xilopaint

Description
Scan and convert PDF documents and images of text into editable and searchable files using FineReader with Alfred.
 
Usage
Using file actions or hotkeys the user can convert one or more PDF documents and images of text (.png and .jpg) into searchable PDFs, Word documents (.docx) or Excel worksheets (.xlsx).
 
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@xilopaintthanks for the workflow. Working great!

Thanks. I'd already fixed Google, but I wondered how many other engines might be affected. Turns out Amazon is also fixed.
 
The code in the repo has eliminated this bug but I haven't built a new release yet.
 
Also, I've fixed your Brazilian vs Portuguese thing with YouTube (as far as it can be fixed).

I'm having issues with Google engines and Amazon. Wikipédia and DuckDuckGo are ok.

A new version supporting High Sierra has been released.

This is exceptional @xilopaint, thank you for building it!

Things for Alfred

Interact with Things 3 using Alfred.

Download and Installation
Download the workflow file from GitHub releases and install it by double-clicking on Things.alfredworklow.

Usage
Use the keyword todo to show Things lists and action any of them for displaying the corresponding to-dos. Action a to-do to display it in the Things UI. Try the modifier keys either in lists or in to-dos to know other actions. Contribute
To report a bug or request a feature, please create an issue or submit a pull request on GitHub.

Credits
This workflow relies on qWorkflow library by Ursan Razvan and OneUpdater by Vítor Galvão. The to-do icon is created by Jason Zigrino and released under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 license.

License
Things workflow code is released under the MIT License.

I agree with @deanishe’s whole post, but wanted to reiterate this point.
 
JXA can be more capable than AppleScript. My get_title_and_url script is a good example — read the comments, where I explain why the JXA version is superior. But if the AppleScript version didn’t have the limitation it has, spending time on the JXA version would have been almost1 pointless.

In terms of resources, I recommend both the JXA Cookbook (most web searched will lead here, anyway) and the Mac Automation Scripting Guide which is an official resource and shows how to do the same things in both languages.


1. It’s not pointless in the sense that if you want to integrate the code into your own script, instead of calling it stand-alone, it’s (naturally) preferred that it’s in the language you’re writing.
 

JavaScript is a much more pleasant language to use than AppleScript (what isn't?), but the actual API for talking to applications is even more demented (it is at least "native" in AppleScript, not a nasty hack),  almost never documented (you spend a lot of time trying to guess what methods and attributes are called), and often simply doesn't work with a given application.
 
You certainly don't need a library to generate feedback in JavaScript. JSON basically is JavaScript. You only need to call JSON.stringify() on a JS object.
 
Personally, I'd say it's probably not worth rewriting a workflow that already works except as a learning exercise. It's quite possible you'll run into something you need to do API-wise that simply doesn't work in JXA.
 
AppleScript and JavaScript are both fundamentally crappy languages. My approach is almost always to use them solely to extract data from/add data to applications and use a more sensible language for the rest of the workflow.

It's not an issue with Alfred version. High Sierra has introduced some changes on how the history is stored.
 
You can use this workflow for searching Safari history which is HS compatible.

Small note that all my Workflows now default to checking every 4 days.

+1 for Pixelmator and Evernote.

lol@release notes. 

Jobsian spectables icon added to v0.3.2.

Something like this?

 
Done in a flash; haven’t checked for consistency with the other icons. If you like them feel free to use them (SVG and PNG). No attribution necessary.

Nice workflow. But I'm missing the Steve Jobs glasses. These are more from Bill Gates. 

 

 
 
 

Safari Assistant
 
All-in-one workflow for Safari.
 

Filter tabs, bookmarks (and bookmarklets), reading list and history. Several built-in actions. Easily add your own via scripts. Assign your favourite actions (or bookmarklets) to alternate actions (i.e. ⌥↩, ^↩ etc.).


Download from GitHub releases. Source code.
 
