Alfred App - Change Log

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Development / Change Log

The current public Mac App Store release is 1.0, the current non MAS release is 1.1.

1.1.1 In development

New Features

Advanced option for the default file search to add any file types you like. Still recommend using the 'open' and 'find' key-words (or prefix a search with [spacebar] to enter file search mode)Code sign Alfred in preparation for future versions of OS XWhen using 'email' keyword, option to choose to open Contact View if there is more than one email address, otherwiseemail the primary address

Improvements

Ability to switch first name and last name in contact viewer for better localisationMore exact matching for 'Text Files' in the default results, matching plain text and rtf. This now correctly excludes irrele-vant text based items such as .icsMatch the 'Open With / Copy To / Move To' search scope to the File Search scope for better predictabilityAdd XCode's new Applications location to the default file search

Bug Fixes

Fix Phone and Email advanced address book settings for OS X Snow Leopard 10.6Use correct 'mute' AppleScript when using the Alfred iTunes Mute Global HotkeyMake sure Address Book icon shows correctly in future versions of OS X



1.1 13th Feb 2012

Note: This release is only available from our website as it is almost entirely Powerpack features.

New Features

Assign custom actions and extensions to Contact Viewer metadata types

Configurable advanced 'Show Alfred' global hotkey with ability to bring selected text into Alfred



Ability to set a filter's default action to an extension instead of just opening it. Allows for improved workflow for selectinga particular file and actioning it with a custom action



Ability to 'replace' a current extension of the same name when importing - allows for easier upgrading of extensionsRenaming of hotkeys is now possible by right clicking (or double clicking) on the hotkey in the listAdded a 'help' keyword which gives quick access to search Alfred's help siteIntelligent type matching with spell / define keywords. If you start spelling with a capital letter, ensure this is carriedthrough to all spelling suggestionsDrag reordering URLs in Alfred's URL global hotkeys prefs to set tab (or window) order in your default browserDrag reorder Applications / Files in Alfred's File Group extension prefs to set launch order



Improvements

Wildcarding in the clipboard history view with * for more flexible searching through historyNon anchored Name search for snippets in the clipboard viewer (for more 'interesting' matching)The iTunes Mute keyword now mutes iTunes instead of setting volume to 0. This allows toggling of mute by typing muteagain. Automatically un-mutes on playing from mini player.Turn off iTunes Mini Player DJ mode when selecting a random album to prevent confusionWorkflow extension parameters now have the option to be Required / Optional / None, allowing for keyword to belinked directly to workflow with no extensionDe-duplicate URLS which are in history and are typed as new so you don't see URLs twice (once typed and once from his-tory)Place cursor position to the right of the path when using a global hotkey to open a file path in Alfred's file system naviga-tionImproved URL matching for localhost and sites which use ports (e.g. localhost:8888)Ignore certain schemes from URL recognition e.g. site: kind: as these work better on fallback / finder based searchesImprove some of the help subtext throughout the preferences for clarityRemove all spaces from query for maths calculation as they are unnecessary. Also allows for space delimiting on largenumbers for clarityRemove legacy code from Alfred, doing a nice big tidy up on the way for improved efficiencyAdd a gap in the Features > Default Result prefs between Essential and ExtrasImproved contact card notes field (no longer truncates to the right for multiple lines)Improvements to iTerm2 focusing after 'open terminal here' and terminal commandsMore useful message on invalid licensesAllow for valid spaces in URL recognitionAdd the additional items which are now synced to the help text in the syncing prefs

Bug Fixes



Prevent the confirmation dialog from showing when deleting from views in Alfred's preferences when no rows are select-edDefend against potentially dodgy iTunes metadata, especially with MatchUse the correct Amazon online store when Ireland is selected as localeMake sure the application name is correctly shown in the Global Hotkeys list when dragging a new application inWhen using the Random Album function outside of the iTunes Mini Player, reload the library if needed instead of doingnothingChange spelling to Luxembourg in locales (tsk tsk @vero)Fix wording for AppleScript extension subtext (was accidentally the same as shell script)Correctly encode URLs typed into Alfred which contain accented charactersFix keypad enter key to work in contacts viewerMake default Facebook search UTF-8Clear search context when changing query prefix (fixes e.g. exiting contact viewer, then prefixing name with google)Trim the 'custom home folder location' before use as trailing newlines gave strange behaviourEnsure that contacts are still opened in the contact viewer with the new filter action customisation

1.0 29th Nov 2011

Global Hotkeys

Significant improvements to Powerpack Global Hotkeys:Assign hotkey to Application and optionally toggle show/hide with assigned hotkeyAssign hotkeys to your extensions and optionally pass a parameterAssign hotkeys to Alfred's built in system commands such as Sleep, Empty Trash etcAssign hotkeys to Alfred's iTunes functions such as Random Album, next, previous, iTunes volumeAssign hotkeys to groups of URLs to show all your favourite sites in a single keypress



Assign a hotkey to a folder to browse in Finder or directly within Alfred's filesystem navigationGlobal Hotkey Syncing between your macsRelative ~ paths for hotkeys linked to files for better syncing

New Features

New Payment process: We now accept CC payments & PayPal directly: alfredapp.com/purchaseRemember recently typed URLs for subsequent recall / use. New preferences section to configure this:



cmd+c now copies information for the current result in Alfred's default results (e.g. file path or URL)Improvements to snippets preferences allowing for searching and sorting for editing:



Improvements

Improved preferences, consistency and performanceSnippets can now be used when the Clipboard History is disabledShow the clipboard history source icon next to the clipboard history icon for better context



Show a nice generic icon to represent web links rather than the Safari document iconMore available custom fallback searches (6 instead of 3)Allow wildcarding in iTunes search and also improve search accuracyFlatten diacritics in iTunes search for more predictable matchingBetter distinction between Album and Artist icons in iTunes mini playerTickbox to enable/disable individual extensionsImproved / less imposing look to the "Alfred should have found something" fallback result:



Better URL handling and recognition (can now accept things like messages://)Nicknames now accepted in Alfred's 'Email to' actionDrop folders directly into Alfred's search scope listIncrease the total storage time for clipboard history to 3 monthsAllow for + for space encodings in custom searches to support more site searchesImprove accuracy when using double tap hotkeys, ensuring that shift doesn't interfereIf {query} is used in a custom search's title, no longer automatically appending {query}Alfred can now eject all items in /Volumes (set this in the preferences)



