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I recently started using Devonthink and their desktop search app EasyFind. As a result, I have become aware of the incredible time-saving opportunity boolean search functions like AND, OR, NOT, and NEAR/# and wildcards represent for file and especially file content search. A single, slightly more advanced search term can encapsulate in one search what would otherwise require multiple search attempts while eliminating undesirable results. This has enabled me to more than quadruple the speed at which I can find sources during research, and especially content within those sources. This would uniquely benefit Alfred since the results dropdown is not designed for displaying more than a few results before you have to scroll a lot. Two questions: 1. Is there any way to facilitate boolean searches and wildcards in Alfred for files? 2. Is there any way to extend this to searching file contents using boolean logic and wildcards as well? (I'm aware of the inside file search feature already, but this is relatively basic). Searching file tags with boolean functionality would be a nice extension of the above, but secondary in practicality.

First of all, brilliant workflow. Tremendously useful. I think I've come across two bugs: 1. Title case conversions do not work correctly when starting with UPPER CASE TEXT. When I paste in a lower-case line of text, conversion to title case works fine. When I paste in an upper-case line of text, it only converts the first word to title case, leaving the rest of the sentence capitalized. 2. The sentence case doesn't seem to recognize that the pronoun i should be capitalized.

That did it; thanks!

I'm getting the same window open as you screenshotted with your release where it says "try again" from my last command, but doesn't actually pass on the new alfred query text.

I haven't had success with cloudmounter as of yet (as much as I would prefer it!), but I know that alfred is able to index the non-synced files with google file stream, so I don't see why it shouldn't be able to work similarly with cloudmounter.

thanks!

I'm not getting it to show up in security & privacy. Tried removing and re-adding the workflow, closed and re-opened alfred. Any tips?

I've run into this too. The only solution I've been able to come up with is chaseapp. It sucks having to outsource with yet another third party searchbar, but it works phenomenally with multiple accounts too for this specific thing.

Yeah, I get that. And this workflow basically covers that one feature which is all I was looking for anyway. Much appreciated!

That's what I figured. I'm just used to seeing the option in pastebot I guess. Shift tabbing backward through cells isn't too rough and I imagine that could be tricky to configure since you would have to have a trigger shortcut to tell it to start counting a forward copy sequence.

Haha, and just like that, it works like a charm! Thanks for the explanation. Though, it seems to be pasting in reverse sequence to the most recent copies with cmd+c. So when I copy test 1, test 2, test 3, it pastes test 3, test 2, test 1. Is there a way to have it paste in the same sequence copied within the last x amount of time like pastebot?

How's this: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1isBWphn2P7cfPlfb05vstbCq43Xpiol5/view?usp=sharing Maybe I just don't know how to use it properly, but I'm completely confused. I'm expecting control+option+c to copy and append. I'm expecting control+option+v to paste in the same sequence. Thanks for the ongoing feedback.

Yeah, it does seem unusual. Here's a video clip of what's happening: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ipy1--C0xPkvWFHX5dffajQdbpD-B6Zt/view