Built-in tab actions:

Close Tab Close Window Close Other Tabs Close Tabs to Left Close Tabs to Right


Built-in URL actions (also work on tabs):

Open in Private Window Open in Default Browser Open in Chrome Open in Firefox

 
Usage
 
bh [<query>] — Search and open/action bookmarks and recent history. ↩ — Open item in browser. ⌘↩ — Show URL actions for selected item. ⌥↩ — Run custom action on selected item. ^↩ — Run custom action on selected item. fn↩ — Run custom action on selected item. ⇧↩ — Run custom action on selected item. bm [<query>] — Search and open/action bookmarks. ↩, ⌘↩, ⌥↩, ^↩, fn↩, ⇧↩ — As above. bml [<query>] — Search and run bookmarklets. ↩ — Run bookmarklet in active tab. bmf [<query>] — Search bookmark folders. ↩ — Enter folder/open bookmark. ⌘↩ — Open all bookmarks in folder/show URL actions for bookmark. hi [<query>] — Search and open/action history entries. ↩, ⌘↩, ⌥↩, ^↩, fn↩, ⇧↩ — As above. rl [<query>] — Search and open/action Reading List entries. ↩, ⌘↩, ⌥↩, ^↩, fn↩, ⇧↩ — As above. tab [<query>] — Search and activate/action Safari tabs. ↩ — Activate the selected tab. ⌘↩, ⌥↩, ^↩, fn↩, ⇧↩ — As above.  
See the README on GitHub for full usage instructions.

With that in mind, just released a new version. Added the option to quicklook the URLs.

Update.

Added option to search the full scope of online documentation. Also added a new snippet for recommending users search on Ask Different when the question isn’t Alfred-related.

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

I don’t think semver is particularly relevant: workflows don’t usually have a public API.
 
 
Sure. You can increment it on every release if you want. Google Chrome’s on version 64 already.
 
As a rule, new major versions tend to be synonymous with paid upgrades, which isn’t relevant to free software.
 
If your workflow is associated with an app, you might use the same major version as the app for workflow versions that work with that app version.
 
Otherwise, I don’t think it matters much as long as the version numbers always go up…
 
I tend to go with “significant rewrite/new features = new major version”, but only because that’s what I know from most apps. I haven’t actually tried to develop a concrete concept for versioning. 

You can’t. Apple removed the necessary data.
 
The only possibility is to go digging around in Safari’s private data.

Update (v2.8)
 
Added file action to decrypt PDF files.

Alfred PDF Tools
     
 


Description

Optimize, encrypt and manipulate PDF files using Alfred.

Usage

Alfred PDF Tools can be used by the following file actions:
 
Optimize: Optimize the selected PDF files by entering the intended
resolution of the output file (150 dpi is used if no value is input) and the
document will be improved with increased contrast and straightened text; Deskew: Straighten the selected PDF files with no further appearance changes;  
 
Encrypt: Encrypt the selected PDF files by entering a password; Decrypt: Decrypt the selected PDF files by entering their password or just
↩ if they’re not password protected; Merge: Merge the selected PDF files. Use the ⌘ modifier key if you also
want to move the source files to Trash; Split by Page Count: Split the selected PDF file by page count; Split by File Size: Split the selected PDF file by file size; Slice in Multiple Files: Slice the selected PDF file in multiple files by
entering page numbers and/or page ranges separated by commas (e.g. 2, 5–8, 20-); Slice in a Single File: Slice the selected PDF file in a single file by
entering page numbers and/or page ranges separated by commas (e.g. 2, 5–8, 20-); Crop: Convert two-column pages in single pages; Scale: Scale the selected PDF files to a given paper size.
Contribute

To report a bug or request a feature, please create an issue or submit a
pull request.

Credits

This workflow relies on pypdf library by Martin Thoma, docopt by Vladimir Keleshev and K2pdfopt by willus.
 

Trouble with that is that it only tells you about new Workflows. It doesn’t help when you’re looking for what already exists.
 
 
It is. It’s pretty much broken and Shawn doesn’t have much time to work on it anymore. You’ll notice even the official Alfred resources are mentioning it less and less. It’s no longer a recommended source.
 
 
Thank you for the shoutout. I’ll add that for utilities in general you might want to check this post. It’s maintained by me and @deanishe (we’re both regulars on the forums).
 
 
I’ll leave this here, but I ask that if you want to discuss this further you do so via private message or outside the forums. I have no issue with it but I remember that Workflow was frowned upon when first introduced due to it’s piracy nature, and I’d like to avoid someone else having to remove your posts.
 
 
There’s an “Awesome List” of Alfred Workflows. If you have anything particular in mind you can say so. It’s likely one of us may already know of a Workflow that does what you want.
 
Welcome back!

Would it be possible to add Airmail?