Vero

@tillus So can you confirm whether you still have issues with any workflow at all?

Yes, in the future, if you could please either reply to one relevant thread (ideally the specific workflow's thread), rather than post in four different threads. I've now removed the other posts in other threads to keep the conversation focused to on.

@bargepole We'd love to suggest multiple alternatives but, so far, few services appear to meet the minimum requirements of files being stored locally, always available and syncing reliably with no delay.

We're all ears if anyone has been using services/apps that meet these essential requirements.  

2 hours ago, tillus said:

Kind of sad, that the problem was not adressed for over half a year. I mean we all payed money for this service. So can we expect that it is working with workflows now?

It's not "kind of sad"; the user reported that they had resolved their issue - they weren't left in the lurch.  

If you are having issues importing workflows, check both the point made by @ppolang as Alfred needs the preferences to be stored locally and always available, and the suggestions below:

It's more likely that you're unable to import a workflow for one of the reasons below:

• Corrupted download: Try redownloading in case the file didn't finish and you only have a partial file
• Using a third-party unzipper that tries to unzip the workflow: Disable the unzipper or use a different browser
• Incompatible workflow: The version of the workflow may not be compatible.

If you can provide a link to the workflow in question, the exact error message you're seeing, and let us know which version of Alfred and macOS you're on, we'll be happy to help. 

16 minutes ago, Fingolfin said:

it worked in the end!

Yes, it's quite essential to wait until the reindex is complete

Glad you're all sorted!

9 hours ago, bperez-utah said:

Those 4 that show I do not need. 

@bperez-utah This is important information, however. It means that Alfred is being shown a 1Password file of some sort, but it may not be the correct one. 

When you open the Alfred 1Password preferences, do you see a full list of 1PW bookmarks? If you manually add a new one to 1Password, does it get added to the list in Alfred? This will allow us to establish whether Alfred is presenting you with the correct vault/3rd party file, or an old one that might be sitting on your Mac as legacy from a previous version.

Next, could you please click "Advanced" in the bottom right of the Alfred 1Password preferences and copy the full path listed under "Discover Automatically" and paste it here?

@Fingolfin Welcome to the forum!

May I ask if you migrated your preferences from a previous Mac? We're almost exclusively hearing about indexing issues on Monterey from users who have migrated from a Time Machine backup or a previous Mac.
 
If that applies to you, please take a look at the guide to troubleshooting indexing on Monterey and carefully follow the instructions, which will help you work around the bug in the macOS Migration Assistant:

https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/indexing/monterey/

Let us know how you get on

@Vitalii The quickest way to switch if you have enough apps that Cmd + Tab isn't efficient is to pop up Alfred, type the first letter or two of the app you want, and select it in Alfred. Assuming it's an app you use often, it'll be at the top of the list within a letter or two.

The other advantage is that you don't have to wonder whether the app is already running or not, it'll launch regardless of its previous state.

You could create hotkey combos for individual apps by connecting a hotkey object to a launch Apps/Files object, but that still feels more convoluted (as it requires remembering individual hotkey combos for every app)

@Efficient May I ask if you migrated your preferences from a previous Mac? We're almost exclusively hearing about indexing issues on Monterey are from users who have migrated from a Time Machine backup or a previous Mac using Apple's Migration Assistant.
 
If that applies to you, take a look at this thread for the steps to rebuild your index properly (yes, even if Spotlight appears to be showing some results, and even if you did it 3 weeks ago). Please take the time to read the post carefully and follow all the steps.
 
https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/indexing/monterey/
 
If the above doesn't apply to you, please send your Diagnostics file to info@ and provide the output of file troubleshooting examples for the files you're searching for, so that we can help you further.

@bperez-utah You're using 1Password 7, so your issue won't be the same as the previous thread you linked to.

The screenshot you provide includes 1Password bookmarks (results 3 and 4) so I'm not sure I understand what's amiss in the 1Password integration? Are you saying that Alfred is showing the wrong 1PW collection? 

Cheers,
Vero

@Koen_73 Could you provide more information as to the current state of your Mac?

