FroZen_X

I have been using Alfred 3 with the first Public beta for sierra and haven't had any issues. Were you on Alfred 3 before 

or did you also update from Alfred 2? Gotta have to know some more. What exactly doesn't work, how does it show etc.?  

Mine is/was mapped to Capslock. I used karabiner which is currently broken under Sierra. For now I'm using a workaround with 

Keyboard Maestro tho ^^

When karabiner works again, I will actually move that to another combo as I want to use my Capslock as a hyper key. Let's see  

I ended up switching back to Alfred 2 to get the gear back. I check the 3 changelog, always disappointed

I guess you dont see whats behind the changes, neither know what work it is....Switching back to Alfred 2 only because of a gear is kinda funny, sorry to say. The potential that Alfred has, is pretty huge, but has to be seen and used. Take a look at this thread: http://www.alfredforum.com/topic/9089-unhappy-customer/

Alfred has multiple ways to access prefs atm and you can now like with any other software on a mac use the "Command + ," shortcut.

need workflow for quikly start profile vpn in shimo app

 

i have an old one, but invalid

What workflow did you use before? And what do you mean by invalid?

What is the error that is thrown when you run it overall? If you provide the needed information then

me or someone else could help you, else it's not easy at all.

Hi FroZen_X, does it work also to make alias of folders? 

Found a bug that made it not work in some occasion and therefore couldn't work with folders.

Here you go: https://www.dropbox.com/s/g4clxs0pmy7p14l/Create%20Alias.alfredworkflow?dl=0

Keep in mind that the first filter is set to everything, which can be change to folder only if wanted.

This should work

 

Hi, 

 

Can anyone explain how I can select the different skin tone emoji using Alfred? Thanks!

 

The current emoji package I'm using is this one here: http://joelcalifa.com/blog/alfred-emoji-snippet-pack/

However it doesnt have skin tone emojis, but you could contact the creator Joel Califa.

Other than that, there is this workflow that has skin tone emojis, but only the skin tone, you cant change it for all somehow https://github.com/carlosgaldino/alfred-emoji-workflow

I still hope this helps

I know a lot of people currently do use the Caps Lock as the Alfred Key by using Seil and Karabiner apps. But I think it would nice if Alfred had this feature pre-built in the main app. Especially with the changes to Keyboard and Mouse drivers in macOS Sierra. 

I use Caps Lock to launch Alfred. What are the changes in macOS Sierra oO i didnt hear anything about changes to the Keyboard and Mouse drivers.

You can exclude the Chrome Apps folder from Spotlights and therefore from Alfreds scope.

To do so go to Spotlight Settings → Privacy and there add your Chrome Apps folder. After that it shouldn't appear in Alfred anymore. If it still does then delete it → wait a moment and redo it, else you gotta have to reindex.

Hope this helps

Hi there,

 

I have a backup folder with BT Sync that is selectivly synced to the MacBook I'm running Alfred on. Now everytime I look for Application X in Alfred it shows me the local one and the one in my BTSync backup folder that... does not work, because it's only a link. How can I exclude a folder?

 

Best

hubutz

Spotlight Settings → Privacy and there add your Backup folder. After that it shouldn't appear in Alfred anymore. If it still does then delete it → wait a moment and redo it, else you gotta have to reindex.

Hope this helps

You don't need Alfred for this. It's built in to OS X.

So true, forgot about that one. Another big advantage that OS X has

Actually, I’m using Alfred as a by pass. It’s for a script called Quick Ref that puts a menu item inside InDesign. And InDesign doesn’t allow keyboard shortcut for menu item coming from scripts, as the scripts are loaded after the shortcuts… therefore, I’m currently using Keyboard Maestro to overcome that. But I would like to transfer it to Alfred, if that’s possible.

Either im a bit stupid or idk but what do you really want to do xD You want to use Alfred to call a Quick ref script or do you want to use Alfred to call the added script?

In Alfred you can easily call scripts tho 

If you would share the script that you want to use, then i could help you. 

