Wi-Fi toggle, Network Location, Fast User Switching, Finder Settings...

[aiyo]

Hi,

 

Here are my first workflows, hope some of you might find them useful:

 

Fast User Switching

 

(I have linked to this one in here before)

 

 

https://github.com/aiyodk/Alfred-Extensions/raw/master/AlfredApp_2.x/Fast-User-Switching/Fast-User-Switching.alfredworkflow

 

 

Finder Settings

 

Change setting for: Hidden files, User Library and what to show on the Desktop.

More setting might be added later.

 

 

 

https://github.com/aiyodk/Alfred-Extensions/raw/master/AlfredApp_2.x/Finder-Settings/Finder-Settings.alfredworkflow

 

 

Wi-Fi toggle

 

A rewrite of my Wi-Fi toggle extension for Alfred 1.x

 

 

https://github.com/aiyodk/Alfred-Extensions/raw/master/AlfredApp_2.x/Wi-Fi-Toggle/Wi-Fi-Toggle.alfredworkflow

 

 

Network Location

 

Also a rewrite...

 

 

https://github.com/aiyodk/Alfred-Extensions/raw/master/AlfredApp_2.x/Network-Location/Network-Location.alfredworkflow

 

 

And a nice little File Action, to uninstall apps with AppCleaner

 

https://github.com/aiyodk/Alfred-Extensions/raw/master/AlfredApp_2.x/AppCleaner/AppCleaner.alfredworkflow

Edited March 30, 2013 by Jonas Eriksen

[Tyler Eich]

Awesome extensions! I had been working on a Fast User Switching workflow myself, but yours is way better.

 

I did notice, however, that your 

<valid>yes</valid>

 node should be an attribute, like this:

valid="yes"

http://www.alfredforum.com/index.php?/topic/5-generating-feedback-in-workflows/

[aiyo]

You are absolutely right.

But I think they should be removed all together, as"valid" is only making a difference if

valid="no"

Thanks for pointing it out

[jdfwarrior]

Nice set of workflows. I made some of these myself but didn't release them. Great work!

[Adeiko]

Love the Finder settings one, i use show hidden icons all the time. But i also use TotalFinder, and when it relaunches the Finder it doesn't open with it. 

 

Is there a way you could add a line to the workflow so it opens totalfinder after restarting the finder? 

[aiyo]

TotalFinder has a shortcut for showing/hiding hidden files (TotalFinder calls then system files) the default shortcut is: command + Shift + . 

 

I think this is the best option when using TotalFinder as it is a little slow at starting up.

[rice.shawn]

The Wifi Toggle Link is missing a hyphen.

 

Here's the new one: https://github.com/aiyodk/Alfred-Extensions/raw/master/AlfredApp_2.x/Wi-Fi-Toggle/Wi-Fi-Toggle.alfredworkflow

[nitingoyal]

Is it possible to select a wifi network from the available networks ? currently, the Wifi Toggle workflow is showing the selected network and the IP address as shown in the screenshot of the workflow.

[aiyo]

Is it possible to select a wifi network from the available networks ? currently, the Wifi Toggle workflow is showing the selected network and the IP address as shown in the screenshot of the workflow.

 

This is on the drawing board along with more details about the current network... stay tuned 

[cortig]

Nice workflows!!

I'm having problems with the Switch User workflow though.

I see it's looking for users in group 20 (staff) and therefore lists a number of active services (eg: Notification center, Calendar server, etc) if you're running Mac OS X Server.

It might be a good isea to exclude all com.apple.* “users” from the list 

 

 

          Corentin

[aiyo]

Nice workflows!!

I'm having problems with the Switch User workflow though.

I see it's looking for users in group 20 (staff) and therefore lists a number of active services (eg: Notification center, Calendar server, etc) if you're running Mac OS X Server.

It might be a good isea to exclude all com.apple.* “users” from the list 

 

 

          Corentin

 

I have found another (hopefully better) way of listing user accounts. Give it a try and please report back if it does not work as intended.

 

https://github.com/aiyodk/Alfred-Extensions/raw/master/AlfredApp_2.x/Fast-User-Switching/Fast-User-Switching.alfredworkflow

 

( I have changed the workflow bundle id, so you have uninstall the old version of the workflow yourself )

 

Cheers,

Jonas

[rice.shawn]

Here are two commands that might be able to help out here:

 

List all the available networks:

 

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport -s
 

 

 

Command to switch to a particular network in applescript:

 

do shell script "/usr/sbin/networksetup -switchtolocation 'NETWORKNAME' "
 

[morphorod]

Nice set of workflows. I made some of these myself but didn't release them. Great work!

What else are you hiding from us? 

[aiyo]

Here are two commands that might be able to help out here:

 

List all the available networks:

 

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport -s
 

 

 

Command to switch to a particular network in applescript:

 

do shell script "/usr/sbin/networksetup -switchtolocation 'NETWORKNAME' "
 

 

If you take a look at the workflow script you will see that I already use

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/Apple80211.framework/Versions/Current/Resources/airport 

 

'networksetup -switchtolocation' Changes the Network Location, not the Wi-Fi network. You should see my Network Location Workflow for that functionality...

For changing the Wi-Fi network you should use 'networksetup -setairportnetwork' it requires a device name, network name and password.

 

There is some issues with implementing this, first there is a 3 seconds delay to scan for networks. Second there need to be a way for requesting a password for the network. I'm still looking into how this could be implemented best...

 

Cheers,

Jonas

[cortig]

I have found another (hopefully better) way of listing user accounts. Give it a try and please report back if it does not work as intended.

 

https://github.com/aiyodk/Alfred-Extensions/raw/master/AlfredApp_2.x/Fast-User-Switching/Fast-User-Switching.alfredworkflow

 

( I have changed the workflow bundle id, so you have uninstall the old version of the workflow yourself )

 

Cheers,

Jonas

 

 

This one works great. It only lists real users.