Improve the 'play' keyword to also look at file name as well as track nameAllow extension parameters to be marked as 'optional' as well as 'required' for more flexiblilityGlobal [advanced] option to mark AppleScripts as 'run' instead of 'open' (can still open using cmd+o)Update to newer Growl frameworkRemove and update deprecated code to make Alfred more future proofMake the delete/backspace key work for deleting extensions for consistency

Bug Fixes



Improve defence against odd unicode character entry into Alfred search boxRun "empty trash" command in the background to prevent blocking Alfred with very many trash itemsFix subtext for iCloud synced contacts for correctly showing in AlfredEnsure that ~ correctly resolves to the home folder in the actions viewsMake the numpad "enter" key work the same as the "return" keyBetter handling of symbolic linked folders and files in Alfred's file system navigationiTunes keywords now removed from the default results when disabled in prefsRemove trailing slash from Applications when using the Finder Selection hotkeyRemove defunct § key from launching the iTunes mini player (legacy)When importing a new extension, correctly scroll to the new extension in the listCorrectly launch contact web addresses when they are missing the http://Work around Lion bug where isCaseInsensitiveLike was failing for certain strings causing a hangNo longer miss off the first letter of an email address if setting the email keyword to @Stop custom search icon from being lost when adding a second custom search with identical URLFix help text on reindexing shell script, changing 'any key' to 'enter' for continue

Changes for 1.0b (development build 162)

Show the Alfred icon in clipboard history for items copied from Alfred (such as spellings and calculations)Keep the correct icon for a clipboard icon when pasting from the clipboard historyUpdate the Google Docs web search URL so that it doesn't show the old style themeFix Alfred's default window position quirks when using a second screen with Alfred's preferences showingWhen running .scpt files with the 'MS Office' experimental option selected, ensure Alfred correctly hidesFix hotkey migration so that it doesn't happen more than once on machines which are already syncingWord based matching for the 'quit' keyword, e.g. 'quit chrome' will now quit Google ChromeFix the 'ejectall' noise problems including non /Volumes/ itemsAdd a nicer intro screen on the Global Hotkeys to match the Extensions prefs better



Correctly show icon for relative ~/ files and apps in Global Hotkey prefsRecognise .local as a valid URL when using Alfred to open URLs

Changes for 1.0b (development build 165-7)

Improved iTerm2 behaviour in LionAllow for wildcard based filtering in the File System Navigation:

Recognise 'localhost' as a valid URL when typed into AlfredPre-compile regular expressions to improve performanceAdded an alfredapp: URL scheme for faster access to activating the PowerpackImproved Powerpack registration experience and mask code until requiredAdded defensive code for rare situations where the metadata query may be invalid / nullAdd custom Global Hotkeys usage to Alfred's usage counterImproved Terminal behaviour in Lion with 'restore' mode activated

Changes for 1.0 (development build 168)



Removed URL history from syncing due to conflictsAdded ! as a possible prefix for shell integration for vi usersFix Terminal.app integration when in restore mode (thanks @jdfwarrior)Tidy up code and do shortest path analysis / leaks detection

0.9.10 23 August 2011

A quick update on top of the huge 0.9.9 release to add a number of small fixes affecting a few users. Also to test my new buildscripts!

Make Alfred more resistant to potential unexpected problems caused by shell extensionsBetter identification of contacts which can be viewed in the Alfred contact viewerFix incorrect subtext for non PP / MAS contacts in Alfred's resultsFix fallback searches from showing '{query}' in the prefs, correctly show '...'Add Intel only Growl library to standardise for website / app store compliantDeferred pasting with 'snip' keyword to keep consistency with clipboard navigatorRegister Alfred's defaults setting earlier in initialisation for robustnessRemove froogle search due to complications (users can add a custom search for this instead)Change 'Search Google Mail' web search to work with new style gmail URLsSetup Lion build server and auto build / release scriptsEmail keyword with an additional space stops keyword from workingAdd Israel to selectable Locales

0.9.9 31 July 2011



Extend Alfred!

Create your own extensions for Alfred:

Command Line Scripts (with Growl output)AppleScriptsAutomator WorkflowsAdvanced Search FiltersFiles and file groups

This is a huge new part of Alfred. Expect more information, documentation and improvements over the coming weeks and



months :)

Improvements

Add Growl SupportAdd Global Hotkey usage to statistics graphImprove Knowledge Sorting to better account for extensions [and web searches]Add 'get info' action for filesAdd ` (backwards quote) as an option for Shell escapingMultiline Editor for Terminal commandsEject improvements including growl notificationRewrite syncing to make a little more intelligent + watch app support when not syncingDrill into Application bundles when using the folder nav keys in FS NavMake emailing attachments work with Sparrow Lite.appAdd /Applications to default copy/move to paths for easy selectionDifferentiate between Address Book contacts and contact metadata files in Alfred's resultsAdd disabling of fn/ctrl to actions in the keyboard tweaking optionsMake Delete / Backspace key remove rows in preference tablesMove Knowledge.alfdb from Caches back to App Support for safetyAbility to use Open Meta tags when creating search filters & extensions

Bugs

Fix AppleScript for sending email attachments in latest Mail.appPrevent obscure crash when using iTunes controls in main Alfred resultsPrevent terminal from opening twice bug when using "Open Terminal Here" actionRemove the update of the 'last used' flag in the OS X metadata



Fix aspect ratio on icons dragged in for custom searches, extensions etcFix bug which prevented alt+backspace being used as hotkeyMake sure that global hotkeys are correctly unregistered when removing

Changes for 0.9.9 Dev 2 (build 142)

General bug fixes and improvementsAdd back the Lion Compatibility buttonImproved more attractive branded Powerpack tabMatch 'action' extensions by title, not nameContact's Note field now shown in Contact Card Viewer (switchable in prefs)Prevent Alfred from crashing with two {query} strings in an extension titleOnly show growl eject notification if there isn't an eject errorAllow for relative workflows in specific extensions folder (for easier exporting)Show nice visible growl icon on Script Extensions which use Growl (links to growl.info)Correctly output UTF8 from scripts to GrowlMore {query} escaping options for shell scriptsCtrl N/P bindings in Address Book contact cardOffer some default options for the file filter extension metadata fields when clicking [+]Small fixes for future iTunes compatibility

Changes for 0.9.9 Dev 3 (build 145)

