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Pop the Champagne!

Alfred has reached the milestone version 1.0 and is now available on our website. Since its first release in February 2010, Alfred has had 27 general releases, over 170 build versions and what feels like a squillion hours of very careful development and testing.

We couldn’t be any prouder of the results and are thrilled that over half a million of you have also adopted him as part of your everyday Mac life.

Read on to discover this release’s new features; vastly improved Global Hotkeys, a new URL history feature and many more improvements in version 1.0.

Antsy to get your hands on these features? If you haven’t bought it yet, you have until Wednesday, 7th December to grab the Powerpack at the beta price of £12 (instead of £15). To make it easier, we’ve improved our payment system and can now accept PayPal and credit cards directly.

Cheers,
Andrew & Vero

Global Hotkeys

There’s no quicker way than hitting a key combo to take action. Pop up your morning reading list or control Alfred extensions with a single hotkey.

You can now assign global hotkeys to the following:

Apps & files	Alfred extensions	System commands

iTunes controls	Folder paths & URL groups


	URL history Tired of typing the same old URLs every time? Now when you type a URL in the Alfred window, he’ll remember them for future use. Of course, he’ll only remember them if you want him to.

	And much more… Snippets now allow you to search and sort your collection of clips, preferences have been tidied up and Alfred has been made even faster than before. For the full list of improvements, have a look at the changelog.




	We have now submitted version 1.0 to the Mac App Store and will release it as soon as Apple approve it. If you’re waiting for the Powerpack to hit the MAS, please read this post about Apple’s new sandboxing restrictions and our decision to keep the Powerpack out at this time. (Then take advantage of the last few days to buy the Powerpack at £12!)

	A massive thank you! We say it often, but it’s never enough. Thank you to everyone who has supported us since we first released Alfred 0.4. In particular, we tip our bowler hats to Campaign Monitor who provide us with the platform to send you these pretty newsletters, Cachefly for the bandwidth for a super-fast Alfred download, as well as FoxyCart for a payment system that’s easier than ever for you to use. And finally, you, our Alfred users. Thank you for using Alfred 225 million times a month, for creating amazing extensions and for telling your friends about Alfred. You make creating this app more fun every day. 🙂

Meet the Team

	Andrew is the developer behind Alfred. He’s a perfectionist with a great attention to detail and the ability to tune out the world when he’s working.
	Vero is our business development queen, working with bloggers and future partners. She also handles customer emails, which makes her a busy bee.
	Anna wears many hats and takes care of community, thinking up exciting marketing campaigns and supporting our lovely users.