Beatrix Willius

Before I reinvent the wheel: is there an Alfred workflow to split a large file into smaller pieces? For instance, as wrapper for the Terminal command split.

If you create a note or a to-do in a note taking app for an email in the Inbox of Mail it makes sense to refer to the original email. In July John Vorhees (https://www.macstories.net/stories/generating-markdown-links-to-mail-messages-with-shortcuts-and-applescript/) ran a story in MacStories about creating a MarkDown link in Shortcuts to any email in Mail. I made variation of the AppleScript with correct encoding and an Alfred workflow. Discussion of the AppleScript in the workflow: https://www.mothsoftware.com/create-a-link-to-an-email-in-mail Download the workflow at: https://www.mothsoftware.com/content/xojo/xojo.php

Since 23 years I have arthritis in my hands. Therefore, I have to use a Wacom tablett instead of a mouse. The scrollbar in the search window is super narrow making scrolling really annoying. Please consider making the scrollbars wider. There is enough space.

Thanks, I'll check.

Download is available at https://www.mothsoftware.com/content/xojo/xojo.php Save attachments from Mail to a folder. Uses Environment Variables for configuration: AttachmentFolder: main folder for the attachments When AttachmentFolder is not set then there is an error. A folder can be dragged from Finder into the value field. UseSubject: if set to true then the subfolder of the attachments has the subject of the email as name UseFrom: if set to true then the subfolder of the attachments has the from of the email as name At least one of UseSubject or UseFrom has to be set or there is an error. Version 1.0: initial release from 30-Nov-2021

I've written a couple more articles on how to get started with Alfred: How to do debugging in Alfred: http://www.mothsoftware.com/how-to-do-debugging-in-alfred Alfred: handling environment variables and parameters: http://www.mothsoftware.com/alfred-handling-environment-variables-and-parameters Make an Alfred workflow to save attachments from Mail into a folder: http://www.mothsoftware.com/save-your-attachments-with-an-alfred-workflow

Interesting. I'll do some test on NSAppleScript vs. osascript. I've been using NSAppleScript since forever and never had any problems. But you guys have way more experience with Alfred than I have. I read about the speed in Monterey, too. I did a test with an Outlook script to get emails. My iMac from 2018 is faster than then M1 MacBook Air. Doing the script 1000 times was about the same speed. Oh, the iMac is on High Sierra and the Air is on 12.1 beta.

Hi, ups. Yes, I forgot to remove the comments. I'll change that. As everyone else I saw the NSAppleScript entry and didn't even bother to check the script until later. Can you give me some more information why osascript is better than using NSAppleScript? I read that "it gives weird errors". But why should that be the case?

Hi, first poster here. I usually blog about email and automation. Recently, it occurred to me to use Alfred for automation. I've used Alfred for a couple of years. But I never used it for automation. I've first made a blog post about using Automator with a keycombo (didn't like it very much): http://www.mothsoftware.com/executing-an-applescript-with-a-keycombo-using-automator Today I posted a really basic guide to make a workflow with AppleScript: https://www.mothsoftware.com/getting-started-with-alfred-workflows-with-applescript I read that it's recommended to use osascript instead of NSAppleScript. I'm going to discuss this in another blog post.