New theme (for free and powerpack users) suited to LionWork around for /Applications not being found with search scopeFix problem where snippets were sometimes not saved properly when editedFix at the Spell / Define issues for Lion (incorrect definition, missing words)



Improve Spell / Define accuracy for exact matching [and missing] wordsImprovements to the knowledge / results sortingPrevent the backspace (delete row) event from being incorrectly consumed in the preferencesCustom file type for extensions (.alfredextension) for exporting and easy double click import of extensionsUpdate framework to allow some results to truncate subtext on the tail e.g. spell / defineAdd note on spelling prefs to say 'prefs need to be closed for paste to work'When opening a contact in alfred, massage the last used metadata so it's up the topExpand ~/ in the Filter Extensions search scope box for easier creation and better sharable filtersWhen a user deactivates a powerpack, make sure to unsync and copy settings back to prevent lossMake sure .scpt files run (rather than open) when setting up a custom filter for AppleScriptsFix the spacing of the Powerpack icon in the features outline viewShow warning if invalid file is dropped onto the extensions prefs (zip or folder)Update the 'open with...' app list to ignore alfred:ignore filesAdd link near 'Download Alfred' on website to help users activate powerpackCorrectly escape spaces in Custom Search names with %20 (just URL encode whole thing) reported in email by NathanielIronsAllow snippets to be deleted using the backspace key in the list (for consistency)Change twitter search to the more modern http://twitter.com/#!/search/{query}Add help button to extensions intro page

0.9.1 - Lion Compatibility Release 24th June 2011

This is a minor update to prepare for OS X 10.7 Lion. Other improvements include...

Add Lion info to About TabApp Caching performance improvementsFix quirks relating to result noise when using Calculator



Prevent opening 2 terminals in Terminal.app for file actionsA number of other minor fixes

0.9 11th May 2011

Global Hotkeys [Powerpack]

Set global shortcuts for your favourite apps, files and scriptsOption to either open or run AppleScript shortcutsAppleScripts run as separate process for non blocking and stability

Custom Terminal Commands + Improvements [Powerpack]

Add your own custom terminal commands to be able to run scripts with keywords and argumentsRun your commands in Terminal or silently behind the scenesAdd custom shell actions to Alfred's actions panel (path passed as argument)Add your own icons to make your commands look like fully native Alfred commandsPrevent Alfred from opening two Terminal.app windows when running terminal commands from Alfred

Preference Syncing [Powerpack]

Sync certain preferences between Macs using the sync drive of your choosing (Dropbox, iDisk)Syncs Snippets, Scripts, Custom Sites, Themes

iTunes Mini Player Improvements [Powerpack]

iTunes DJ Support - best way to randomise your iTunes library (toggle in prefs)Option to exclude TV Shows and Movies in iTunes Mini Player [exclude by default]



Option to remove the iTunes Store link from the bottom of the mini player (aesthetic reasons only)Take Album Artist into consideration when playing all songs by an artistAdd reindex button to iTunes preferences to supplement the mini player reindex methodsRemove gradient and correctly constrain title text (works better with semi transparent themes)Prevent iTunes reindexing happening concurrently with multiple cmd+rShow track number for mini playermake cmd-dn / cmd-up work in itunes mini playerIndex playlists from XML so they are now available in the standard iTunes Mini Player search (toggle in prefs)New icons for Folder and Genius playlistsTidy up and remove unused iTunes AppleScriptUser definable keywords (pause / next / prev) for controlling iTunes in both Mini Player and CoreFix Next/Prev actions to start playing if currently pausedFix situation where track name didn't display in mini player header for certain typesAdd transport controls (play / pause etc... in main window too).Properly index playlists (just by name so they are in default search, including playlists inside of playlists)

Overhaul Preferences

Visual improvements to give more polished feelUsability improvements in almost every single preference panelWider prefs window by default (from 550 to 600 with vertical split at 180)Rename 'About' to 'Alfred' as it now contains more stuffMove 'Usage' preferences into new 'About' preferences to prevent clutterMove 'Updates' prefs from General to About prefs to make it more obviousIncrease width of Features tab by 50px to match content width of other prefsRemove hanky from Alfred hat in About prefs to standardise brandingNew background image (better resolution) in about prefs tab



Rename references of experimental in resources and code to advancedRemove the 'Local' group from prefs and merge into 'Basic' groupMake the features tree collapse properly (so that Lion works better) and items re-select correctlyStandardise the use of the full stop in descriptions (use full stops)

Other New Features & Improvements

Drag files out of Alfred into other apps [PP]Update 'Custom Sites' editor view and allow for custom imagesAdd the ability to hide, quit, force quit currently running applicationsAdd iTunes and Clipboard to usage graph [PP]increase size of text area for filenames while browsing the file system [PP]Update to latest version of FMDB by @ccgusTruncation and general UI improvements around text displayUser definable home folder, default to ~/ [PP]User definable tab key (auto-complete or action) [PP]Make AppleScripts run with osascript rather than NSAppleScriptStop pre-compiling applescripts and compile / cache on the fly on users' machinesAdd email attachment support for Outlook (thanks @jdfwarrior) [PP]

Bug Fixes

Add logging into the email client detection to help debug rare situations where mail client is not foundReorganise first responder on initial activation to prevent possible missing eventsFix fuzzy matching interfering with things like terminal by ignoring anchored chars e.g. >When main results subtext paths are too long, truncate in the middle so you can see the filenamePut postcode above country in Alfred's Contact Card view



Prevent Alfred from showing unnecessary items with eject keyword such as /home and /netMake the app cache work more gracefully on non english locales when searching for localised apps in englishStop icons from flicking in fs nav / preview by showing the default icons first (like folder)Treat script bundles as scripts when searching and run applescripts independently (non blocking) to Alfredset level of Alfred window to be above things like help windows etc

Changes for 0.9 dev [build 116]

Improved memory management for clipboard history - prevent ballooning when storing lots of extra large clipboarditems [PP]Correctly process low level Esc event, now allows Esc based hotkeysRun system commands off of event thread to prevent blocking in some situations (e.g. don't block when emptying trash)Prevent Global Hotkeys weird behaviour when leaving hotkey blank or clearing hotkey then clicking Save [PP]When using <- and -> tweaks, improve the behaviour in the core window allowing for cursor movement [PP]Option to escape query string with backslashes in shell shortcuts editor [PP]Add Slovenia and South Africa locales and fix a update a few broken things current localesFix small transparency issue in clipboard history viewer preview panel [PP]Tidy up Application Support folder, moving relevant items to Cache folderEsc key now correctly closes sheets in preferencesFix a number of general spelling and grammatical errorsSeparate Clipboard History and Snippet databases for better performance / syncing [PP]Add 'International' location to the "Where are you" general setting, set by defaultOnly re-save custom themes when there is a change to make syncing more efficient

