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This workflow searches PubMed for articles where you already have the journal, volume and page information. Just put in an articles journal, volume and page information separated by commas e.g. "ups j med sci,117,132" The workflow then searches PubMed with appropriate tags appended to journal, volume and page ("ups j med sci[ta] 117[vi] 132[pg]") making it a breeze to identify articles from reference lists. Download here: PubMed workflow

I have attempted to create a workflow that search Pubmed.org for scientific articles. The idea is to enter a string into Alfred 2 separated by commas and have a bash script parse the output so that it is formatted for searching the website. I'm doing this by triggering input with a keyword and then running the script. The output is an Applescript calling Alfred 2 to search for a keyword pointing at a second part of the workflow which is an "open URL" action. The problem is that when calling Alfred 2 back, sometimes it emulates pressing enter and sometimes not leaving Alfred 2 open with the parsed search string. I must have done something wrong with the Applescript. Suggestions is most welcome! Bash script for parsing echo '{query}'| awk '{split($0,array,",")} END{print array[1]"[ta] " array[2]"[vi] " array[3]"[pg]"}' If I write Science,2,34 the parsed output will be Science[ta] 2[vi] 34[pg] With the following Applescript I call another part of the workflow with the keyword "pmweb", and as I mentioned earlier, the key code 36 is not always working. If I manually press "Enter", the search is performed. tell application "Alfred 2" to search "pmweb {query}" tell application "System Events" key code 36 end tell

Hi there, I've using workflow to supply some specified purpose in some applications via hotkey, for example: Hotkey (cmd+g) -> run osascript: If the frontmost app is not Evernote then error -127 else get the source url of the selected note tell safari to open the url end if Now my question is, because alfred will overwrite the hotkeys, in some other applications which also use the cmd+g, will not trigger the corresponded events. Hence, I need some scripts to replace the "error -127" to re-trigger "cmd+g" again. I've used tell application "System Events" to key code 5 using {command down} or tell application "System Events" to keystroke "g" using command down But they are not working, and my front most application will become very slow :\ It seems System Event will execute for almost half minutes, which is unreasonable in my opinion. Am I miss something? Thank you!

Here's a little something I made to replace the preferences files of InDesign, after a crash and a reset of the preferences. You can read a little bit more about this problem on the Adobe Forum. You’ll just need to replace the path with the one where you store your backuped file in the script info. Download http://d.pr/f/am0h

I'm trying to make a workflow which when invoked by a hotkey will hide the extensions of the files currently selected in OS X but I'm not too sure how Alfred's "Selection in OS X" hotkey action panel works and there seems to be dearth of documentation about it. What exactly does this action panel pass to a script (e.g.: a string)? What is the normal way of receiving this input in a script (e.g.: with "{query}" or with something else)? Does this behaviour vary between different types of scripts (i.e.: bash, AppleScript etc.)? I set up a simple workflow and found that return "{query}" posted a notification as expected when run from the Run Script action panel (with all delimiters unchecked) but not when run from the Run NSApplescript action panel (with the alfred_script(q) wrapper). Why is this? Is there anything else I should know about the "Selection in OS X" hotkey action panel?

Annoyed at Finder’s occasional stubborn refusal to correctly update the contents of network shares? Catching yourself developing a case of F5 envy? Fuming at your Windows buds* gloating? Despair no more: I’ve ported Söderhavet’s fine Refresh Finder utility to an Alfred workflow. Hotkey or the refresh keyword refreshes the file listing of the frontmost Finder window, another hotkey or alt-keyword refreshes them all. Updates via Alleyoop. Blog post here, GitHub repo there. Oh, and direct download is here. * if such a thing even can exist.

Ever since upgrading to the new version, plus Powerpack, Applescripts are taking forever to come up in Alfred searches. I use Applescripts to jump between workflows all day, so it's really slowing me down. Is there a way to make Applescripts higher priority? Is it normal behaviour for them to take so long to show up? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Get Google Cache of a URL with this workflow! Easy to use: In Alfred, enter the following and press Enter: cache URL Download Alfred Cache here.