Using 20.4 on Alfred 4.3.4 [1229] on the latest MacOS does not work for me even after disabling other workflows I thought might interfere. The copy shortcut results in a randomized paste. [13:58:06.029] Logging Started... [13:58:23.150] SequentialPaste[Hotkey] Processing complete [13:58:23.154] SequentialPaste[Hotkey] Passing output '' to Arg and Vars [13:58:23.155] SequentialPaste[Arg and Vars] Processing complete [13:58:23.155] SequentialPaste[Arg and Vars] Passing output '' to Run Script [13:58:23.245] SequentialPaste[Run Script] Processing complete [13:58:23.247] SequentialPaste[Run Script] Passing output '0' to Conditional [13:58:23.248] SequentialPaste[Conditional] Processing complete [13:58:23.249] SequentialPaste[Conditional] Passing output '0' to Copy to Clipboard [13:58:23.252] SequentialPaste[Copy to Clipboard] Processing complete [13:58:23.253] SequentialPaste[Copy to Clipboard] Passing output '0' to Run Script [13:58:36.479] SequentialPaste[Hotkey] Processing complete [13:58:36.489] SequentialPaste[Hotkey] Passing output '' to Arg and Vars [13:58:36.490] SequentialPaste[Arg and Vars] Processing complete [13:58:36.491] SequentialPaste[Arg and Vars] Passing output '' to Run Script [13:58:36.516] SequentialPaste[Run Script] Processing complete [13:58:36.523] SequentialPaste[Run Script] Passing output '1' to Conditional [13:58:36.525] SequentialPaste[Conditional] Processing complete [13:58:36.526] SequentialPaste[Conditional] Passing output '1' to Copy to Clipboard [13:58:36.527] SequentialPaste[Copy to Clipboard] Processing complete [13:58:36.528] SequentialPaste[Copy to Clipboard] Passing output '1' to Run Script [13:58:40.862] SequentialPaste[Hotkey] Processing complete [13:58:40.875] SequentialPaste[Hotkey] Passing output '' to Arg and Vars [13:58:40.876] SequentialPaste[Arg and Vars] Processing complete [13:58:40.877] SequentialPaste[Arg and Vars] Passing output '' to Run Script [13:58:40.943] SequentialPaste[Run Script] Processing complete [13:58:40.954] SequentialPaste[Run Script] Passing output '2' to Conditional [13:58:40.955] SequentialPaste[Conditional] Processing complete [13:58:40.956] SequentialPaste[Conditional] Passing output '2' to Copy to Clipboard [13:58:40.957] SequentialPaste[Copy to Clipboard] Processing complete [13:58:40.957] SequentialPaste[Copy to Clipboard] Passing output '2' to Run Script [13:58:43.637] SequentialPaste[Hotkey] Processing complete [13:58:43.650] SequentialPaste[Hotkey] Passing output '' to Arg and Vars [13:58:43.651] SequentialPaste[Arg and Vars] Processing complete [13:58:43.652] SequentialPaste[Arg and Vars] Passing output '' to Run Script [13:58:43.714] SequentialPaste[Run Script] Processing complete [13:58:43.715] SequentialPaste[Run Script] Passing output '3' to Conditional [13:58:43.728] SequentialPaste[Conditional] Processing complete [13:58:43.729] SequentialPaste[Conditional] Passing output '3' to Copy to Clipboard [13:58:43.729] SequentialPaste[Copy to Clipboard] Processing complete [13:58:43.730] SequentialPaste[Copy to Clipboard] Passing output '3' to Run Script [13:59:25.283] SequentialPaste[Hotkey] Processing complete [13:59:25.300] SequentialPaste[Hotkey] Passing output '' to Arg and Vars [13:59:25.301] SequentialPaste[Arg and Vars] Processing complete [13:59:25.302] SequentialPaste[Arg and Vars] Passing output '' to Run Script [13:59:25.360] SequentialPaste[Run Script] Processing complete [13:59:25.361] SequentialPaste[Run Script] Passing output '4' to Conditional [13:59:25.377] SequentialPaste[Conditional] Processing complete [13:59:25.378] SequentialPaste[Conditional] Passing output '4' to Copy to Clipboard [13:59:25.379] SequentialPaste[Copy to Clipboard] Processing complete [13:59:25.379] SequentialPaste[Copy to Clipboard] Passing output '4' to Run Script [13:59:26.764] SequentialPaste[Hotkey] Processing complete [13:59:26.786] SequentialPaste[Hotkey] Passing output '' to Arg and Vars [13:59:26.787] SequentialPaste[Arg and Vars] Processing complete [13:59:26.788] SequentialPaste[Arg and Vars] Passing output '' to Run Script [13:59:26.841] SequentialPaste[Run Script] Processing complete [13:59:26.860] SequentialPaste[Run Script] Passing output '5' to Conditional [13:59:26.861] SequentialPaste[Conditional] Processing complete [13:59:26.862] SequentialPaste[Conditional] Passing output '5' to Copy to Clipboard [13:59:26.862] SequentialPaste[Copy to Clipboard] Processing complete [13:59:26.863] SequentialPaste[Copy to Clipboard] Passing output '5' to Run Script [13:59:29.547] SequentialPaste[Hotkey] Processing complete [13:59:29.569] SequentialPaste[Hotkey] Passing output '' to Arg and Vars [13:59:29.570] SequentialPaste[Arg and Vars] Processing complete [13:59:29.570] SequentialPaste[Arg and Vars] Passing output '' to Run Script [13:59:29.623] SequentialPaste[Run Script] Processing complete [13:59:29.624] SequentialPaste[Run Script] Passing output '6' to Conditional [13:59:29.647] SequentialPaste[Conditional] Processing complete [13:59:29.648] SequentialPaste[Conditional] Passing output '6' to Copy to Clipboard [13:59:29.649] SequentialPaste[Copy to Clipboard] Processing complete [13:59:29.649] SequentialPaste[Copy