Changes for 0.9 pre-release [build 120]

Fix Low level results sorting / re-selection bug which could cause crashes in very rare situations



Rewrite quit/force/hide code to be more efficient and robustMove all silent shell commands into separate object to allow for releasing of blocking parent (more efficient)Fall back to NSAppleScript if script compiling / caching of scripts fails for some reasonPrevent Alfred from showing off screen in some circumstances (e.g. screen resolution changes)Show < and > characters in iTunes playlists instead of encoded characters [PP]

Changes for 0.9 pre-release [build 122]

Make the 'reload' keyword also reload custom scripts as well as the application cacheDelete individual snippets by (more reliable / faster) id rather than matching text [PP]Add 'some versions of Microsoft Outlook' to the email support panel [PP]Disable 'Application' based system commands [quit/force quit/hide] for 10.5 users as these do not workCreate different appcast URL for 10.5 Sparkle updates in prep for code branchAdd toggle button (far right of search field) for iTunes DJ in mini player [PP]Show error message when iTunes DJ is not available [PP]Make Genres, Artists, Albums and Playlist top level nodes show in mini player search results when query matches forconsistency [PP]If activated, make the right arrow tweaking work in iTunes view for consistency [PP]Add missing help links in the features prefs (currently resolve to 404 until 0.9 is released)Make script and itunes keywords case insensitive when searchingAdd Venezuela to locales

Changes for 0.9 general release [build 123]

Option to escape quotes in custom shell commands, enabled by default [PP]Final back-fixes to make 10.5 build work more smoothly



0.8.2 27th Feb 2011

New Features

Address Book Integration [initial work] - ability to view contacts in Alfred (PP)Import and Export of Alfred Themes (PP)The ability to search within files using the 'in' keyword - configurable from the file prefsChange 'find' and 'open' behaviour to allow scrolling past the max displayed results (configurable in the preferences be-tween 20 and 40)Add 'scrollbar' style indicator to show more rows available (hideable in prefs). This is for all views with more results e.g.find/open keywords, iTunes mini player, file system navigationAdd custom url scheme for automatically adding custom searches to AlfredAbility to copy the custom search alfredapp url to the clipboard from the custom search prefsAdd default website locales for India, China, Hong Kong, Slovakia, Taiwan, IcelandAdd Amazon.it to Italian web localeOption to make 'email' keyword launch gmail with an email for that contact (PP)Ability to change Selected Text / Subtext colour in theming (PP)Option for iTunes mini player to only play longer albums when selecting random features (5 or more songs, PP)

Improvements

Make cmd+o open folders in Finder when in File System Navigation. Also, add option to default to return opening fold-ers in Finder (PP)Add custom searches to the selectable fallback search lists (PP)Sending files as attachments through Sparrow mail is now supported (PP)Confirm when user presses the [-] button on the colour theme, before theme is deleted (PP)Truncate results and paths centrally (using ellipses) instead of fading out, meaning you can better see the filename for



long paths. This also means the fade doesn't ruin transparent based themes in the PowerpackHide contacts with no email address with 'email' keyword + match by email too in query (PP)Confirmation on pressing 'reset' button for search scopeAdd page up/down keys (or fn+up/down on small keyboards) to all views with more than visible results availableAdd Mouse Scroll wheel / Track Pad scrolling of resultsImprove file finding to not wildcard word anchored search queriesTake Album Artist into account when parsing iTunes XML to keep correct grouping album grouping by artist (PP)Force match http:// and https:// as URLs regardless of what follows. Also add afp:// to recognised URLsAdd 'reload' keyword to reload the application cacheRework the preferences window to make more resilient to a very rare crash and fix for keyboard navigation

Bug Fixes

Add .info as understood domain names for URL recognitionMake Application Cache respect alfred:ignore spotlight commentFix quirk where Alfred was not showing Finder.app until the application cache was reloadedWhen "remember your query" is used, Run in Terminal doesn't go away at next queryRespect alternative name (internationalised name) when dynamically reloading the application cacheOnly show default 'email' searcher when email address entered (to prevent visual quirking)Prevent the google docs search from redirecting back to #all or #home and not showing a search result (thanks @hjertnes)Substitute | (pipe) with %7C in custom searches as this is a non standard character - makes it easier adding google trans-late custom queriesRemove gradient fading which ruins transparent themes. Make theming work better with non RGB selected colours.Confirm reindexing before performing the command (to prevent terminal hang on sudo command)Fix broken help button link to fallback search help pageFix some of the F keys not functioning correctly as hotkeysFall back to file name for search results if kMDItemDisplayName metadata is missing (prevents blank being shown on re-



sults)Fix unusual crash in iTunes mini player when 'Hide Mini Player after selecting song' is selectedFix some spelling and grammar errors in the preferencesFix in actions when typing "open with..." as soon as there's a space, the action disappearsTrim whitespace and newlines from license code to prevent invalid rejectionUpdate Google web searches to use UTF8 to fix some diacritics not being encoded properly

Changes for dev 2 build

Significantly improved colour scheme editor with live preview (PP)Make the scrollbar colour editable in the themes editor (PP)Make ` selectable for the home folder preferences key in file system navigation (PP)Fix word based matching for actions i.e. being able to type finder to match 'open in finder' (PP)Change Wolfram Alpha to UTF8 as certain characters were not being encoded properlyMake cmd+o work in core results view for consistencyAdd hungary & Luxemburg as web locales

Changes for dev 3 build

Allow copying of contact details (plus emailing / visit web address) from an Address Book contact result (PP)Make it much more obvious which colour you are about to edit / are editing in the Theme editor (PP)Custom alfredapp:// URL for installing themes, copyable from the themes prefs to share on websites (PP)Make 'Open Terminal Here' action work with files too [open folder of selected file in terminal] (PP)Option to 'opt out' of home folder being included in default search scopeMake cursor more visible on all themes by making it the same colour as the search text

