The Macintosh Desktop Experience: Raycast’s Modern Take on Launcher Apps

John

Keyboard-driven app launchers have been a staple of the Mac for a long time. Like a lot of people, my first exposure to these apps was via Quicksilver, an app that was popular in the early 2000s and is still available today. In the years since, I’ve switched between LaunchBar and Alfred, both of which...

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John Voorhees
John is MacStories' Managing Editor, has been writing about Apple and apps since joining the team in 2015, and today, runs the site alongside Federico. John also co-hosts four MacStories podcasts: AppStories, which covers the world of apps, MacStories Unwind, which explores the fun differences between American and Italian culture and recommends media to listeners, Ruminate, a show about the weird web and unusual snacks, and NPC: Next Portable Console, a show about the games we take with us.
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