• Did you do a full, fresh reinstall of your Mac from scratch? Or did you reinstall on top of the existing OS?
• Did you migrate any settings from a previous Mac or Time Machine after that?
• Can Spotlight and Alfred find files? Please provide specific examples including the output from the File Troubleshooter, and let us know exactly what you're typing into Alfred (including any prefixes like the "open" keyword)
• You said in the past that results appeared and disappeared when using the same keyword. Is this still happening?

We can do our best to help you work out the underlying issues in your Mac's index, but keep in mind that these indexing issues are outside of Alfred so I can only guess what's happening in macOS with your specific install.

@Alan He Put a space between "base" and "64" if you want to search for 64? It'll then be a word boundary.

@hazephase Take a look at this explanation of what Secure Input is and how to narrow down what's causing secure entry to be locked:

https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/snippets/#secure-input

In your case, it seems it be something within Firefox, so follow the instructions in the link; Disable all plugins, quit Firefox and relaunch. What happens? If it's fine, start using each plugin one at the time until you find the offender. In the past, plugins like LastPass and Bitwarden, amongst others, have been responsible for failing to release secure entry when they were done with it.

I'd be grateful if you could let us know what it was in your case, as it may help future users

Cheers,
Vero

@UKDEVELOPER I would encourage you to go through the step-by-step I linked above.

As a rough guide:

• Quit all apps on your Mac, disable any launch-at-startup apps, and restart with as minimal a setup as possible.
• Open Alfred's Snippets preferences so that you can see any errors popping up (keep in mind that this updates every 10 seconds or so, so don't rush).
• Open a single app and use it, taking into consideration how you usually use it, e.g. think of the plugins as well when using your browser and disable them if needed to narrow down further.

By doing one app at the time and not opening the dozen apps we all normally have open when we work, you should be able to narrow down which app or plugin causes the secure input issue. You'll need to be methodical, but as I said above, browsers and plugins are a good starting point as I recall LastPass, BitWarden and some other passwordy plugins causing issues in the past.

Let us know your findings and we might be able to help you further.

Cheers,
Vero

50 minutes ago, Le Tien said:

Not working on Big Sur m1

Please be more specific rather than simply saying "not working" 

* What you were doing when the issue happened
* Whether you were able to replicate it a second time by performing the same action
* Include any screenshots that might help us

* For a workflow, check the workflow debugger for any error messages that could be helpful
* Include the Alfred version & build number you are using (don't say "latest" - you'll find a version number in the Update tab of Alfred's preferences)
* Include your macOS version
 
The clearer the issue report, the more likely and easily we'll be able to help you resolve it.
 

@BlushAudio Alfred will need both Accessibility and Automation for System Events, so check that Alfred is listed in both and that the box is checked next to them.

@Bemawr Alfred should bring your most-used results to the top, so there are a few things to look at here:

• Ensure you're up to date: Are you using Alfred 4.6.1?
• Open Alfred's preferences to Advanced and check that "Top Result Keyword Latching" is ticked. This is the feature that tells Alfred to learn from your usage and keyword choices.
• If the box was already checked, click the "Clear Knowledge" button, which will re-create the knowledge database

Once you've done this, see if Alfred remembers your choices by, for example, typing "s" and selecting the second app in the list and pressing return. Do this 2-3 times, then see whether it appears above the original first result.

Let me know how you get on

Cheers,
Vero

@aryan9600 As suggested by @deanishe, there are a few different ways to search most efficiently using Alfred.

I would recommend removing images, documents and text files from the default results. Default Results will then return the most essential item types; Apps, contacts, folders, etc

You can then use the following keywords/tricks as prefixes to your search term:

• Use the "open" keyword to open a file (or press the spacebar as a shortcut!)
• Use the "find" keyword to reveal the file in Finder
• Use the "in" keyword to search inside your files' content

In other words, to search for a PDF, you would press the spacebar followed by the name of the PDF you want to search for.

If the issue persists, please give some tangible examples so that we can help you further (exactly what you're typing into Alfred, as well as details of the file you're expecting to find) 

Finally, as you're using Monterey according to your first post, did you migrate your Mac data from another Mac / Time Machine by any chance? If so, please take a look at our troubleshooting guide to working around the macOS Monterey Migration Assistant bug.

https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/indexing/monterey/

Let us know how you get on

Cheers,
Vero

@UKDEVELOPER What is the XXX that's being reported?

