{"id":28996,"date":"2025-02-21T10:08:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T15:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/?p=28996"},"modified":"2025-02-21T10:08:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T15:08:23","slug":"tech-tip-raycast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/2025\/02\/21\/tech-tip-raycast\/","title":{"rendered":"Tech Tip: Raycast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This month\u2019s tip is a powerful productivity tool designed to streamline and enhance workflow on macOS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raycast.com\">Raycast<\/a> (a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raycast.com\/windows\">Windows version<\/a> is coming soon!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By providing a fast and intuitive command center, Raycast allows users to quickly access apps, files, and web services using a small text window. Its customizable features and extensive integrations with various tools, like ChatGPT, Slack, and even emojis, enable users to automate tasks, manage projects, and search for information with remarkable efficiency. With a focus on simplicity and speed, Raycast transforms the way users interact with their computers, making it an essential tool for anyone looking to elevate their productivity. I recommend skimming through its features, as it is highly customizable and can be used differently from person to person. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/raycast-Chase-Masters-600x394.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/raycast-Chase-Masters-600x394.png 600w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/raycast-Chase-Masters-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/raycast-Chase-Masters-768x504.png 768w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/raycast-Chase-Masters-665x436.png 665w, https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/raycast-Chase-Masters.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Are you using a launcher similar to Raycast? If so, which one and why do you like it? Please share in the comments below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month\u2019s tip is a powerful productivity tool designed to streamline and enhance workflow on macOS: Raycast (a Windows version is coming soon!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":9792,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_umich_oidc_access":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[651,547],"class_list":["post-28996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-news","category-professional-development","tag-productivity","tag-tech-tip"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"medium":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"medium_large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"large":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"excerpt-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"themonic-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark-60x42.png",60,42,true],"ioslider-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"post-thumbnail":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false],"400x250-crop":["https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/UMIT-Tech-Tip-mark.png",200,140,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Chase Masters, University Library","author_link":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/author\/mastersc\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"This month\u2019s tip is a powerful productivity tool designed to streamline and enhance workflow on macOS: Raycast (a Windows version is coming soon!)","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28996"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29001,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28996\/revisions\/29001"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/michigan.it.umich.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}