Vero

@Ariamis This particular message isn't problematic, so could you keep an eye for any other error messages if it happens again?

Beyond that, do you use multiple monitors on and off? I'm thinking of an issue we haven't seen in quite a few macOS major versions, but occasionally macOS would lose resolution of what your screens arrangement was and would show Alfred off-screen. It's unlikely to be this, but if you use multiple monitors, it may be worth seeing if it happens after changing setup.

Another thing you could try (which I realise isn't great for someone who's developed Cmd + Space muscle memory) would be to change your hotkey combo for a while and see if the issue ever occurs with another combo. That would help narrow down whether it *is* something interfering with the combo.

It's all I can think of for now, so let me know if any other information comes to light in your setup on your work profile.

@Alan He This thread is quite a mess of questions and unclear responses, so could you please help me understand more specifically where you're at by answering the questions below.

• Are files in standard locations found on your Mac, such as Documents, Downloads, Desktop, etc?
• If you are specifically having issues locating files in ~/Library/ - what are the files, and exactly how are you searching for them?

The macOS ~/Library/Containers/ folders are not really intended for browsing and searching, and are usually files an app needs to function. 

If you must find files in that location, you may be able to create a File Filter workflow, but if you can be clear on why you're searching that location, it may help us guide you further.

@Papep0r Could you please provide a link to your actual workflow?

If you've restored from a Time Machine and are on Monterey, have you checked whether your files are found normally? You're likely experiencing the same issue as many users here, where the macOS Monterey Migration Assistant bug is causing your results to not be found (regardless of using the File Filter workflow)

Could you please carefully follow the instructions I've provided in the post linked below, as this will resolve indexing issues in Monterey:

If your issue matches the one above, please respond in the linked thread if you need further help.

Cheers,
Vero

@Pocho Could you please provide more details of which version of 1Password you're using, when the issue started, exactly what behaviour you see?

The more information we have, the more likely we'll be able to let the 1Password team know what's happening - you may also want to contact them yourselves. If they give you a helpful response, please let us know here, or by email. 

Cheers,
Vero

On 12/3/2021 at 2:57 PM, goldenmeanie said:

This is an issue in #slack too 😢

Slack has its own snippet tool and alters what you paste itself, so you can take a look at Slack preferences to see if you can stop it from manipulating your text content.

Otherwise, as I suspect you'll want to keep Slack's own snippets available, you can split a snippet into two (e.g. [first block of snippet that ends where you'd want the cursor to be] type your free text [second snippet])

@komacforever Welcome to the forum  Could you please provide more details so that I can help you out?

- What is your snippet keyword?

- What is the full text, including the dynamic placeholders, of your snippet content?

- What happens to the cursor when pasting into TextEdit specifically? 

- What about your other snippets? Does a plain text snippet with no dynamic content paste normally?

- Which build of Alfred and Monterey exactly are you using?

Please be as specific as you can so that I can help you establish what might be happening.

Cheers,
Vero

@clienttel You can drag any apps to Spotlight's Privacy tab, then type "reload" into Alfred to refresh the app cache. This will remove the apps from Alfred and Spotlight's results, but you'll still be able to manually navigate to them in Finder if you need them.

Cheers,
Vero

@gimboland Welcome to the forum.

Alfred truncates to 10,000 characters by design, and has always done. While it's interesting to see how you're using Large Type, this is outside the intended purpose of the feature.

Moving the thread to Feature Suggestion, as fellow Alfred users may have ideas on alternative ways to achieve what you have in mind

Cheers,
Vero

@Alan He Could you please try installing the workflow linked below and search for files using the "pb" keyword. This workflow uses a simplified version of Alfred's built-in file search and may narrow down why the default search isn't working for you. 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/63vgpclmapf74q9/Pared Back File Search Test.alfredworkflow?dl=0

Let me know what your findings are with this, and try with various files in various locations, such as a newly created file on your desktop. I can then guide you further to using a workaround so that you don't have to use the workflow every time.

@Zenn Could you please fill in your Powerpack email address in your forum profile before asking Powerpack-specific questions? This is only visible to me as administrator and allows us to confirm your registered address.

Any questions, just drop me a line.

Cheers,
Vero

@newbie1234 Could you please fill in your Powerpack email address in your forum profile before asking Powerpack-specific questions? This is only visible to me as administrator and allows us to confirm your registered address.

Any questions, just drop me a line.

Cheers,
Vero

@Ariamis Welcome to the forum.

Could you please take a look at Console next time this occurs and see whether you're seeing the message referred to in the post below?

This only seems to affect a handful of Alfred users on Monterey, so if your issue is the same, please let me know and I'll close this thread, so that we can keep any updates on the topic in a single thread.