I still don't understand what you expect Alfred to do tho as you also said:

It does work, but not with InDesign. And it is still faster to access it directly by code with a keyboard shortcut.

With Alfred you would also call a script etc via keycombo or keyword oO

Various text I copy into my Notes program comes with footnote references. The links work fine, but the footnote number comes over the same size as the rest of the text. I want to superscript the footnote numbers (and perhaps change the color), but I don't see a way to assign a shortcut key to that process in Notes (Format > Font > Baseline > Superscript). Is there a way I can do this using an Alfred workflow?

I use this workflow for such things: http://www.packal.org/workflow/menu-bar-search

You can search for "Superscript" and easily call it. If this is too slow or another way is wanted, then me or someone else could take a look into changing the workflow. Shouldn't be too much work

Hope this helps

In 1Password, there is a type called "Passwords", which saves passwords only. 

 

It seems the Alfred 1Passwords integration only works with the "Logins" type password. But sometimes, I only need to get a password I saved before. I would like Alfred to copy the password to the clipboard. For example, I need to login MySQL database from terminal, but I don't remember the password. I would like to fire alfred to copy the password from 1Password.

 

Is there a way to do it?

 

Thanks.

Umm the way how i do it is, opening 1password with a search term and then send keycodes to it via applescript.

Here is an example for a game called league of legends: https://www.dropbox.com/s/dus9sxywxv4dw9i/1password%20mini.alfredworkflow?dl=0

Keep in mind that 1password has to be unlocked before you start.

To change it to your use, just change this applescript part:

open location "x-onepassword-helper://search/league"
delay 1

Gotta have to check how your what your stuff is exactly name. Just replace "league" with your term.

Then you have to take a look at the next applescript that's called:

tell application "System Events" to tell process "1Password mini"
	set frontmost to true
	key code 124
	delay 1
	key code 36
end tell

For a normal login copy it does press "Right arrow" and then "Return" after a delay. For your case you gotta have to add "key code 126"

and then press "Return" i guess like this:

tell application "System Events" to tell process "1Password mini"
	set frontmost to true
	key code 124
	delay 1
        key code 126
        delay 1
	key code 36
end tell

Gotta have to play with the delay and see what's the best.

Here is a website for all the possible key codes.

Maybe someone else knows a better way, but that's how i do it atm ^^

Hope this helps

I would love to be able to search for files on my computer without having to type in "open" or pressing [spacebar] first. How can I remove that requirement so that i can just type to search my files? That way searching google would be a last resort or would only work when typing "google" first.

 

I set up a workflow where it's possible to do this but then i lose all the other awesome alfred features. 

 

Thanks for the help. 

I don't recommend this, but to do so go to Alfred preferences → Features → Default Results → And activate "Unintelligent: Search all file types"

I would keep it the way of just pressing "Space" which is the easiest. That is under Alfred preferences → Features → File Search → Quick search

For google you can also set a single key keyword like "g" which is faster.

Hope this helps

It does work, but not with InDesign. And it is still faster to access it directly by code with a keyboard shortcut.

Would Applescript allows that?

You can check out the possible applescript commands here: http://www.mugginsoft.com/html/kosmictask/ASDictionaryDocs/Adobe/InDesign/OS-X-10.7/InDesign-CS5/html/

However, it would be good to know what you want to do in InDesign, i myself don't have it tho.

Do you just want to press a keycombo, then you're better of to just press it i guess oO eventho you can also reassign another combo in Alfred for that.

Like a keyword is always slower than a quick keycombo.

Alfred itself doesn't provide this function, but you can take a look at this workflow here: http://www.packal.org/workflow/menu-bar-search

With this workflow you can search for any menu item in the current focused app which is awesome!

If you want to do something else you could grab out what you need from the workflow or let us know what exactly you want to do, like an example

Alfred 2 has a theme that offered the menu in a larger font. I don't see it anymore in 3. I assume it's been removed? First, why?