I'm trying to make a script to help in calculating em values. I feel really dumb asking this, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to get the result copied to the clipboard, for pasting into other applications. Here's what I have so far: set query to {query} set base_em to 16 set calculated_em to query / base_em calculated_em as real get calculated_em set the clipboard to calculated_em Essentially, the workflow will be typing em {query}, then ⏎, copying the result to the keyboard. I've got everything working until the clipboard part - I'm sure I'm missing something totally obvious here, but I can't for the life of me figure out the last part, argh.

I'm making a workflow that toggles an application feature on or off via a gui applescript. However, I'd like to have the workflow send a notification to the user indicating whether the feature has been enabled or disabled. How would I go about implementing this?

This workflow let you activate and deactivate AirPlay Mirroring from Mac to Apple TV via Alfred. The user can choose between keyboard shortcuts or keywords to activate/deactivate AirPlay Mirroring. Keywords: AirPlay On = 'air on' AirPlay Off = 'air off' AirPlay Audio on = 'audio on' (new feature) Internal Speakers = 'audio off' (new feature) USB Speakers = 'audio usb' Download AirPlay Mirroring On/Off 1.0 Download AirPlay On/Off 1.1 Download AirPlay On/Off 1.11 Download AirPlay On/Off 1.12 Download AirPlay On/Off 1.13 Download AirPlay On/Off 1.14 Download AirPlay Mirroring On/Off v1.15 Download AirPlay On/Off 1.2 Dependencies: Add Alfred in System Preferences => Accessibility and Security => Privacy (tab) => Accessability (remember to unlock the hanglock in the lower left part of the window to be able to add applications). Mac with support for AirPlay Mirroring Apple TV on the same network Make sure the (network) name of the Apple TV is "Apple TV". If not, look for solutions at the end of this post. If you see the AirPlay icon in the menu bar, you're good to go If your Apple TV's name's not "Apple TV" - you can make the workflow work by using one of these methods: Change the name of your Apple TV Change the script - find the following line of code (line 3), and change "Apple TV" to the name of your Apple TV: set valg to "Apple TV" ----------------------------------------------------- ** UPDATES ** ------------------------------------------------- UPDATE 1.10 - new name: "AirPlay On/Off" Changes in version 1.10: It's now possible to also switch the AirPlay Audio on/off, but also to switch to USB speakers. Update 1.11 - Changes: Added possibility to use USB audio device as output - keyword: 'audio usb' I've also made it easier for the users to add their own device - just remove (* and *) in the bottom part of the code. Then you'll add the keyword you want to use, and the name of the audio device as explained in the screenshot below. Update 1.12 - Changes: New option: reset 'coreaudiod' process (useful when system audio or airplay isn't working like it should). How to reset 'coreaudiod' process: Add your own keyboard shortcut in the preferences, or use the keyword "resetair" Update 1.13 - Changes: - Bug fixes - Better support for multiple AirPlay Audio devices... Download AirPlay On/Off v1.13 Update 1.2 - Changes: - ready for Yosemite - bug fixes

If you use more than one AppleID in iTunes App Store or Mac App Store, this is the extension for you. All you have to do is to press a keyboard shortcut when you want to switch account, this brings up a dialog window with all your AppleID's listed. Then you choose the account you would like to log in to, and press enter. Only works on Mac OS X with English and Norwegian language - but it also work in both iTunes and Mac App Store! If you want your OS language supported, give me a hint.. Installation For AccountChanger to funtion like supposed to, you have to do some preparations first. 1. Download and mount http://cl.ly/YKQF'>AccountChanger.zip 2. Run the applescript application with the name "Run this first!!!" This Applescript will Install and launch UsableKeychainScripting (needed to use Applescript with Keychain Access after Mac OS 10.7), and add it to the startup items. 3. Open Keychain Access (/Applications/Utilities/) 4a. Make a new keychain by pressing the following keyboard shortcut: Command + Alt + N 4b. Give the keychain a master password and remember it. 4c. Give the new keychain the name 'Applescript', and drag it to the top of the listed keychains, in the upper left corner of the window (like in the screenshot below). 5. For each AppleID you want to use, make one 'New password item' (Command+N). Each of the entries must be named 'eple'. In the 'Account' field, enter your AppleID (email address). And of course - the password in the password field. 6. Add the Alfred workflow from the mounted image 'AccountChanger.dmg', and add a keyboard shortcut. Congratulations! The workflow should work now... My Twitter account - @macgeeky

