Finally gave Raycast a fair shake for a few weeks. It definitely has richer UI capabilities than my old pal LaunchBar, which makes me want to love it. The built in tutorial is incredibly good, for instance. But LaunchBar’s “unified index” continues to be something I miss bitterly. Hit ⌘␣, then type the name of an app, a file, a contact, a website you recently visited or bookmarked… They’re all in the same “root” search index! Every competitor (Alfred, Raycast, etc.) requires you to specify the kind of thing you’re searching for before you can type your search string. The Raycast manual specifically calls this out as a design decision, but the tradeoff is just not one I can make. I’d also miss Instant Send, but LaunchBar’s unified index is really what removes all friction from macOS for me.