About this Video

• Video Title: My Raycast Setup: The Ultimate Spotlight Replacement
• Channel: Christopher Lawley
• Speakers: Christopher Lawley
• Duration: 00:18:12

Introduction

This video showcases the speaker's Raycast setup, highlighting its use as a Spotlight replacement and exploring its various extensions, both first-party and third-party. The video emphasizes the generous free tier of Raycast and demonstrates several extensions, explaining their functionality and keyboard shortcuts.

Key Takeaways

• Raycast as Spotlight Replacement: The speaker replaced macOS Spotlight with Raycast, customizing the keyboard shortcut for improved functionality.
• Free Tier Capabilities: A significant portion of Raycast's features are accessible in the free tier, without trials or usage limits.
• Extensions: Raycast's functionality is heavily reliant on extensions. The video covers several first-party extensions (Clipboard History, Snippets, Calculator, Calendar, Quicklinks, Raycast Focus, Notes, System, Music) and third-party extensions (Drafts, Obsidian, ChatGPT, Gemini, Todoist, Raindrop.io, YouTube, Parcel, Formula 1).
• HyperKey: The speaker uses Raycast's HyperKey feature (with Caps Lock and Shift keys) to create custom keyboard shortcuts without conflicts.
• AI Features (Raycast AI): While mentioned, AI features are part of a paid subscription and are currently considered buggy.

Three third-party extensions discussed that integrate with specific apps or services are:

1. Drafts: Integrates with the Drafts app for note-taking and text manipulation.
2. Obsidian: Integrates with the Obsidian note-taking app for creating and managing notes.
3. Todoist: Integrates with the Todoist task management app for viewing and adding tasks.