Convert between different units in Alfred 2.
Alfred-Convert uses a built-in library to do the conversion offline.
Note: Currency conversions do require occasional Internet connectivity to update exchange rates. Alfred-Convert will otherwise work just fine without an Internet connection.
Usage
The syntax is simple: the quantity, the unit you want to convert from then the unit you want to convert to. For example:
conv 128 mph km
conv 72in cm
conv 100psi bar
conv 20.5 m/s mph
It doesn't matter if there is a space between the quantity and the units or not. Alfred-Convert will tell you if it doesn't understand your query or know the units.
Actioning an item (selecting it and hitting ↩
) will copy it to the clipboard.
Using ⌘+L
will display the result in Alfred's large text window, ⌘+C
will
copy the selected result to the clipboard.
Use convinfo
to view the built-in help file, view/search the list of
supported currencies, change the number of decimal places shown in conversions,
or edit your custom units.
Supported units
Currently, Alfred-Convert only supports the units understood by the underlying Pint library plus currencies and a handful of additional units.
Custom units
You can add your own custom units using the
format defined by Pint. Add your definitions to the
unit_definitions.txt
file in the workflow's data directory.
To edit this file, enter convinfo
in Alfred and select Edit Custom Units
.
The unit_definitions.txt
file will open in your default text editor.
Supported currencies
Over 150 currencies are supported. See the full list on GitHub.