Changes for pre-release



Better represent transparency in the theme editor + make scrollbars and dividers drawn source over (PP)Use cmd+c on selected contact item in Address Book itegration to copy it to the clipboard, update text at bottom of win-dow to reflect this (PP)Force Alfred to find Microsoft documents when 'documents' is ticked for default search, even though MS2011 seems to in-correctly remove the document metadata to identify these as generic documents.fix obscure crash when pasting from some Microsoft products into Alfred (containing a trailing null character)Make the 'action all visible items' work with web searches tooFix wording on Run in Terminal result item to prevent text changing (PP)

Changes for general release

Fix search scope for default search (was always using file search scope for anything other than applications)Change default search scope to include /developer/applications rather than all /developer (less noisy results, especiallyfor folders)Add Powerpack message on themes view to prevent confusion for non PP usersNotify users that unticking home folder can affect results (PP)Decrease the double tap key interval to .26 seconds instead of .3 to reduce false activationsPrevent exception when there is a dodgy contact card (PP)When viewing a contact card, cmd+o opens the entire card in Address Book (PP)Fix cmd+o to work correctly in the default searcher (always open file regardless of context)

0.8.1 10th Jan 2011

New Features

Setup your own colour schemes Alfred (PP)Basic Terminal command integration - check the features preferences (PP)



Add iTerm support for Terminal Command / Open Terminal Here action (PP)Support vague matching for file results such as 'kitty jpg' would match 'kitty playing on bed.jpg'Wildcards now supported in file searchAdd DuckDuckGo to the available web searchers

Improvements

Improvements to Knowledge Sorting (inc. favour exact matches)Improve "Define" to open dictionary even when a word is not found (rather than just close Alfred)Configurable character limit on clipboard history (default 256k) to prevent accidental bloating of clipboard historyOption to disable auto pasting in clipboard historyMake holding alt on return work on an application as alternative launch such as choosing the iPhoto library you want touse (need to blank out alt return in general-result prefs)Remove preference to search for applications by file name (for alternative locales) and simply match both by defaultAdd Chile to website localesMigrate users prefs from AlfredApp to Alfred in Application Support folder to keep consistency between versionsImprove fallback prefs to allow for individual fallbacks to be disabled (i.e. just have Google as only fallback)

Bug Fixes

Fix pasting keycode detection preventing a rare crash depending on keyboard configurationIgnore instant double taps of hotkeys to prevent triggering in some scenarios such as Screen Sharing (and possibly dodgyLogitech drivers)Prevent knowledge from being added twice unnecessarilyFix email signup in the About Alfred preferences to accept + signs in the email addressMake Error -47 on ejecting drive more friendly - "Drive is currently busy"



0.8 17th Dec 2010

New features

Recent Documents: Remember which documents have been launched and show the most recent documents per applica-tion (PP)Clipboard Snippets: Save commonly used snippets to paste easily from Clipboard (PP)Custom Fallback Searches: Choose your own fallback searches so that when Alfred doesn't find a local result, i.e. if youprefer Bing (PP)New System Command: Ability to eject dmg / superdrive / all / usb drive with 'eject' keywordShow inline word definition preview for define command (from dictionary)

Powerpack Improvements:

Properly escape the 'open terminal' action path to ensure the correct folder is entered. Add option for 'copy path' escapingtoo.Option to hide the iTunes mini player after a song has been selectedRemove layer backed view from iTunes album art (no fading but ~5 to 8mb less mem)Improve performance for genres in iTunes Mini PlayeriTunes store link for currently playing artist in mini player in top level viewAdded ability to filter by song title after selecting artist in iTunes Mini PlayerSet Enter as the 'paste' key in clipboard history (and cmd+c copy the selected item back to the clipboard)Delete key (fn + Backspace on smaller keyboards) to delete Clipboard itemAdd items to knowledge when actioning them directly from filesystem navigation

General Improvements:

Relevancy improvement: Keyword linked knowledge learning taking into account date and OS X last used metadata



Fix fuzzy matching to be considered in Knowledge - Sorting now works by keyword as well as dateWhen opening files / folders, update 'last used' metadata to better contribute to the new knowledge sorting systemFix define/spell keywords in dictionary to show the correct items, ability to select the language in prefsOption to make the 'spell' results paste to OS X rather than copy to clipboardCache the 'startup item' state so that it doesn't need to be obtained going into prefs to prevent momentary hangingMake Alfred Preferences window remain visible when showing Alfred (makes it easier to play with configuration)Cache last known state of apps at shutdown for instant startupFull UX sweep, look at every feature and how it can be improvedAdd a 'Alfred didn't find what you were looking for' message at the bottom of the window which takes you to a helppage. This fallback can be hidden in the fallback preferences.Add South Korea and Indonesia to localesTickbox to turn off app caching (to keep md query closed and save mem, recommended to keep caching on)New usage tab / graph! Delay load the usage graph (to when tab is shown)Added a preference for decimal separators in Calculator result output, plus make comma separator more flexible (mixedmode)Add option to Web Searches to recognise URLs in Alfred main windowPreferences keyword to show Alfred prefs

Bug fixes:

Stop cmd+down drilling into incorrect folder when scrolled down in fs navigationFix iTunes listings where albums with the same name were not displaying such as "Greatest Hits"Fix Double Tap CMD hotkey with Caps Lock onFix bug which caused Alfred to crash when testing a custom search and then showing Alfred without clearing the dialogfirstStrip white spaces from end of a URL when pasted into Alfred to prevent %20



Fixed bug where the degree symbol crashed the advanced calculator, making the calculator much more robust at testingpermissible characters

Changes for 0.8 dev 2

Change build system to be 10.6 targetted with 10.5 backward compatibility - which will lead to some 10.6+ specific fea-turesImprove recent documents to also source from Cocoa shared plist files (10.6+ only) as well as internal knowledgeReplace the intelligent search scope with user defined search scopeNew options for eject (in prefs), now able to show either removable or all mounted volumes. Note: Eject is now disabledby default.Huge overhaul of App Caching to work more dynamically and not require leaving a query open with the OS (making Al-fred more defensive against OS quirks caused by things such as USB Broadband Dongles)When going up a level in Filesystem Navigation, reselect the folder you came fromFix a problem where files with a unicode filename were not emailing correctlyAbsolute path on 'copy to' and 'move to' destination fieldSearch for clipboard snippets by name as well as keywordAdd 'snip' keyword to access snippets from the main Alfred windowFind spotlight commented apps in the 'Open With' actionDarken Alfred menubar icon to match the standard Apple ones (volume, switch user etc)Shopping bag icon for iTunes mini player store link for consistencyInclude 'Smart Folders' when searching for folders in the default resultsFix Spellings in Sys Command display, also put subtextKeyboard selection now working correctly with OS X's "Allow a different one for each document" setting'Finder Selection' now works with both PathFinder (if currently front most app) and FinderFix crash in 'Open With' action when typing ' characterShow prefs cog on Alfred main window by default



0.7.2 beta 24th Oct 2010

This release starts the UI/UX improvements in the run up to the non beta release.