Have you followed the steps we provide here to narrow down what is locking secure input?

https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/snippets/#secure-input

You should be able to establish whether it's caused by a browser plugin, for example, or a particular app. The more information you share with us, the more we'll be able to help you out.

On 1/15/2022 at 1:43 PM, UKDEVELOPER said:

at the moment it's using the dropbox ones (as if I have two backup machines)

As a clarification, there's no primary/secondary Mac concept as far as syncing preferences is concerned. Alfred stores the preferences in the sync folder you set, and - once set up correctly - both Macs use the preferences and can change/save to them equally.

2 hours ago, mickeyr said:

When I import one of the suggested collections of snippets, I uncheck strip autoexpand option, and set automatically expand snippets by keyword.  But, the collections always show 0 snippets, even though the file size is 500k, or so.

As @deanishe said, please provide more information so that we can help you further.

Having said that, also please check whether you're using any tools or browser plugins that manipulate files upon download, such as a third-party unzipper which might think the snippet collection is a zipped file.

Disable these tools and try again, and let us know how you get on

14 minutes ago, deanishe said:

They might add a scripting API at some point.

@DrDishant While I haven't looked into their background / team / development process, if Sorted have a forum or feedback mechanism, it may be worth making your interest in this known, as it may help them prioritise this if there's enough demand.

Cheers,
Vero

@nesdroc Are you just generally looking for a timer app? If so, @vitor's SandwichTimer workflow is worth taking a look at  

4 hours ago, fonginator said:

There have been a number of reports like these in this thread with many scenarios to reproduce the problem, and I wonder whether this is even being looked into or if anyone in the dev team has been able to reproduce this. I don't think I've seen this listed as a known issue or something that's being looked into.

@fonginator As this issue is only affecting a tiny proportion of users, we are actively in the process of trying to gather as much information as possible so as to identify the underlying issue, and why it's affecting so few. Every time anyone has provided any more insight, we've done further tests and still can't replicate the behaviour you're seeing. If it was a widespread or reproducible issue, we would have been able to identify and resolve it, or at the very least, raise a bug report with Apple.

Right now, I'm using macOS 12.1 and Alfred 4.6.2, and trying both of your Terminal secure entry tests do not prevent Alfred from operating normally in my tests.

Take a critical look at what apps or utilities you have installed, and also apps which would have been installed before Monterey which may no longer be compatible but still operating behind the scenes, as these may be ultimately responsible.

Have you tried the suggestion earlier in this thread of creating a new vanilla account on your Mac and testing which behaviour you see on this new account? Another user earlier in the thread reported that this fixed the issue - which points to a specific issue with the primary user profile.

@DrDishant Take a look at this recent blog post where I use one snippet trigger to present a set of possible snippets to use:

https://www.alfredapp.com/blog/guides-and-tutorials/single-keyword-for-multiple-snippets-workflow/

With one snippet, I can choose from a list of three possible email signatures, depending on the identity I want to use.

Pressing return will then paste the selected snippet to the frontmost app.

You can download an example workflow from the blog post as well to help you get started.

5 hours ago, aMoniker said:

Let me know if I can do anything to help you track down the cause.

Could you let us know which version of Alfred you're using? Always best to update to the latest pre-release (4.6.2 at this time)

Take a look at the Console logs from earlier in this thread and see whether any of these happen on your Mac, and report these back to us so that we can see what macOS has to say.

Also, please let us know in as much detail as possible when it happens (what app is in the foreground), what browser plugins you're using, etc. 

@Sam Tang Welcome to the forum. What @deanishe is saying in his very succinct response is that this has been answered many times in recent months and that the best first step when looking for answers is to use the search feature.

Having said that, we've now created a step-by-step guide to troubleshooting this issue, which seems to be caused by a bug in the macOS Monterey Migration Assistant, resulting in files not being found when they should be. 

Please take a look at this guide and follow the instructions carefully:

https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/indexing/monterey/

I'm confident this will solve your issue, but if for any reason, you still have indexing issues, please follow up in the relevant thread linked below. I'll now lock this thread to avoid splitting up the discussion of the same topic any further.

Cheers,
Vero