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by cavoirom 2 hours ago
Thank you, I learned it today. On the other side, some users replaced Sherlock (Spotlight) with Alfred.
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fastball 27 minutes ago
And somewhere in there Quicksilver was pretty popular. And now in 2026 the main competition is Raycast. An evergreen space really.
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MBCook 1 hour ago
I think the Sherlock thing was in the OS 8 or OS 9 days whereas Spotlight didn’t come around until sometime in macOS X, maybe 10.4 or so?
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