On 10.7 it looks as intended, but for some reason, on 10.8 it lists all users and  adds “(Logged in)” at the end (even though that's not the case — they're not logged in). e.g.:

RealName: Bob (Logged In)

 

Not super critical, but I thought it was worth mentioning,

 

 

          Corentin

[aiyo]

This one works great. It only lists real users.

On 10.7 it looks as intended, but for some reason, on 10.8 it lists all users and  adds “(Logged in)” at the end (even though that's not the case — they're not logged in). e.g.:

RealName: Bob (Logged In)

 

Not super critical, but I thought it was worth mentioning,

 

 

          Corentin

 

Hmm this sounds weird, the workflow writes "(logged in)" on users who are listed by the "who" command. I made a small mistake so it will also match a username that is a subset of another username that is logged in... But otherwise it should reliable identify logged in users...

I will correct the mistake when I come home.

[cortig]

Hmm this sounds weird, the workflow writes "(logged in)" on users who are listed by the "who" command. I made a small mistake so it will also match a username that is a subset of another username that is logged in... But otherwise it should reliable identify logged in users...

I will correct the mistake when I come home.

Well I checked with who on my Mac and everything there is right, plus the other usernames appearing as logged-in are not subsets of the other ones.

I posted a capture (removing the usernames) here.

 

On the capture, only the first user is logged in.

This part of the script is not excluding entries that get 0 through who:

 

        # check if the user is logged in, if so then add (logged in) to the name

        if [[ $(who | grep -c "$USERNAME ") -gt 0 ]]

            then

            LOGINSTATUS=" (Logged In)"

        fi

 

 

It also looks like the syntax of the entries doesn't match the one on your first capture (e.g.: $RealName is not parsed as my real name):

 

        # fuzzymatch with real name and username 

        if [[ " $REALNAME" == *\ $QUERY* || $USERNAME == $QUERY* ]]

            then

            # if match is found display the user

            echo "<item uid=\"fastuserswitch $USERNAME\" arg=\"$USERNAME\">"

            echo "<title>$REALNAME$LOGINSTATUS</title><subtitle>Switch to $REALNAME</subtitle>"

            echo "<icon>$PICTURE</icon></item>"

        fi

 

 

Corentin

[aiyo]

Well I checked with who on my Mac and everything there is right, plus the other usernames appearing as logged-in are not subsets of the other ones.

I posted a capture (removing the usernames) here.

 

On the capture, only the first user is logged in.

This part of the script is not excluding entries that get 0 through who:

 

        # check if the user is logged in, if so then add (logged in) to the name

        if [[ $(who | grep -c "$USERNAME ") -gt 0 ]]

            then

            LOGINSTATUS=" (Logged In)"

        fi

 

 

It also looks like the syntax of the entries doesn't match the one on your first capture (e.g.: $RealName is not parsed as my real name):

 

        # fuzzymatch with real name and username 

        if [[ " $REALNAME" == *\ $QUERY* || $USERNAME == $QUERY* ]]

            then

            # if match is found display the user

            echo "<item uid=\"fastuserswitch $USERNAME\" arg=\"$USERNAME\">"

            echo "<title>$REALNAME$LOGINSTATUS</title><subtitle>Switch to $REALNAME</subtitle>"

            echo "<icon>$PICTURE</icon></item>"

        fi

 

 

Corentin

 

I don't understand what is not working for you... You get the list of users on your system and the name of the users are correct?

But then you get "(logged in)" on all of them?

And when you type "who" into terminal.app you only see a list of the users who is logged in?

[cortig]

I have 4 user accounts on this Mac (with completely different names). The workflow lists them all, telling me they are all logged-in. who lists 2 (which reflects the reality).

In addition, instead of displaying something like "Switch to Bob", as on your capture, it says "Switch to RealName: Bob".

 

 

          Corentin

[aiyo]

I have updated Fast User Switching which fixes the "(logged in)" and "RealName:" issues.

 

https://github.com/aiyodk/Alfred-Extensions/raw/master/AlfredApp_2.x/Fast-User-Switching/Fast-User-Switching.alfredworkflow

[cortig]

I have updated Fast User Switching which fixes the "(logged in)" and "RealName:" issues.

 

https://github.com/aiyodk/Alfred-Extensions/raw/master/AlfredApp_2.x/Fast-User-Switching/Fast-User-Switching.alfredworkflow

 

Working beautifully for me now. Thanks a million for all the hard work.

 

 

          Corentin

[anarchaeopteryx]

I rely on the wifi toggle more than anyone should ever have to, so thank you for saving me all those clicks.

[aporlebeke]

Thanks for the updated workflows from 1.x!  I'm very much a coding noob and I liked how in the previous workflow from 1.x that all i had to do was type "wifi" and hit enter and it would just turn on or off the wifi connection.  Now I have extra clicks to enter the toggle and select on/off or the IPv4/6 selections.  Not a huge deal, but would love to know how I could change the script so it just turns on/off the wifi.  Thanks!

[aiyo]

Thanks for the updated workflows from 1.x!  I'm very much a coding noob and I liked how in the previous workflow from 1.x that all i had to do was type "wifi" and hit enter and it would just turn on or off the wifi connection.  Now I have extra clicks to enter the toggle and select on/off or the IPv4/6 selections.  Not a huge deal, but would love to know how I could change the script so it just turns on/off the wifi.  Thanks!

 

Alfred will learn your preferred action after a few times, and at that point you just need to write "wifi" and hit enter, like with the 1.x extension.

 

Cheers,

Jonas

[ramiro.araujo]

Fantastic! thanks!!