As part of this, the Result Action hotkey is now tapping the right arrow, ctrl or fn instead of Tab. By using the right arrow, itgroups the keys for navigating around the actions.

Visit the keyboard help page to see all default keboard shortcuts.

NEW: Clipboard History (Powerpack)

Text-based storage of items copied to the clipboardHotkey access and quickly searchable historyPaste selected history item directly into current app from AlfredPersistent (including reboot) for a user-defined amount of time (24h/1w/1m)Easy-to-clear history which ignores user-defined apps (e.g. 1Password & Keychain)

Improved: File System (Powerpack)

Ability to show last browsed path in File System Navigation (hotkey / keyword)Ability to show Result Actions panel for selected item in Finder (hotkey / keyword)Change Tab behaviour in File System Navigation to auto-completeWhen pasting a file system path into Alfred core, navigate to that path in file system navigation'Tab' auto-complete on File System Navigation, similar to shellRespect symbolic links when navigating through File SystemType Ahead on Result Actions to narrow down selection (e.g. type "em" to filter to "email" then press Enter)Load file previews off the main thread in File System Navigation to prevent Alfred slowing down



New Result Actions:Open folder in Terminal.appShow Package Contents for applicationCopy path to clipboard

Improved: iTunes Mini Player (Powerpack)

Add ability to 'Play all songs by Artist'Improved 'random' algorithm for random albumsPrevent random Album from playing TV shows / VideosPartial match albums in default iTunes mini player searchOverhaul database structure to improve efficiency and performnceShow Alfred core if using hotkey from iTunes mini player instead of hiding AlfredToggle to turn off Alfred using its own Playlist when selecting songs

Other Powerpack Improvements:

Support for Mailplane and Postbox 2 (Alfred will automatically detect your client. More clients coming soon.)Make 'email' keyword accept open ended argument to allow for entries not in your address book such as '[email protected]'Use mailto: instead of AppleScript for email keyword, to work with the current default mail clientSmall marker at bottom of navigation views to show that there are more items (shown under cmd+9)

General Improvements:

A number of performance enhancements to both default search and Powerpack featuresAbility to clear a hotkey by using the Esc keyForce write of preferences to disk when closing the prefs window to help people wanting to sync / backup



Better emacs binding support to navigate results / actions instead of arrow keysOverhaul hotkey system to allow more flexibility for future and powerpack featuresIntelligent 'up folder' using backspace on File System Navigation and itunes player to replace alt-enter. Also cmd+up asper Finder.Experimental option to turn of CoreAnimation to prevent auto switching of graphics cards in newer MBPsReorganise and improve Features preferences, separating Powerpack groupLots of UI consistency improvements and usability changes (too small to list here)

Bug Fixes:

Prevent (in rare cases) UI pause when accessing prefs and NAS / Network Share unavailableFix some spellings to match Apple's standard (Shut Down / Log Out)Remove unnecessary CoreAnim from Custom Sites as its not showing in very isolated cases with a corrupt user profilePrevent quirk when selecting 'browse folder' action and then removing full path in file system navigation - Now returnsto correct window sizeMake correct song play if if Alfred iTunes Playlist resorted

Changes from pre-release:

RwC Logo on About pagePostbox Express now supportedprevent 'up folder' in fs nav if path ends in double slash //Make 'open in terminal' the non top item in actionsmake sure fallback search string works properly (wasn't updating)Allow user to define the Alfred.app Playlist nameClear iTunes DB on build number change (not version number change)Leave out videos and non audio when playing 'all tracks by artist'



Option to randomise when playing 'all tracks by artist'Show Album Artworks and Song Count on 'all tracks by artist' nodeNew 'Random Album in [Genre]' default iTunes mini player optionIf you start typing a query core then switch to mini player, retain search queryfix ctrl+n / ctrl+p in actions menuhide /dev and /mach_kernel in file system navigation

0.7.1 beta 23rd September 2010

iTunes Mini Player Improvements (Powerpack)

Significantly improved iTunes Mini Player, now indexes the iTunes Library XML directly. Improvements include:

Browsing music by Genre/Album/ArtistAnimated scrolling through related artwork for selected resultAbility to play a random albumNon indexed drive and NAS support - Much more resilient against missing metadataSupports all types of music imported into iTunes (wav etc)Very basic Playlist support (this will improve soon)Using a temporary Alfred.app Playlist to provide a predictable playlist orderIf Alfred core is already showing, make iTunes hotkey show the mini player rather than hide coreMake rating work off of persistent id rather than 'current track' to make more reliableDelete iTunes database on upgrade to ensure the latest version of indexing.Make refresh view work on dark L&F (will be made more consistent in future release)Keyboard shortcuts for current song star rating (cmd+alt+number)Change play hotkey to alt+cmd+down to group with forward and backAdd alt+cmd+up for random album at any point



Pad the persistent id hex string with 0 to match db id (make album show correctly on random)Add 'Play random album' inside individual Genre nodes (at top for easy access)Add 'Artists for genre' inside individual Genre nodesAbility to ignore the tracks that aren't ticked in iTunes (optional in prefs, includes all by default)Show more playlists and better icons to represent playlist typeFiltering of playlists by typed name inside playlist nodeAdd +1 onto the descriptor at index playlist loop as missing last playlist itemcmd+r hotkey to reindex itunes library (when player open)prevent selection panel from taking first responder (so focus always stays in text input)Option to Play all songs by a particular artist: SLOW so 'hidden' option for now using boolean pref key itunes.showPlay-AllTracksByArtist

New Features:

New usage counter on the about tab - see how addicted you are ;)Option to filter out calendar items in file find preferencesAdded Romania, Mexico, Argentina and Brazil to locales

Bug Fixes:

Fire selection changed when using the mouse to update the right hand summary (affects all panels, fs nav, actions etc)Capture keyboard input immediately after hotkey activation for cases where Alfred is prevented from opening instantlyCorrectly show iTunes artwork for artwork with non-square aspect ratioBetter 'forced' single tap support with hotkey.forceSingleModifier hidden prefPrevent potential instability if OS X can't identify the location of some core apps like iTunes.app and Dictionary.app

0.7 beta 30th August 2010



The focus of the 0.7 beta is to bring the initial version of the Powerpack, a paid set of additional and incredible powerful features sitting ontop of Alfred Core.

