CuteCat

That's a bit unfair. Workflows are little different to any other free software. There are workflows that have been working—unchanged—since Alfred 2 came out. It's largely a question of how seriously the other people whose language/platforms/services/APIs you're using take backwards-compatibility.
 
Andrew takes it very seriously; Apple is terrible about it.
 
In this case, the change Apple made is extremely incompatible with the existing workflow (Apple moved Notes' data to an SQLite database, and the language the workflow is written in doesn't support SQLite databases).

Read the Notes thread: it's all in there. TL;DR: not very well.
 
 

Hi all,
 
Based on my research, it seems like there was a good Alfred workflow that allowed to search and open notes that broke in 10.11. I've started using Notes as permanent storage for project notes (used to just be an inbox I would empty), and so I'd like to be able to quickly search through to find what I need. If it's impossible I'm going to look into switching to Bear (which I know has a workflow) or Agenda.
 
How are people currently handling their notes with Alfred?

Thanks all!

I also use this to search for notes, and the workflow @deanishe linked to to create notes. 👍 

After years of not being able to search my notes in Alfred I just found this workflow which works great 🥳:
http://www.packal.org/workflow/search-apple-notes

You can access the results at any time in your notification centre.

Update.

Added support for user-specified timer names. Pinging @CuteCat since you’ve specifically asked for that feature. It was coded by @gregschroeder.
 
To use the feature, you need the latest version of the app, so run :sandwichtimerupdateapp in Alfred to get it (will silently replace the one in /Applications). To use in Alfred, add more text (e.g. timer 5 This will be the timer name).

To update to the latest version of the Workflow, download the latest version (same URL) or wait a few days and it’ll prompt you to on next usage, since it uses OneUpdater.

Thanks for the explanation! Kind of wish AirDrop was supported natively in Alfred. I spent a whole night trying to write a perfect AppleScript for this before realizing I could just create a workflow to launch the AirDrop app inside Finder

@CuteCat
 
For my WF I changed the next section in python files (__init__.py) in AnkiConnect add-on: 
 
@api() def loadProfile(self, name): if name not in self.window().pm.profiles(): # return False return self.window().pm.profiles() if not self.window().isVisible(): self.window().pm.load(name) self.window().loadProfile() self.window().profileDiag.closeWithoutQuitting() else: cur_profile = self.window().pm.name if cur_profile != name: self.window().unloadProfileAndShowProfileManager() self.loadProfile(name) # return True return self.window().pm.profiles() I changed lines in comments - ("return False" & "return True")

Basically I have the same problem, how could I solve it?
 
UPD: sorry, problem is solved: Anki Connect didn't work properly 

I created a simple workflow that opens your personal Zoom.us meeting using your Personal Meeting ID.
Quickly Launch a Zoom Meeting using your Personal Meeting ID
 
To Get Started
1. Get your Personal Meeting ID ({personalMeetingID})
2. Paste PMI into personalMeetingID value column ---->
3. Trigger Alfred type `zm` and press `Return`
 
Expected Behavior
* Alfred will launch Zoom.app
* Alfred will spawn a new tab in Chrome
* Alfred navigates to your Zoom Meeting URL
* Zoom does it's thing
* The Zoom Meeting URL is copied to your clipboard
 
Note
I Chose chrome, but it should work with the browser of your choice
I haven't tested this without Chrome being open.
 
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jasi3gt243s6o4y/Open Your Zoom Meeting.alfredworkflow?dl=0

This is really useful. Thank you for making this workflow!

Call qapps and all apps excluding the ones you set in the keep_alive Workflow Environment Variable will quit. The Finder and Alfred (including Alfred Preferences) are added to the exclusion list by default, unless you set their kill_ variables to true.



You can exclude extra apps on a per-run basis by adding them as arguments. Calling with ⌘↵ will also exclude the frontmost app.

Use the exact application names as they present themselves to the system. To prevent multiple apps from quitting, separate their names with commas.



qprocesses will kill all processes, subject to the same keep_alive and kill_ settings, meaning even things in the background that you don’t see will be asked to quit.

The External Triggers allow to temporarily override which apps to keep alive by passing them as the argument.