Cheers,
Vero

2 hours ago, Vero said:

Could you also please let us know if you recently moved to Monterey, and if so, if you migrated your preferences from another Mac / previous install / Time Machine?

 

Remember, the more information you can provide, the more likely we can help you.

Did you read the rest of my post? Please don't just answer the first question and ignore the rest of what I asked.

@Alan He Could you please use Alfred's File Troubleshooter first and share the output?

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

Could you also please let us know if you recently moved to Monterey, and if so, if you migrated your preferences from another Mac / previous install / Time Machine?

Remember, the more information you can provide, the more likely we can help you.

Cheers,
Vero

@Pasela My suggestion was to create a workflow, rather than use a standard snippet, giving you more flexibility on manipulation.

Take a look at this workflow, where you type "uuid" and a lowercased UUID is copied to your clipboard, ready to paste wherever you need it.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/a2ai0c8yiwonj3r/Lowercasing a UUID.alfredworkflow?dl=0

The keyword is connected to a Random utility that creates your UUID, then goes through a Transform utility that lowercases it, and finally onto a Copy to Clipboard output that copies it to your clipboard. 

You can edit the last object to check the box to paste automatically to the frontmost app if you'd like.

Hope this helps

@ozzywood Welcome to the forum.

You can use the question mark followed by any feature's name, e.g. ?snippets to open the Snippets preferences or ?custom to open the Web/Custom searches prefs.

@LorenzoA Once Terminal appears, you'll need to type your password; The characters won't appear as you type, so just keep typing and press Return.

Terminal should then say "Indexing enabled" - if it says anything else, please share the message you get instead.

The full instructions are here in step 5:

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

Make sure you've granted Terminal Full Disk Access before you begin, as her the Indexing page instructions and my replies in this thread

@Pasela Welcome to the forum  

You can add a Transform Utility after you create your random UUID to lowercase it before proceeding further. In that case, you'll need to create a Snippet Trigger rather than a standard snippet to allow for the manipulation you want to do.

Cheers,
Vero

@Jaji In addition to Andrew's reply - make sure you have the Clipboard History feature enabled in the main Clipboard preferences.

@Junhong In Alfred's Workflows preferences, you can delete the version you're using and re-add from the built-in workflows (by clicking the [+] at the bottom > Examples > Google Suggest)

@stevenrowan When you say you're typing "ff", do you have a workflow with that keyword installed? 

I suspect you might be getting a little mixed up by tagging on to the end of a thread of someone else's different question; The original poster wasn't seeing any files returned AND they weren't on macOS Monterey (which is proving to be causing issues for users who migrated their preferences from a previous Mac), so please ignore anything above your first post in this thread.

If you're finding all your files in normal conditions but wish to use the built-in File Search, go to the Workflows tab, click the [+] at the bottom of the sidebar > Examples > Dynamic File Filter. This workflow is intended for searching inside the folder you select. 

If you just want to search for folders, choose the "Simple Folder Search" example, which uses the keyword "f".

@Mark.T Welcome to the forum

Let us know once you've given your Mac enough time to run through the reindexing process.  

If you've migrated your preferences from a previous Mac or Time Machine, and you're on Monterey, please keep the discussion in the thread linked below to avoid splintering the discussion:

If the above doesn't apply, please provide as much detail as possible, as well as outputs from the File Troubleshooting tool.

Cheers,
Vero

@doclrb 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 are from users who have migrated from a Time Machine backup or a previous Mac.

If that applies to you, could you please take a look at this thread where I've provided the necessary steps to rebuild your index properly (yes, even if Spotlight appears to be showing some results). Please take the time to read the post carefully and follow all the steps.

If the above doesn't apply to you, please email your Diagnostics file to our info@ address, and provide the output of file troubleshooting examples for the files you're searching for, so that we can help you further.

Cheers,
Vero

@brank87 While it's unlikely this would happen, here's a workflow I use as scratchpad. 

It just creates a new file in my Documents folder if it doesn't exist, otherwise appends my current clipboard content to it with today's timestamp before it, either by using the keyword "scratch" or a hotkey. It's become automatic to bring it up with the hotkey combo every time I start a phonecall, knowing I'll probably need to scribble something.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ehql878e1y80bwh/Scratchpad for taking notes.alfredworkflow?dl=0

Of course, modify it as you wish if you'd prefer it created a new file every time, overwrite the previous one, don't paste in clipboard content, etc...

Cheers,
Vero

@enkaytee It would have been helpful to say that you're having other security issues with your Mac early on... They're likely to also be caused by some underlying issues in Monterey.

The only advice I can give is that if you install Monterey is to not use the macOS Migration Assistant, as it seems to have caused issues for quite a few community members.