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DrDannySands

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  1. [07:40:35.020] Logging Started... [07:40:49.247] Movie and TV Show Search[Script Filter] Queuing argument 'greyhound' [07:40:49.559] Movie and TV Show Search[Script Filter] Script with argv 'greyhound' finished [07:40:49.564] STDERR: Movie and TV Show Search[Script Filter] https://api.themoviedb.org/3/search/movie?api_key=0ebad901a16d3bf7f947b0a8d1808c44&query=greyhound&search_type=ngram&language=en <urlopen error [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate (_ssl.c:992)> [07:40:49.566] Movie and TV Show Search[Script Filter] {"items": [{"title": "Uh oh... something went wrong", "subtitle": "Please check your internet connection."}]}
  2. Hi. Just found this workflow on the Alfred Gallery and it looks pretty great. But I can't get it to work. I am using version 2.16.1 of workflow. I requested and activated an API key but it seems to be an 8-digit number, is that correct? When I use the workflow, every time I only see the message "Uh oh, something went wrong." What am I doing wrong?
  3. That's clever @GatorMapi. But again too much trouble. With the previous text expanders I have used, I can have a snippet "ty" that is set to expand to "thank you." Then the following automatically works: ty → thank you Ty → Thank you Ty. → Thank you. type → type [no expansion] archetype → archetype [no expansion]
  4. Good thought, @GatorMapi, but that's too much work (and wouldn't allow expansion with punctuation). It will be easier to just use a 3rd party app (as I was doing before).
  5. So it's performing as designed? Most text expanders that I have used expand the snippet when end of string is reached. That would be more useful, IMO. Maybe permit that in the future as an option? Thanks.
  6. Yes that was my understanding, as well. That was similar to the example of what is happening to me. But if the box is unchecked the snippet should not expand until I end the string with either a space or a punctuation, right? In your example, with the box unchecked, shouldn't I be able to type the word "archetype" without any problems?
  7. Hi Vero and thanks for your response. I think my question was unclear. As I understand the Snippets function, a text string is expanded after the snippet is typed. For example if I have a snippet "ty" that I wanted expanded to "thank you" the snippet should expand after I've typed the string "ty" followed by a space or punctuation, but not another letter. ty → thank you But this should not occur if "ty" is part of another word, so that I can type the word "type" without a problem. However that's not what happens. As soon as I type the first 2 letters of "type" it expands to "thank you." type → thank youpe This is not expected behavior, because I unchecked "Expand snippets mid-string" in the options. What am I missing?
  8. I have been looking forward to transitioning to Alfred Snippets from another text expansion program. But try as I might, every snippet expands before I've typed a delimiter (punctuation or space). The option to "Expand snippets mid-string" is unchecked. I have verified this behavior with every snippet I tried. This makes Snippets very difficult to use. Is this a known bug or am I doing something wrong? Alfred 5.1.1 MacOS 13.4 (22F66) Thank you. Danny
  9. Brilliant! Thank you. I really love learning how to be more productive with Alfred and benefiting from its awesome community of developers.
  10. Ah never mind. I figured it out. I didn't realize I could set {query} by adding {query}={var:QueryText} in the Arguments section right before the second text processing Automation Task. Now it works perfectly. 😀
  11. Thanks for the response, Stephen. I thought about that, but I thought the Automation Tasks take {query} as an input--how can I make the Automation Task take a variable as an input?
  12. I wanted to create a automation task workflow that does both a word and a character count on a selected text string. I found Stephen Christy's excellent workflow for word count. With this as a model, I created a character count workflow and then my next version had a dialog box asking user to choose word or character count. Both worked great. However, if I want a workflow that displays both, I can't get it to work. I tried running the automation tasks sequentially and then in parallel, but both failed in different ways. I think running these sequentially makes sense, conceptually, but I think the input gets stepped on so it doesn't exist for the second automation task. How can I maintain the same text input for for both text automation tasks? Thanks.
  13. There is a great app, available on iOS devices and now also on Mac, called Voice in a Can. I wanted a way to open the app, with a keystroke or keyword, and start it in listening mode. So I created a simple workflow for it. It's on GitHub. Comments welcome. Danny
  14. I created a workflow is for a niche group of users: healthcare professionals in the US who use Doximity Dialer to call or video with patients. (For those who are curious, it replaces the caller ID with your practice phone number or a phone number of your choice.) I uploaded the workflow to GitHub (which I have not previously used for my own projects). This is my first shared workflow, so please be kind with your suggestions. Danny
  15. 🤦‍♂️ I see now that the files I tested on were older and had not been downloaded from dropbox and icloud. I was trying to preview the pointer files. When I test files that have a local copy it works fine. Thanks again for great work.
  16. That's really awesome @vitor and works well. Hopefully you'll be able to show a preview of non-image docs, as well (like MS Office docs). Nice work!
  17. When browsing the clipboard history, it would be useful to be able to see a preview of each file or webpage. At the very least make this available as one of the universal actions. I could not create a universal action workflow to replicate this functionality, but perhaps there is a way to do it. Thanks. Danny
  18. I understood everything except for this. But I think you're saying to ensure that the file is available online (I think Dropbox used that term to signify files that were online only and the local copy was just a pointer. Do I have this right?
  19. Sorry for delay, @Vero. Busy with work. I did what you suggested. Interestingly, some of my icons reappeared after I relocated my preferences file location (they had been missing prior to that). I found one workflow that was missing and saved it again. I then closed and re-opened Preferences and it saved! Great diagnosis, Vero. Now should I try relocating back to the Dropbox folder to see if things work? Danny
  20. @VeroI have not noticed any other changes not being saved. These were all workflows i previously created (or saved from other sources). But at your suggestion I just created a new simple workflow to open a website and added an icon. I then quit and reopened preferences and it successfully saved the icon. However, once again none of the other workflow icons saved. I am syncing to Dropbox and on a (wired) Ethernet connection:
  21. I am referring to adding an icon by clicking on the workflow name, as you describe. No bundle id.
  22. Since updating to Alfred 5 (or one of the subsequent versions), my workflow icons do not get saved. I have been able to replicate. These have been saved at the workflow name level (in the purple column). Prior to this I could drag and drop an icon and it would persist, despite closing the Alfred Preferences window. I have replicated dragging and dropping both jpg and png files, both large and small. For some reason if I save an icon embedded in the workflow itself (not sure why that's even an option) it does seem to save (but of course that doesn't help me). Alfred version 5.0.5 [2096] Mac OS Ventura 13.0 Any thoughts? Thanks.
  23. I agree with @timtops that capitalization of snippets is a huge deficiency. Another simple example: I have set "thx" to expand to "thanks". But context matters for capitalization, for example: "I sent my thanks to John" vs. "Thanks." I would type the former keyword as "thx" and the latter as "Thx." But currently Alfred only will recognize and expand "thx" and do nothing to "Thx", which requires me to create two different snippets, one capitalized and one not. Should not be needed. I have also used TextExpander as well as aText and they both handle this. Thanks.
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