Note both options ask the apps to exit (SIGTERM) instead of telling them (SIGKILL). If you need to force individual processes to terminate, use ProcessControl instead.

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+1 from me (to nobody’s surprise).
 
I would definitely love to see some more options for Alfred’s filtering. Fuzzy, OR, AND, and perhaps XOR (which is generally unintuitive, but sometimes useful).
 
Fuzzy search, in particular, allows users to train Alfred to adapt to the way they think/work. The way filtering currently works, I rather have the feeling that I’m learning to adapt my queries to what suits Alfred.

I'd like to open up a feature request to have "Fuzzy" matching as one of result filtering options that Alfred handles. This would improve some of my workflows quite a bit. This can be achieved by running other script based tools or implementing the search within your own script, but it would make things easier, if it was already built into Alfred.

? keyword lets you effectively search Alfred. However it does strict search so you are forced to start search query with how the actual workflow name starts. No fuzzy searching is supported.
 
It would be awesome if ability to fuzzy search through results was added.
 
Thank you.

This is definitely an issue, imo. I've got a bunch of workflows called "XYZ Bookmarks" (Firefox Bookmarks, Pinboard Bookmarks etc.), and Alfred considers none of them to be matches for the query "bookmarks".
 
The preferences search stands out in particular, but I think this is generally an issue with Alfred's filtering outside of its default results. There, it does a fantastic job of learning and adapting to my own usage patterns. In most other places, I have to adapt my usage to suit Alfred instead because its matching is so strict.
 
You can't search both track and artist fields in the iTunes Mini Player, which is a very natural way to search for something like a song (the iTunes library is such a perfect fit for a SQLite database with FTS, too). I can't select my "Rename for Web" File Action with "rw" (or "rfw" or "renweb" or anything that isn't the start of "rename" or "for" or "web"). I can filter to "Application Support" with "as" when I navigate to ~/Library, but that also matches a bunch of other folders, and a more precise query like "appsup" (which is what I would naturally use) doesn't work.
 
I don't expect (or want) full-on fuzzy search everywhere, but it's a perfect fit for File Filters, and Navigation Mode would benefit greatly from being more flexible, too, imo. I want Alfred to learn from and adapt to me, like it does with its default results. Currently, Alfred's strict filtering means it's the other way around.

This workflow sounds useful but the link is dead.

@vitor thank you for creating this! I have tried every other Alfred timer workflow out there — Timer, Simple Timer, EggTimer 2 — and none of them have worked consistently. This is so helpful!

My fav timer app because it keeps making a sound, and so it's particular useful when you've left your computer and just come back 😄 
An added ability to write down a timer name or reminder would be amazing! (I normally use this when cooking, so it'd be great to write 'take out the vegetables' lol

I am trying to understand the possible use cases for this extension..

It'd be great if we could have different styles for the cursor in the search bar! 
A block style for the cursor would be awesome, and perhaps having the option to thicken the cursor width in the themes section. 

@AlexMartinFR Thank you for your work, this is absolutely lovely

It can be tricky finding workflows on the forum, so I thought it'd be a good idea to have a list of those true gems you just can't live without to help other users get themselves some great new workflows.

So let's hear about those four or five workflows that make a Mac feel broken when they're missing!

Workflow authors: no pimping your own wares; if they're that good, someone else will mention them   

Here are mine:
Dash by Bogdan Popescu. Search programming documentation with the Dash app. Couldn't code without it. So, so good. ssh by Robin Breathe (isometry). Open ssh connections without grubbing around in Terminal. MarkdownBulletin by Vítor. Convert Markdown to BBcode. Markdown rocks, BBcode sucks. Wrote this post (and all the others) with it. Chrome Bookmarks by Marat Dreizen. No more clicking around in Chrome's GUI, or trying to tell your bookmarks from your history in the URL bar. Application Chooser by Gabe Weatherhead. Search applications by tag. Don't use it often, but it's a true lifesaver when you can't remember the name of that app you rarely use but really, really need right now. As long as you remembered to tag it (which you will after the third time grubbing through /Applications looking for the darn app). Let's hear yours.

I've just realised that your screenshot doesn't show workflows' icons. Sorry, my bad. But I think it could be a nice addition to add them to the workflow, if possible.