 

Second, how can I get it back? The Theme designer doesn't seem to offer changing font sizes?

 

Thanks.

You have to clickhold on the text you want to change the size of. Drag up and down to increase decrease the size

Take a look here how to access your variables in different Languages: http://www.alfredforum.com/topic/9070-how-to-workflowenvironment-variables/

Keep in mind that stored variables are strings overall. Where and how did you try to access them? In a script, Alfred utilities?

Here is how you can do it in python:

import sys

query = int(sys.argv[1])

query = (query*4)-query

print query

And here is an example workflow: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wutgoflw8yergdp/Add%3ASub%20Variable.alfredworkflow?dl=0

The two icons show up every time I activate input bar, and once I click them, they open these apps. 

I can't get rid of them unless I shut down Alfred and open again. Is it a new feature? (Alfred 3)

Thank you!

That is Alfreds file buffer. You can check out more here.

To get rid of the files/apps: 

• ⌥ backspace to remove all items from the buffer

Good job deanishe!

This is a good help and would be cool to see as an info in Alfred like the script editor itself(maybe in gray or so).

Maybe its even possible that Alfred handles this itself, even tho i know it just runs the script. 

Like it would check for vars and use the associated call to get the var.

However, now its documented and can be done this way! Good job

When I search for the AppStore, the preference pane of it is the first result rather than the actual application.

 

How do I solve this issue, either via hiding .prefPane files or changing the order?

U can just choose appstore a few times and Alfred should learn which you actually start everytime and therefore pop up further up in the list.

Other than that you can open spotlight settings → privacy → search with Alfred for the prefpane and drag drop it there. After that it shouldn't appear in Alfred anymore. If it still doesn't then delete it → wait a moment and redo it, else you gotta have to reindex.

Hope this helps

I am trying to create a snippet that would produce the following:

 

date=June 2016

 

where the date is automatically generated. How do I finish this?

 

date={date:????}

 

Thanks.

Create a snipped with the keyword "date" and the snipped "{date:MMMM yyyy}"

To check what is possible go to this site: https://www.alfredapp.com/help/features/clipboard/dynamic-placeholders/

And here are the variations: http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/tr35-31/tr35-dates.html#Date_Format_Patterns

Hope that helps

Within scripts, Alfred's workflow variables are set as environment variables. This means you don't have to worry about escaping, or modifying the script if switching to using an external editor... in PHP, I believe you can use getenv(varname) to get an environment variable.

 

I'd also recommend you to move away from using the {query} mode and using the argv mode instead for passing in the input, as this is generally much cleaner.

 

Cheers,

Andrew

Have you changed something since we've talked about it? 

Nevertheless i can now access environment vars in applescript via this:

set x to (system attribute "filename")

That would be a set "{var:filename}"

Awesome that this works now tho! Or that i know this now haha, no workaround anymore

Just saw that you wanted it to be added at next available time, which isn't as easy as you might think. I know that google calendar started such an approach, but you have to consider all calendars you might use(from others, work, privat etc.).

But what do you mean exactly by that? As you wrote 0:15 does it mean in 15 minutes or that it takes you 15 minutes?

Hi!

 

I'm new to Alfred and thought I might just ask the forum for a workflow. In time, I'll contribute with my knowledge, but I'm not there yet

 

Is it possible to start Alfred, type a keyword (e.g. cal), type "send report to my boss, (duration h/m) 0:15", hit enter and add that event at next available time in Calendar?

 

Looking forward getting to know Alfred!

 

 

Cheers,

Fabian

For a lot of workflows you should check out http://packal.org

There you'll find a lot. For your case you can take a look at this one here: http://www.packal.org/workflow/add-calendar-event

If you're using fantastical 2 then you can find there some too, or i can change mine which i made for reminders etc. which is Alfred 3 exclusive. Fantastical would be better in the case of using natural language tho. You can test it here for 21 days.

Hope that helps.

Cheers,

Frozen