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How does Cerebro compare with Alfred?
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@johncschuster it depends on what you mean. For example, it is £19 cheaper;) And you can run it on Linux and Windows. But it is young product and for now, I can't guarantee such stability and plugins diversity as Alfred has now. I hope in future there will be way more plugins, but even now you can use it for everyday routine. Like I do:)
@alexandr_subbotin@johncschuster can't search file system on Windows. It only pulls up google results and translation. Didn't see a plugin specific to that. Also could be settings from corporate IT blocking but it seems like this functionality is supposed to work for Windows?
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Is it better than spotlight ?
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@elie_teyssedou as in the question above about Alfred, it depends. Comparing to Spotlight you can extend it with custom plugins. Out of the box, it has some features, that are not in spotlight, like inline search on maps, google suggestions or translator
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omg! does it actually replace the default search box and take over it? if thats the case, this is unstoppably amazing!
@vivek_ramesh I do not think that is possible. You can, however, change the spotlight keyboard shortcut to something different and set Cerebros to CMD+SPACE (default spotlight shortcut)
Some new open-source, cross-platform launchers recently. http://zazuapp.org is another alternative. But it will take them some time to catch up to Alfred and Launchbar (both are really mature and have a fantastic community & lots of extensions), if they ever.
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@tafkaf I'd like a discussion here on the development aspects (sinece Devs ultimately need to choose which plugins they'll write for). First of all, cerebro is an Electron app, which some ppl hate due to high RAM usage.
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I have tried every new launcher/spotlight replacement that has come out and always end up going back to Alfred2 after a week or so. They are all just so bloated and resource heavy!
Lacona, Zazu, Launchy, etc all absolutely butcher my late 2013 macbook pro. I am not sure where the issues are, but until someone can make something stable that isn't always triggering my CPU fans when i'm idling in Chrome after a restart, I don't see myself switching from Alfred anytime soon.
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@hvllows ...And how did this one — Cerebro — compare with Alfred?
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Quicksilver has done this for years, any advantages here?
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So how do I set up Cerebro to search my contacts?
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@chuckkahn you need installed contacts plugin (type `plugins cerebro-osx-contacts` in search field to find and install it)
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@alexandr_subbotin Takes a few minutes before it kicks in. And it only displays the contact. Hitting enter doesn't launch the Contacts app to edit the contact. Can it do other types of contacts? (Google, Fullcontact, Facebook)
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@chuckkahn@alexandr_subbotin By "Takes a few minutes before it kicks in" you mean installing the contacts plugin (i.e., one time) or really executing the command every time?
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@skyflowering@alexandr_subbotin After installing the plugin and typing a contact name right away, nothing happens. After a minute or so, typing a name, contact details come up in the side pane. But hitting return/enter on the contact does not launch the Contacts app.
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@chuckkahn@alexandr_subbotin Got it! Hope the author will fix that... These kind of tools really need to be fast, like Alfred and Launchbar. :)
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