# Switching (back) to alfred and creating my resizer workflow

- Author: @gurupanguji
- Date: 2025-05-14
- URL: https://gurupanguji.com/blog/2025/05/14/switching-back-to-alfred/
- Categories: essay, technology
- Tags: alfred, mac, productivity, raycast, tools, utilities, workflows

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<p>I've been using Raycast for the past few months and it is a seriously impressive and accessible piece of software who's coming to the Mac and wants more power for the first time. I also think that their ability to bring so much functionality so quickly into the base, free app is impressive. </p>
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<p>Hyperkey support and window management are two of my most used workflows that I will certainly miss when moving back to alfred. </p>
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<p>However, I always felt like there was something missing with raycast that I get from alfred. I worry this is a sign of getting old - some level of inflexibility - to embrace the new. However, whether rationalized or not, alfred feels "far more "native" to me."right" to me. It also artfully models the way I think about workflows in my brain. </p>
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<p>That said, I really really wish Alfred would natively support hyperkey for capslock. It's <em>such</em> a useful addition to raycast. I am going to test if I can live without a hyperkey application for a bit. To be clear, I was using the <a href="https://hyperkey.app?ref=gurupanguji.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">excellent (and free) hyperkey</a> app for what raycast built into itself just a few weeks ago. </p>
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<p>For window management, I used to use <a href="https://www.packal.org/workflow/div?ref=gurupanguji.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="">div</a> - an alfred workflow - that continues to still work delightfully well for my purposes. In fact, I often find that it even works pretty well on certain windows that raycast could never get to the right size - I am looking at you Whatsapp. </p>
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<p>That said, I found it easier to just create a new workflow of my own that resizes windows just as well, if not better, than raycast did.</p>
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<p>This really only leaves in-built hyperkey support for alfred. I wish the developers would build that in. Either ways, back to Alfred everywhere. </p>
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