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@Stephen_C If you've created an image folder, your path would need the folder too.  No worries, I might add more details to the page (it's so tricky making it simple enough yet detailed enough! 🤔 ) Hope this helps!

@CSGiles Welcome to the forum Which Alfred version are you using?

@suziedawg This isn't something we've heard of before. Alfred simply backspaces for a few characters then dispatches a Cmd + V to paste your snippet, so it's a very benign action, no matter what the destination app is. What snippet are you pasting, where and what does the Illustrator crash look like? You should be able to find the crash in the Console app on your Mac, and report it to Adobe, though I'd also be curious to see it if you can paste it here.

@DannyS Before moving back to Dropbox, take a backup once again. I would recommend creating a new folder in Dropbox rather than reusing the old one, which may clear out any permissions issues with the old one. Next, ensure that the folder is set to be stored locally (i.e. Smart Sync is disabled on the new folder) As ever, I'd still recommend including that folder in your Time Machine backup

@Iowannie Welcome to the forum Secure entry is a feature by which macOS allows an app to say "don't watch my keypresses, this is secure data" (e.g. a password field). It's then the responsibility of the feature/app to release secure entry to allow other apps to listen to keypresses. The "[something] is preventing text expansion" error message usually makes it easy to identify which application has locked secure input, but when it says Finder, it may be that macOS is unable to establish which app is locking secure input. This can be because macOS itself has left the secure input enabled (e.g. when you've recently logged into your Mac, or after waking your computer and typing your password). This can be resolved by restarting your Mac, or logging out fully and logging back in. If the issue occurs frequently, try launching a minimum number of apps/services on your Mac, and re-launching apps one by one, allowing you to establish which app or service is locking secure input by process of elimination. Note that browser plugins (e.g. password managers) can be the cause, so enable plugins one at a time to test them. In your case, I would start with disabling all Chrome plugins for a while, checking that you no longer get the notice. Then start re-enabling your Chrome plugins one at a time, paying particular attention to any plugin that manages password fields, as that's likely when you'll see the error message. Do let us know how you get on.

@everyonesdesign This is disabled by design, but you can change this by opening Alfred's preferences to Features > Snippets > Auto-Expansion Options, where you can remove Alfred from the "Don't expand" list.

@Rigonatti This is quite an old thread and Alfred has evolved a lot since then You should be able to do exactly what you want without a single line of code using Alfred's Automation Tasks: https://www.alfredapp.com/help/workflows/automations/automation-task/ You can start your workflow with a keyword for work and connect it to the "Launch Apps / Files" object to launch the apps you need for work (and ahem, quit any distracting personal ones if needed ) Do much the same when setting up your personal environment, but use Automation Task (Under Core Automation Tasks > macOS, choose either the Quit Apps or Quit All Apps, with Exceptions) to quit any apps you no longer want active. Start creating your workflow and, if you need any help, share your workflow-in-progress and we'll be happy to help

Would @Benzi be able to switch the the environment variables to use the new User Configuration? (Or another community member could do it and submit as a pull request in Github)

@timurray2000 As suspected, the index on your Mac is corrupted and files aren't being correctly indexed by macOS. To be clear, this is an issue with the OS and not with Alfred. If you try restarting your Mac then attempt to rebuild the index again, do you still see the unknown indexing state error?

@timurray2000 Could you please use Alfred's File Troubleshooter and drag a few files in? I'd be very interested in seeing what the metadata for your files looks like. Here's how you can do this: https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/indexing/ "Unknown indexing state" indicates that there's something wrong with the underlying macOS index. Have you tried restarting your Mac and following the steps I'd provided again?

@beetlefrosch You can open Spotlight's Privacy tab and drag that folder so that archives aren't indexed by macOS (and therefore aren't returned in results to Alfred) If this archive included apps, you can type "reload" into Alfred to refresh the application cache as well

@timurray2000 Interesting, there have been a couple of people reporting this indexing issue, and we've been able to replicate it on one of our testing Macs, so we'll be investigating. I've edited my reply below to clarify the order of operations: 1. Delete the Spotlight-V100 file located here, which is equivalent to checking the "Delete Spotlight-V100" box during the standard reindex: /System/Volumes/Data/.Spotlight-V100 2. Next, open Terminal manually and paste in the following: sudo mdutil -E -i on / Let me know how you get on.

