Colin

Found the problem. There is a checkbox in Automation that was unchecked. checked it and now it works again.

Wonder how it got unchecked and also wonder why other system commands worked when it was unchecked.

Maybe the Alfred update a couple of days ago did it????

I can put my iMac (intel,which is up to date), to sleep from the menu bar but does not work through Alfred. All other system commands work.

Sleep Displays works okay but not Sleep

Everything was ok a few days ago and I just noticed it today. Uninstalled Alfred and reinstalled the latest version and activated my Powerpack but it has not resolved the issue.

Can someone please point me in the right direction to get it fixed?

Okay, think I fixed it. Used a VPN from UK and was able to download it.

Then I tried VPN with another server in Australia and that worked too.

My ISP must have changed some setting that prevents access.

Will send them a support ticket.

Thanks for the help.

My system has not changed in years. Same ISP same setup. Always been able to update other times.

Will try again later.

Was prompted to update to 3.6 but got message 'cannot find update zip'

I searched forum and found one answer was to download directly from alfredapp site.

Unfortunately this did not work either. "Safari cannot find server cachefly.alfredapp.com"

I know this is an old post but....

Very very nice. I like it.

Now I do not have to type long-winded paths to get to the directory I want.

I just updated to 10.12.3 and as thinkfilm mentioned, it works as before. Everthing lines up nicely.

On 20/01/2017 at 5:14 AM, flome said:

Skol, Colin.

 

Update: After trying it on my MacOS 10.12.3 Beta (16D30a), the "bounds" property isn't functioning correctly, so the windows do not line up properly, even after playing with the values.

I have the latest release 10.12.2 and it works okay. I will have to wait until 10.12.3 is not in Beta and is released.

I dislike have to manually resize and position Finder windows, so after a little research I came up with this solution

This workflow produces two Finder windows side by side, any size any position.

Modify the script to suit your needs. Hope someone finds it as useful as I do.

http://www.manorts.com/alfred/Dualpane.alfredworkflow

Thank you.

Everything still works like a charm and I have the latest version.

After upgrading to version 3 and buying the Powerpack, I noticed I have 3 versions in my Application folder.

I have...

Alfred 2.app

Alfred 3-2.app

Alfred 3.app

Can I keep Alfred 3 and uninstall the others without causing too much trouble?

Thanks for the workflow Jack. Works really well on Alfred 3.

Did not work for me either at first.

Have a look in Alfred's preferences and under 'File Search' there is an Actions button. Click on it.

From there you can see the default actions. Take note of the hotkey down the bottom. Mine is "option+command+right arrow"

Then from the Alfred search bar, type in a file name and use down arrow to highlight the file you want then use the hotkey to bring up the actions for that file.

But there may be an easier way.

EDIT: noticed Andrew answered a similar post a couple of days ago. Looks like you press the fn key during a file search to bring up the actions.

That makes it clearer. I thought that when my Trash was empty it was actually empty. That was until last night when I plugged in my external drive. 

Thanks for education, I really appreciate the time you have taken to explain it.

This is a much smaller script that works well. Hope BermudaLamb can use it. Change the +5 to whatever days you want.

on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
	
	set files2delete to paragraphs of (do shell script "find " & quoted form of POSIX path of this_folder & " -type f -mtime +5 -delete")
	
end adding folder items to

Now I'm totally confused. If I send  files to Trash and I can see these files in the Trash folder, do you mean they are not really there. I honestly don't understand 

When you show hidden files, you can see the folder Trash in the users directory. When you right click you can setup Folder Actions on it.

I don't think its magic, just hidden.

Because I am a learner, I collect lots of workflows and scripts just to see how things work. Sometimes a gem comes along.

I have this little Applescript that I found very useful. Its pretty well documented. I suppose you could use it in Alfred but I do not know how to do it.