Read the Powerpack Announcement on our blog :)

New Features:

Powerpack: Tab based result actions, press tab on a result and perform actions such as Open With or Copy ToPowerpack: Added file system navigation with quick access using / (for root) and ~ (for home)Powerpack: iTunes mini player to access and play your music quickly and easilyPowerpack: Add Powerpack tab to preferences with info and licence mechanismPowerpack: added 'email' keyword to create an email to a contact using Mail.appMany under the hood architectural and performance changes in preparation for PowerpackPressing space before typing a query now gives a shortcut to open files (use ' for same shortcut)

Improvements:

Improve the hotkey display in results, now showing enter under the selected resultFade in Alfred by default (after much deliberation, fading in is nicer for new / non power users)Lighten up default menubar icon and provide alternative white version when clickedRemove the Appearance option to 'hide preferences cog' when menubar hat is hidden as had too many support emailsand tweets asking how to show preferences after this. Make cog on UI more subtle insteadImproved 'About' tab in Prefs with hints of the new brandingMuch improved system command iconsplist files are no longer hidden by default now that we are hiding system filesShow the correct shortcut (enter) highlight on the selected result row

Bug Fixes:



Fix initial saving of window position if selected in Appearance preferencesMore robust caching of Applications to prevent applications from not showing when MDQuery is stopped (such as whenParallels is launched)Change 'Show Alfred' in the menubar to 'Toggle Alfred' which shows or hides depending on stateChange behaviour on autocomplete for filter based keywords to prevent quirkynessFix disabling of show trash system keyword field in preferences when untickedFix bug which prevented last typed query results showing if only Applications is selectedPrevent Alfred crash on using option + ; (triple dot)

Bug Fixes from 0.7 pre 2

Make 'Enter' work to play iTunes track for isolated cases of non english localesAbility to change the keyword used for the 'email' commandPrevent iTunes hotkey from registering without Powerpack activeChange the default 'cmd §' section key to activate iTunes, its now 'cmd alt enter'Change track forward and back hotkeys to 'cmd alt left/right' when iTunes activeBring back option to hide cog on Alfred window (removed temporarily)Add clearer info about iTunes path in prefsRespect unicode in iTunes track identification Applescript


Ability to perform actions in the file system browser on hidden (dot) filesImproved iTunes handling of Unicode tracks




Overhauled iTunes music folder detection + add a 'Find' button in prefs if folder changesReplace 'Open' action with 'Browse in Alfred' for folders found through core Alfred UI

0.6.6 beta 12th July 2010

New Features:

System command to show the trash with default keyword 'trash'.

Improvements:

Simplify the Appearance preferences by removing some options and setting better defaultsGeneral code improvements and optimisations

Bug Fixes:

Fix crash on directly running Applescripts with cmd+number

0.6.5 beta pre-released

New Features:

Option to remember the last search query (in Appearance prefs). Additional option to forget query after 5 minutes.Highlight the top result item by default to make the action more clear to the user (option to disable this in the Appearanceprefs)Added South Korea to locales

Improvements:



The {query} argument is no longer 'required' in the custom web search config, meaning you could just put bookmarks inthereRemove the unnecessary footer text on main window to clean up a bitHide system files by default in experimental preferencesMake the Alfred window not fade in by default as its quicker (user option if fade in is desired)Improve word splitting in application cache to include spaces and apostrophes such that "adresses" correctly matches"Carnet d'adresses"Ability to hide cog on Alfred window when hat is hidden in OS X menu bar

Bug Fixes:

Fix tab Auto Complete on system commands to show keyword rather than UID keyFix crash when using two {query} strings in custom searchWiden filter for hotkey function keys to prevent certain selections from being excluded such as cmd + left arrowCorrectly save knowledge and also purge knowledge older than a month (to prevent bloat)Prevent 'define' from copying word to the dictionary

0.6.4 beta 20th June 2010

Due to substantial changes, preferences will be reset on this update (custom sites unaffected).

The main focus of this release is to build a more scalable platform for Alfred's future

New Features:

Overhauled preferences making them easier to use and more scalable for future featuresAdded 'Bugs' tab into preferences to simplify reporting bugsAdded experimental feature to ignore System files - makes folder searching way less noisy



Added Appsfire to default web searches with keyword 'app' to search for appsAdd alfred:ignore (Spotlight comment) to experimental features allowing hiding of files from results

Improvements:

Increase speed of App searching by ~365% further reducing the CPU loadMany 'under the hood' changes to prepare for future featuresChange wikipedia back to using Special:Search url now that query encoding works betterSubtext is now shown by default on all result items (if available)

Bug Fixes:

Fixed app creation date for Alfred.app in dmgMixed mode UTF8 encoding on both default and custom searches - should make web searches more reliable


Bug Fixes:

Fix character encoding, now respects ASCII and UTF-8 encodings (e.g. Japanese google now works)Fixed cmd+a hotkey (poor logic on when to use mod key hotkeys)

0.6.2 beta 18th May 2010

This release will be used to test that Sparkle is working as expected.

New Features:

Primitive 'play' keyword which filters by music files and plays them in your default player



Improvements:

URL Encoding updated to correctly respect accented characters - fixes web and custom searchesAbility to add AppleScripts to the default search results (no arguments yet, coming soon!)

