walks0ftly

It's been a while since I've updated Alfred. I'm a Powerpack user. The last two times I updated, all my data was lost ... I had to attempt to re-create all that I'd created. I just checked my sync to Dropbox, and -- sure enough -- the Alfred.alfredpreferences file was last modified 4 years ago in 2018, even though I'm constantly adding new web searches. Meanwhile my Alfred is working fine, so it has my current data. What can I do to ensure that everything I've done from 2018 to 2022 is saved and available to an updated Alfred 5? Why can't I simply download the current state of my Alfred preferences, and then upload if needed? Thanks for any suggestions ...

A few months ago, when I was trying to move Alfred to a new Mac, I was unable to do so -- I tried syncing via Dropbox, but I could not get the new Alfred install to pick up all the preferences I'd created, and nothing I was told on this forum worked. So for those few months my new machine sat unused, as I was too busy with work to invest any more time until things slowed down. Now I am once again trying to move to a different new machine, took all the forum advice to heed, making sure my preferences were completely synced before installing on the new machine and setting Dropbox on the new machine as the location of my preferences. Then I copied my Powerpack license and pasted it into my new installed Alfred on the new Mac. However, when I went to use my old Alfred, it had lost THREE YEARS worth of customization! GONE! Now both installs are worthless, since it is the customization that gives them utility. I'm too drained at this point to deal with Alfred any more -- there have to be similar apps that won't create these kinds of tragedies. I don't know why I couldn't attach my preferences file to an email, and then paste it into a specific folder where my new installation would find it, i.e., keep it simple. Anyway, good luck to you RussB, I hope you had better luck than I.