, or Wikipedia?

 

Color me underwhelmed. If it wasn't nearly $40 I'd buy it based on reputation to see, but surely there's more to it than a hotkey search popup?

 

Thank you

[Vero]

@stevesmith8675309 Here are just a few of the features included in the free version of Alfred:

 

• Finding apps, folders & files on your Mac
• Searching the web using dozens of built-in searches
• Custom searches which you can create for your favourite sites
• Calculator
• Dictionary (Spell & Define keywords)
• System commands to sleep your Mac, lock it, activate the screensaver, empty trash, etc
• Quicklook to preview files
• Large type to show text
• Quick search for your contacts
• Bookmarks search for Safari and Chrome

I'm sure I'm missing some too, but if you spend a few moments look around Alfred's preferences, you'll see quite how much we offer you for free.  

 

Cheers,
Vero

[stevesmith8675309]

Thank you very much, Vero!