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# Raycast's Delightful Little Details
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/raycasts-delightful-little-details/
- Published: 2022-06-28T11:00:57.000Z
- Updated: 2022-06-28T11:00:57.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

After a decade or so of using [Alfred](https://alfredapp.com/?ref=birchtree.me) as my app launcher on macOS, I recently switched to [Raycast](https://www.raycast.com/?ref=birchtree.me). It's a fantastic app launcher in its own right, and I'm really impressed with its extension system that developers seem to be able to easily tap into and create nice experiences. Here's a video I made recently on some of my favorite extensions:

But this post is just a quick appreciation for the "suggestions" section when you bring up the app with whatever your keyboard shortcut is (mine is `Option+Space`). The app helpfully has a few suggested apps there, and more often than not what I'm looking for is right there and I can arrow down to select it and go. I can of course type out the letters and launch it that way too, but I really like having the most likely apps be there straight away.

I have no idea how this list is generated, but it saves me a bit of time every day, and I appreciate any software that saves me a bit of time.

*P.S. I hear Alfred 5 is coming soon, and I'll be very interested to see what they've got cooking for that release.*