Raycast has been growing in popularity as a tool for searching your Mac, launching applications, and controlling your computer. How does it fare against Spotlight and Alfred?

Raycast does much more than launch apps. It slots meetings into my calendar; it plays the tracks of my choice from Spotify without me even having to open the app; it displays my two-factor ...

There are Raycast extensions for your password mangers, your note-taking apps, your music player, and even controlling your device. Here are my favorite ones.

Raycast, once you install it, runs in the background—you need to use a keyboard shortcut to use it. By default this shortcut is Option-Space, which is easy to trigger quickly.

Raycast is one of my favorite free apps. It’s a hidden gem that helps you do almost anything on your computer—add to your calendar, list tasks, search files, do math, or control apps—without ...

The new Spotlight launcher tool coming to macOS this year looks and works a lot like the indie application Raycast. Here’s what they can both do, and how they differ.