More Praise for the Alfred Field Guide

Going from 2% to 100% Alfred Awesomeness

I estimate my Alfred usage was about 2%. Your Alfred FG is like drinking a health food smoothie through a fire hose—so much goodness. It's worth every penny and more.

– Michael T.

A Game-Changer for Experienced Alfred Users

Even though I’ve been using Alfred for the last several years, your training content was spot on! I will absolutely get significantly more value from Alfred because of the new field guide.

–Rod L.

MacSparky Guides: My Go-To for Apple Mastery

Once again I've learned a lot from this MacSparky Field Guide. In this case it's the Guide to Alfred, but the same applies to all of the others produced by MacSparky. Designed and built in bite-sized pieces, I would recommend all of these guides to anyone wanting to have a measured and expert guide to key Apple software and wider techniques.

– Gordon F.

Learning Alfred: Simpler Than You Think!

What I learned ? I learned even I can learn how to use Alfred! The learning experience is simple to follow, which is not easy for the instructor to produce UNLESS he has a total understanding of the app. Clearly, David Sparks knows all about Alfred. I highly recommend both Alfred the program and David Sparks the instructor. The combination is terrific for learning how to incorporate Alfred into multiplying your prowess with your normal keyboard routines. 

– Tom B.

Finally Unlocking Alfred, Thanks to MacSparky

I’ve used a good number of the MacSparky Field Guides, and the most recent one I completed—on the Alfred application—was truly exceptional. I had tried Alfred before but found it more complex to set up than I wanted to deal with at the time. Thanks to David’s crystal-clear explanations, I was finally able to unlock its potential. This guide didn’t just teach me how to use Alfred—it led me down a productive path of expanding its capabilities with additional workflows and companion applications.

I don’t think I’ve ever gone through all the videos in a field guide this quickly. It wasn’t due to a lack of content; rather, the material was so engaging and well-presented that it made me want to keep going. It will absolutely be an important addition to my daily workflow. Next, I plan to revisit and complete a few other MacSparky Field Guides I started in the past. They cover tools I’ve used for years but know I can use more effectively. I’m confident that, just like with Alfred, I’ll discover valuable tips and workflows that will enhance how I work. I also intend to revisit parts of the Alfred guide itself to deepen my understanding and make the most of its powerful features.

– Steve P.

Finally Leveraging Alfred’s Power

I have been a long-term Alfred with the Power Pack option user, but, embarrassingly, I used it only for launching apps, calculations, and system commands like quitall, forcequit, and restart…. I knew it could do a lot more, but I never focused and learned how to leverage it. My takeaway from the Alfred Field Guide is that I can get a lot of this done right from “CMD Space” from Alfred.

– Mark B.

Rediscovering Alfred’s Full Potential

Alfred does something that is the first step in all of my workflows; it keeps my fingers on the keyboard. It is not just a launcher, it is a silent assistant. The biggest time saver is its design in that it understands what I am looking for even when I only have a vague notion of what it is. I know it’s this type of file, I know it has “this” word in it. Hours have been saved, sanity has been ’slightly’ reserved for another day. Prior to the guide I loved Alfred, now I understand the underutilized powerhouse that it is and that I have at my fingertips.

– GO

I Thought I Knew Alfred. Then I Watched This

I was really on the fence about buying this Field Guide. I would have said I was an “Alfred Power User.” I’ve been using Alfred for over 10 years, back to version 1.3.2. I don’t have a huge number of workflows, but they are all self-written to accomplish something I needed or wanted. Still, I was intrigued by the interviews with other Alfred users and the Alfred development team, and so I made an impulse buy. Because I bought in early, not everything is yet available. However, the Section 2, which covers all of the Alfred settings and options, was ready and I figured I would watch one or two of the videos before bed. One video in, I was thinking “How did I not know that?” Three videos, and I had the Alfred settings open so that I could make changes as I watched. Five videos, and it was clear that this Field Guide should be watched by everyone using Alfred. David has found every little trick, tip, and feature in Alfred, and presents all of them with his trademark clarity and style, making it easy to learn and adopt teach feature and figure out if/how it would work for you. If you are an Alfred user (or want to buy), you absolutely should buy this Field Guide!

– Neal L.

Worth It in the First 15 Minutes

I’ve been using Alfred for many years and bought this Field Guide thinking I might pick up a trick or two deep in there someplace. Not so. In the first 15 minutes I learned so much that it was worth the price of admission.

– Jody S.

Alfred’s Been There All Along–Now I Finally Get It

Who knew? certainly not me. but certainly MacSparky knew. I installed Alfred within days of shifting from a PC to a Mac so it’s been with me all my Mac life but I’ve never realised how powerful it really is and how much you can do with it. I’ve learned previously about shortcuts and keyboard maestro from David. And it feels like this completes the circle.

– Chris N.