@OllyD Workflows need to be triggered by a keyword or hotkey by design, so it's not possible to include the results in the default results, if that's what you're asking. However, you can set a hotkey combo for that particular workflow if you prefer this as a way to trigger it instead of typing the keyword.

@timurray2000 Welcome to the forum Sounds like you might need to rebuild your Mac's index if apps aren't being correctly returned (even if they appear in Spotlight). Take a look at the indexing troubleshooting page for all the details (step 5 shows you how to rebuild the index): https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/indexing/ With regards to excluding apps from Parallels, there may be a way to tell Parallels not to make proxy apps, which would be the best way. Alternatively, you can drag the Parallels apps folder to the Spotlight Privacy tab. You can then type "reload" into Alfred to refresh the app cache. Let me know how you get on.

@cartern With a custom web search, it's not possible to specify subtext, but if you opted for creating a workflow with a Keyword connected to a Open URL object, you can specify the subtext in the Keyword object Here's the page for the Open URL object where you can either use an existing custom search or input the text directly: https://www.alfredapp.com/help/workflows/actions/open-url/

Okay, so your issue is different to the original thread creator's. If it happens in a repeatable way, could you try identifying whether anything in particular happens on your Mac prior to bookmarks becoming inaccessible?

@3point Ah that's interesting - Anything that begins with a . should be a hidden or temporary file, which Spotlight doesn't index. If you disable Optimised Storage for iCloud (which ensures that your files are stored locally and "real" rather than just virtual references to online files), are they found? It does appear that there are permissions issues. Are you able to provide Alfred with Full Disk Access in the system prefs? Or is this restricted?

@DannyS I've had a look at the Diagnostics file and there's nothing unusual. The most likely source of issue I can identify would be Dropbox, as it's possible that there are some missing permissions caused by the Ventura upgrade (or the ongoing Dropbox service's evolution) First, please make a backup of your Alfred.alfredpreferences from Dropbox to a safe location on your Mac, so that you can return to them later if needed. Next, try setting your sync location in Alfred's Advanced preferences to a local path, e.g. in your Home directory, create an Alfred folder. This is only temporary to allow us to test permissions. Once you've done this, re-open the Workflows preferences and try saving the icon you're having issues with. Is it saving now? If that works, try creating a NEW folder for Dropbox syncing and setting this as your new sync folder. (You'll need to reflect this on any other Macs you're syncing as well). This may be sufficient to get around a permissions issue caused by an upgrade Cheers, Vero

@Mark A As per Andrew's reply, we are already on the case and will share updates as soon as we can. In the meantime, using Cmd + O to open Contacts is the quickest way to get to your Notes.

Nothing in Alfred has changed, but Ventura is brand new and still quirky. In Features > System, try changing which types of media is included in the Eject keyword's scope, then try using the "eject" keyword. What list of drives do you see then?

@jgla I proposed that you post a reply here: And include the output of typing "!gddiagnostic", which is the specific output of the Google Drive workflow's diagnostics (which is different from the Alfred diagnostics you sent me by email) Hope this helps, and welcome to the forum! Cheers, Vero

@Aathma Could you provide a screenshot / photo of your screen when you see the "would like to record this computer's screen"? This sounds like a Zoom message to me, but I'd like to understand if there's any clarity as to which app is requesting this. Do you have any workflows set to trigger Zoom or similar that you might have forgotten about?

@DannyS Could you please email your Diagnostics file, which you can get by typing "?diagnostics" into Alfred, to our info@ address? Please include a link back to this thread and I'll take a look to see if it provides any insight.

@Jasondm007 The outcome of @dwdblogger 's issue was that his Google Chrome profile's bookmarks file was corrupted. He fixed the corruption and the bookmarks became searchable again. Might give you some hints as to what's happening on your Mac as well.

@DannyS I'm not able to replicate the issue either. Every other change to your workflows saves correctly and only the workflow's main icon doesn't appear to save for you? If you create a new workflow and set an icon, does it save correctly? Could you also let me know if and how you're syncing your preferences? I'm wondering whether there might be permissions issues on some of your files from upgrading to Ventura.