You have to set up Trash Folder Actions and put the Applescript in your Library/Scripts/Folder Action Scripts

EDIT: I did not write this script and I do not remember who did or where I got it.

on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
	try
		-- Set number of days to wait
		-- Change this to the number of days you want
		set time_diff to 7
		
		-- Touch all incoming items to update the modified date to now
		repeat with i from 1 to the number of items in the added_items
			set a_file to item i of added_items
			set sh_script to "touch " & quoted form of (POSIX path of a_file)
			do shell script sh_script
		end repeat
		
		set trash_files to (list folder this_folder without invisibles)
		-- Set variable "use_date" to the current date to be a little bit more efficient when working with many files
		set use_date to (current date) - time_diff * days
		
		-- Search through the trash and delete files that are there longer than 7 days
		repeat with i from 1 to the count of trash_files
			set a_file to alias ((this_folder as text) & (item i of trash_files))
			if the (modification date of (info for a_file)) comes before use_date then
				-- "srm -sf" deletes files in a secure way in "simple mode" use "man srm" if you want different modes
				set sh_script to "srm -sf " & quoted form of (POSIX path of oldest_file)
				do shell script sh_script
			end if
		end repeat
	end try
end adding folder items to

You don't need to do that.

Just use the Alfred hotkey to bring up the search bar then enter the folder name you wish to go to.

You may have some photos in the dredges folder

eg users/yourname/myoldfiles/pictures/historic/dredges

Just type dredges and Alfred will take you there

Not sure if this is exactly what you are after but it may help. It is an applescript I picked up somewhere.

tell application "Terminal"
	activate
	
	-- Get a window that's not busy.
	-- If there are no open windows, open one.
	if (count of windows) is greater than 0 then
		repeat with currentWindow in windows
			if currentWindow is not busy then
				set targetWindow to currentWindow
			end if
		end repeat
	else
		do script ""
		set targetWindow to window 1
	end if
	
	-- Do command 1.
	set firstCommand to "ls"
	do script firstCommand in targetWindow
	
	-- Open a new tab.
	tell application "System Events" to tell process "Terminal" to keystroke "t" using command down
	
	-- Do command 2.
	set secondCommand to "pwd"
	do script secondCommand in targetWindow
	
	-- And so on...
end tell

I am no expert by any means but senior members may suggest you post your workflow so they may see what may be wrong.

I put this together as a learning exercise because I am just learning.

It uses an old terminal command named imagesnap http://www.manorts.com/alfred/imagesnap.zip

Docs are in the archive and if I can understand them, anyone can. There are quite a few options you can use.

My workflow is real basic. I have a keyword 'snap' followed by a space and argument that activates my script. e.g snap testpic.jpg

One of the command switches is real handy, imagesnap -t 30. It takes a photo every 30 seconds until you end the script. Good to see who is at your computer during your coffee break.

on alfred_script(q)
tell application "Terminal"
	--activate
		do script "imagesnap " & q
        delay 5
        quit
end tell
end alfred_script

Edited the script so terminal window does not open and to put a delay to let the script finish before quitting the Terminal

Thanks deanishe, most of that makes some sense to me so I'll just practice and experiment for a while and the rest should sink in.

I can follow the code example you posted, so thanks for the help.

Okay now. Sifted through a lot of examples trying to get some clues.

Changed the code to 

my alfred_script("{query}")
on alfred_script(q)
tell application "iTunes"
pause
delay q
play
end tell
end alfred_script

Now it works. If I remove the first line, it does not work. What does the first line mean?

I did not understand what to do with the argument following the keyword, now I do so I have learnt something.

EDIT: Where can I find out what {query} does and where it comes  from? Cannot find any reference to it.

Having just purchased the Powerpack, I am now learning how to create workflows.

I have downloaded several examples just to see how Alfred works.

This is my first attempt.

My Alfred workflow is set up with a keyword 'pause' which triggers this script.

on alfred_script(q)
tell application "iTunes"
pause
delay 10
play
end tell
end alfred_script

It just pauses the song for 10 seconds then resumes.

The only way I can change the duration is in the delay.

I want to be able to have 'pause nn' so that nn is the duration.

Is there a way to do this?

Thanks

Thanks Vitor, with that info I can now purchase the Powerpack.