to Clipboard] Passing output '6' to Run Script [13:59:33.212] SequentialPaste[Hotkey] Processing complete [13:59:33.236] SequentialPaste[Hotkey] Passing output '' to Arg and Vars [13:59:33.237] SequentialPaste[Arg and Vars] Processing complete [13:59:33.238] SequentialPaste[Arg and Vars] Passing output '' to Run Script [13:59:33.288] SequentialPaste[Run Script] Processing complete [13:59:33.289] SequentialPaste[Run Script] Passing output '7' to Conditional [13:59:33.315] SequentialPaste[Conditional] Processing complete [13:59:33.316] SequentialPaste[Conditional] Passing output '7' to Copy to Clipboard [13:59:33.316] SequentialPaste[Copy to Clipboard] Processing complete [13:59:33.317] SequentialPaste[Copy to Clipboard] Passing output '7' to Run Script [13:59:55.075] SequentialPaste[Hotkey] Processing complete [13:59:55.107] SequentialPaste[Hotkey] Passing output '' to Arg and Vars [13:59:55.108] SequentialPaste[Arg and Vars] Processing complete [13:59:55.109] SequentialPaste[Arg and Vars] Passing output '' to Run Script [13:59:55.109] SequentialPaste[Run Script] Processing complete [13:59:55.110] SequentialPaste[Run Script] Passing output '8' to Conditional [13:59:55.111] SequentialPaste[Conditional] Processing complete [13:59:55.112] SequentialPaste[Conditional] Passing output '8' to Copy to Clipboard [13:59:55.112] SequentialPaste[Copy to Clipboard] Processing complete [13:59:55.113] SequentialPaste[Copy to Clipboard] Passing output '8' to Run Script [13:59:59.932] SequentialPaste[Hotkey] Processing complete [13:59:59.938] SequentialPaste[Hotkey] Passing output '' to Arg and Vars [13:59:59.939] SequentialPaste[Arg and Vars] Processing complete [13:59:59.939] SequentialPaste[Arg and Vars] Passing output '' to Run Script [14:00:00.008] SequentialPaste[Run Script] Processing complete [14:00:00.016] SequentialPaste[Run Script] Passing output '9' to Conditional [14:00:00.017] SequentialPaste[Conditional] Processing complete [14:00:00.017] SequentialPaste[Conditional] Passing output '9' to Copy to Clipboard [14:00:00.018] SequentialPaste[Copy to Clipboard] Processing complete [14:00:00.019] SequentialPaste[Copy to Clipboard] Passing output '9' to Run Script [14:00:24.043] SequentialPaste[Hotkey] Processing complete [14:00:24.055] SequentialPaste[Hotkey] Passing output '' to Arg and Vars [14:00:24.057] SequentialPaste[Arg and Vars] Processing complete [14:00:24.058] SequentialPaste[Arg and Vars] Passing output '' to Run Script [14:00:24.119] SequentialPaste[Run Script] Processing complete [14:00:24.131] SequentialPaste[Run Script] Passing output '10' to Conditional [14:00:24.132] SequentialPaste[Conditional] Processing complete [14:00:24.133] SequentialPaste[Conditional] Passing output '10' to Copy to Clipboard [14:00:24.134] SequentialPaste[Copy to Clipboard] Processing complete [14:00:24.135] SequentialPaste[Copy to Clipboard] Passing output '10' to Run Script [14:00:27.169] SequentialPaste[Hotkey] Processing complete [14:00:27.185] SequentialPaste[Hotkey] Passing output '' to Arg and Vars [14:00:27.186] SequentialPaste[Arg and Vars] Processing complete [14:00:27.186] SequentialPaste[Arg and Vars] Passing output '' to Run Script [14:00:27.246] SequentialPaste[Run Script] Processing complete [14:00:27.262] SequentialPaste[Run Script] Passing output '11' to Conditional [14:00:27.263] SequentialPaste[Conditional] Processing complete [14:00:27.264] SequentialPaste[Conditional] Passing output '11' to Copy to Clipboard [14:00:27.265] SequentialPaste[Copy to Clipboard] Processing complete [14:00:27.265] SequentialPaste[Copy to Clipboard] Passing output '11' to Run Script [14:03:03.045] SequentialPaste[Hotkey] Processing complete [14:03:03.063] SequentialPaste[Hotkey] Passing output '' to Arg and Vars [14:03:03.064] SequentialPaste[Arg and Vars] Processing complete [14:03:03.065] SequentialPaste[Arg and Vars] Passing output '' to Run Script [14:03:03.066] SequentialPaste[Run Script] Processing complete [14:03:03.067] SequentialPaste[Run Script] Passing output '0' to Conditional [14:03:03.068] SequentialPaste[Conditional] Processing complete [14:03:03.068] SequentialPaste[Conditional] Passing output '0' to Copy to Clipboard [14:03:03.069] SequentialPaste[Copy to Clipboard] Processing complete [14:03:03.070] SequentialPaste[Copy to Clipboard] Passing output '0' to Run Script [14:03:10.550] SequentialPaste[Hotkey] Processing complete [14:03:10.569] SequentialPaste[Hotkey] Passing output '' to Arg and Vars [14:03:10.570] SequentialPaste[Arg and Vars] Processing complete [14:03:10.570] SequentialPaste[Arg and Vars] Passing output '' to Run Script [14:03:10.626] SequentialPaste[Run Script] Processing complete [14:03:10.627] SequentialPaste[Run Script] Passing output '1' to Conditional [14:03:10.649] SequentialPaste[Conditional] Processing complete [14:03:10.650] SequentialPaste[Conditional] Passing output '1' to Copy to Clipboard [14:03:10.650] SequentialPaste[Copy to Clipboard] Processing complete [14:03:10.651] SequentialPaste[Copy to Clipboard] Passing output '1' to Run Script

Not working for me on big sur. It pastes a variation of "Image: 19x32 (7.7 KB)" no matter what regular text I copy.