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Typing “open” worked and I found the .bike file. Thank you. Question - Why do I have to type “open” for these files when I don’t for other file types and folders?

I invoke Alfred and type the name of the file until recognized.

Starting Diagnostics... File: 'test bike file.bike' Path: '/Users/scottwu/Desktop' ----------------------------------------------------------- Check file cache database... ✅ File cache integrity is ok ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if file is readable... ✅ Alfred has permissions to read this file. Unix Permissions: 420 Underlying Type: NSFileTypeRegular Extended Attributes: ( "com.apple.lastuseddate#PS", "com.apple.macl", "com.apple.metadata:_kMDItemUserTags", "com.apple.metadata:kMDItemIdentifier", "com.apple.quarantine", "com.apple.TextEncoding" ) ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if volume '/' is indexed by macOS... ✅ Indexing is enabled on this drive ----------------------------------------------------------- Check direct file metadata... ✅ Direct metadata available Display Name: test bike file Other Names: test bike file.bike Content Type: com.hogbaysoftware.bike.xml Last Used: 2023-09-15 22:48:45 +0000 ----------------------------------------------------------- Check mdls file metadata... ✅ Metadata contains required items _kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions = "test bike file.bike" kMDItemAlternateNames = ( "test bike file.bike" ) kMDItemContentCreationDate = 2023-09-07 15:43:52 +0000 kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking = 2023-09-07 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2023-09-14 16:22:27 +0000 kMDItemContentType = "com.hogbaysoftware.bike.xml" kMDItemContentTypeTree = ( "com.hogbaysoftware.bike.xml", "public.html", "public.text", "public.data", "public.item", "public.content", "public.xml" ) kMDItemDateAdded = 2023-09-16 13:07:56 +0000 kMDItemDisplayName = "test bike file" kMDItemDocumentIdentifier = 4495085 kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2023-09-14 16:22:27 +0000 kMDItemFSCreationDate = 2023-09-07 15:43:52 +0000 kMDItemFSCreatorCode = "" kMDItemFSFinderFlags = 16 kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = (null) kMDItemFSInvisible = 0 kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 1 kMDItemFSIsStationery = (null) kMDItemFSLabel = 0 kMDItemFSName = "test bike file.bike" kMDItemFSNodeCount = (null) kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = 20 kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = 501 kMDItemFSSize = 29498 kMDItemFSTypeCode = "" kMDItemIdentifier = "KKWEQbrX" kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking = 2023-09-15 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemKind = "Bike" kMDItemLastUsedDate = 2023-09-15 22:48:45 +0000 kMDItemLastUsedDate_Ranking = 2023-09-15 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemLogicalSize = 29498 kMDItemPhysicalSize = 32768 kMDItemUseCount = 2 kMDItemUsedDates = ( "2023-09-15 07:00:00 +0000" ) ----------------------------------------------------------- Check file is in search scope... ✅ File exists within Alfred's default search scope ----------------------------------------------------------- Check MDQuery file search... ✅ macOS returned a match for this file in your search scope. File Search Results for search scope ( "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users/scottwu/Desktop/test bike file.bike" ) File Search Results for ~/ ( "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users/scottwu/Desktop/test bike file.bike" ) File Search Results for / ( "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users/scottwu/Desktop/test bike file.bike" ) ----------------------------------------------------------- ✅ Troubleshooting passed

I recently started using the outlining app "Bike" on my Mac (Ventura OS). Files are saved in .bike format. Alfred cannot see any of these .bike files. Spotlight can find these same files. I tried re-indexing Alfred but that didn't work. How can I fix this? Thanks!

I'm so sorry, the Terminal scares me. I'm not that sophisticated of a mac user. I will try the workflow on a different machine later today and let you know what happens.

Thanks for the quick response, when I use .offc, it can find the context (for instance, Phone along with the number of tasks within that context), says it is "Loading tasks" for a few seconds then the next set of options I see is Search in Google, Search in Wikipedia, Search in Amazon.

I think I'm doing something wrong. I installed the workflow and when I type ".of" I get a list of things to do. If I want to search contexts, I go to .oftc, then it asks me to enter a context, I type the first few letters of the context and my options become Search in Google, Search in Wikipedia, Search in Amazon. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

Thanks, Shawn!

I am really enjoying A2 and all the workflows. They are awesome! Question regarding updates - I assume the workflows that I use are not updated automatically? How do I know if a workflow is updated? Thanks.

Makes perfect sense, thanks David!

This makes things much smoother in terms of moving files around. I see an option to even email the file but it opens up Apple's Mail.app. Would I be pushing my luck to ask for A2 to default to gmail's web interface and dumping the file I selected into that gmail compose window?

Excellent! Thanks!

I'm an Alfred 2 convert and I'm trying to figure how to move files with Alfred. I can get the file I want to move and I can get the Action window up to get to the Move To.. option but I only get Desktop, Documents, and Applications folders as options of where I can move the specific file. Is there a way I can get to more folders so I can move the files to a specific folder that is not one of the above 3 options? Thanks!

LOL. You guys are killing me. Love it!

Thanks, David. See how lazy I am, I can't press "*" instead of "x". I'm so lazy, I need a keyboard shortcut for a keyboard shortcut.