Bug Fixes:

Fixed app creation date for Alfred.app in dmg


New Features:

Sparkle integrated for painless updates!!New system commands - sleep, shutdown, restart, logout, screen saver, empty trash, lockAdded 'run' command to filter by and run applescripts (no args yet)Finland and Switzerland added to default localesExperimental option to search for apps by file system name (useful for users in a non-English locale wanting to find appsin English)

Improvements:

Create framework for filesystem querying to allow for filters (find / open / run)Yahoo now correctly respecting the location

Bug Fixes:

Change Wikipedia to use original url scheme which copes with URL encoding betterFix double tab modifier keys if caps locks is on



Fix Bit.ly to use new URL schemeFilter characters on advanced calculator to prevent crashes with unicode chars

0.6 beta 27th Apr 2010

New Features:

Ability to add your own custom web searches, including local urls such as spotifyOptional fuzzy matching on Applications, for example thl would find The Hit List. Note: you get more accurate resultswith this option disabled and using Spotlight Comments instead.Added signup email box to beta tabAdded folders to default search (e.g. 'desktop' to open Finder to Desktop). Work in progress - yet to be properly filteredAdded Russia and Austria to locales, added Froogle GermanyUpdate Austrian locale to use imdb.de and amazon.de

Improvements:

Much much better calculator based on Graham Cox's GCMathParser: http://www.apptree.net/parser.htmCan now use F keys or double tapping modifier keys (including cmd+cmd) as the Alfred hotkeyChanged default Wikipedia web search to more reliable search rather than /wiki/{query}Finder is now found with default searcherAustria now get imdb.de and amazon.de by defaultBuilt with XCode 3.2.2 / new optimisations

Bug Fixes:

Fix buffer flushing issue in lex parser for calculator



0.5.7 beta development only

New Features:

Added yubnub to web searchersAdded Yahoo! weather to web searchersAbility to change cmd+number to ctrl+number to directly action a resultAssignable ctrl / alt / cmd + enter actions on search results

Improvements:

Overhaul 'Spotlight Comments' system, treating space separated comments as tagsImprove efficiency of word matching and relevancy parsing, notably reducing CPU usageAdded shared Preference Panes to default search scope (such as Growl)Use a sequential queue to lazy load icons rather than posix locking (more stable)

0.5.6 beta 5th Apr 2010

New Features:

Add Poland to web locales

Improvements:

Load result icons on a separate thread to prevent momentary glitching every so oftenChange 'status bar' to 'menu bar' in appearance prefs tab

Bug Fixes:



Prevent empty query (spaces) from returning irrelevant search resultsPrevent config cog from showing over text field when both hats (menu bar / main window) are hidden


New Features:

Alfred now learns your usage and sorts the results accordinglyBasic "Update Available" notification from within Alfred. Auto updating will come closer to non-betaAlt + enter opens your typed search term in googleCtrl + enter opens your typed search term in a finder spotlight windowOption to hide hat button on main Alfred windowExperimental 'Advanced' calculator (currently uses AWK) with '=' keyword

Improvements:

Better search accuracy, using word based search instead of free text - will improve further over timeAll metadata code rewritten from scratch, now using MDQuery. Substantial performance increase!Much improved 'Local' configuration preferencesDefault calculator now supports to the power ^

Bug Fixes:

Fixed threading issue with new 'Pre-cache Applications' which may have caused Alfred to quit unexpectedlyFix copy and paste bug, pasting into the search field.Fix calculator precision error (eg 12.3 + 14 - 26)




New Features:

Added pre-caching option for Applications for instant application resultsMore fine control over what the default and file searches resolveSeparate search scope for default / file searches including mounted volumes and network drivesAbility to 'search everything' on the default search, not recommended thoughAbility to individually enable 'find' and 'open' and set their keywords

Improvements:

General performance improvementsImprove layout of panels in preferences, and standardise notes colours.Remove Quit confirmation because it was just annoying

Bug Fixes:

Fixed rare bug causing specifically named results from crashing AlfredFix direct URL entry on 10.5 Leopard caused by overly complex regex not being recognisedFix mix up of 'com' and 'ca' for Google Maps


New Features:

Added web shortcut for bit.ly URL shortening

Improvements:

Tidy up sections of the preferences window



Remember the last selected preferences tabAdd 'Quit Alfred' button to the general tab of preferencesAdded Quit confirmation now we have multiple ways to quit

Bug Fixes:

Fix tiny 32byte memory leak in preferences toolbarFix ebay search url, update from www. to shopFix mix up of 'com' and 'ca' for google imagesChange se.wikipedia.org to sv.wikipedia.orgFixed spelling of New Zealand (oops sorry!)Correctly URL encode '&' for web searchers

0.5 beta 21st Mar 2010

New features:

Dictionary 'Spell' and 'Define'Basic calculatorGoogle's I'm feeling lucky added with keyword 'lucky' (this will be improved in the future)Wolfram Alpha added to the standard web searchers with keyword 'wolfram'Google translation added with keyword 'translate' - Translates both sentences and websitesAdded Flickr search with keyword 'flickr'Added Ask.com with keyword 'ask'Spotlight Comments - you can set a comment of 'ff' for Firefox and Alfred will find it

Preferences:



Improved hotkey selection fieldAbility to change keywords for web searchesAbility to disable unwanted websites from resultsOption to prioritise items with Spotlight Comments at the topPreference to save window positionOption to always show subtext under results if availablePreference to turn off Alfred fade-inAdded a 'Reindex' button to the experimental tabAbility to configure the 'Esc' key behaviourAbility to disable 'find' and 'open' keywordsExperimental feature to allow a comma as decimal separator (for locales such as Germany)Experimental feature to ignore the locale for Google and WikipediaOption to choose how many results are shownOption to remove text at bottom of window

Improvements:

Tweaks to the dark themeCorrectly URL encode a + as %2b (which means things like Google calculator will now work)Locale system overhauled (need to re-set your locale)Remove the status bar icon before quitting so it doesn't leave a gapSpecial characters now shown correctly in hotkey field

0.4.1 beta 7th Mar 2010

Initial feedback fixes:



Ability to hide status bar icon. When status bar icon is hidden, you see a small cog for 'preferences' on the Alfred mainwindow.Changed status bar icon to a simpler hatMore flexibility for hotkey selectionSimple tickbox to ignore Mail.app emails in 'find' and 'open' searchesAdded System Preference Panels to default search (eg 'Appearance')Once launched, show Alfred on double clicking icon in /apps or the icon in the dockPressing Esc clears the search term. If there is no search term, Esc will hide AlfredMulti page preferences dialogAbility to search Google Mail using 'Gmail''Make 'tab' autocomplete work more reliablycmd + W now closes the preferences windowDefault Hotkey changed to 'alt space' - Check and update your hotkey!

0.4 beta 28th Feb 2010

Initial public version

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