Closes every visible background window (from all the apps running), and leaves only the front window open. Activate the workflow with a keyboard shortcut. I'm using the following shortcut to close all my background windows: Command+Alt+Control+Delete. Download CloseAllWindows 1.1 Download CloseAllWindows 1.3 Download CloseAllWindows 1.3.1 What's new 1.3.1: - Two shorcuts - one for closing background windows without saving, and another one for closing the windows with saving, if needed. - Bug fix: a lot of windows did not close when supposed to - just a dumbass bug from a newbie What's new 1.3: Added support for the following applications (windows wouldn't close for these apps): Preview, Alfred Preferences and Tweetbot. Please, don't hesitate to update me on other applications this workflow won't close the windows in.

The EXIF Data Alfred Workflow uses Exiftool and mdls to quickly display metadata in Alfred. Version: 1.0 Release date: 2013-04-21 Author: John Day Original Release Page : http://www.johneday.com/831/exif-data-alfred-workflow Download Usage: Select a file and call the EXIF Data workflow with the et keyword. Map the four Hotkeys to bypass the main menu and execute options directly. Select an item from the View in Alfred option to copy the tag’s information to the clipboard. Select one or multiple items from the Choose from list option to copy the tag and its information to the clipboard. Select the Export to file option to save metadata to a text file in ~/Documents/metadata/ using ExifTool. One or multiple files may be processed with this option. If the selection is not a supported file type, you are given the option to use mdls to view available information. Select the Export mdls to file option to save metadata to a text file in ~/Documents/metadata/ using mdls. One or multiple files may be processed with this option. System Modifications: A metadata folder is created in Documents to archive the text files created by the Export to file and Export mdls to file commands.

Please don't laugh at the code, I write applescript by copy-tweaking! Uses thesauras.altervista.org and ursanrazvan's applescript library. Enjoy! I'll aim to post any updates on my tumblr http://jaspalsahota.tumblr.com/post/48358079872/thesaurus-workflow-for-alfredapp-2 Here's a screenshot If anyone makes this nicer/cleaner etc. please let me know. J

Starting with Alfred 5, you can use Automation Tasks to achieve the same results and more. I’ve been seeing a lot of workflows that need to interact with a browser via AppleScript (usually to get a page’s url), but most of them seem to settle on a single browser, which is a shame. I can understand — AppleScript is a pain, and since each browser implements these functions however they want, finding the best way to do it with each one can be difficult, so here’s the code for most of them. The code for this may seem massive, but it is not. Read the comments to understand when to use what. You can find the latest version of this as a gist. -- AppleScript -- -- This example is meant as a simple starting point to show how to get the information in the simplest available way. -- Keep in mind that when asking for a `return` after another, only the first one will be output. -- This method is as good as its JXA counterpart. -- Chromium variants include "Google Chrome", "Chromium", "Opera", "Vivaldi", "Brave Browser", "Microsoft Edge". -- Specific editions are valid, including "Google Chrome Canary", "Microsoft Edge Dev". -- "Google Chrome" Example: tell application "Google Chrome" to return title of active tab of front window tell application "Google Chrome" to return URL of active tab of front window -- "Chromium" Example: tell application "Chromium" to return title of active tab of front window tell application "Chromium" to return URL of active tab of front window -- Webkit variants include "Safari", "Webkit". -- Specific editions are valid, including "Safari Technology Preview". -- "Safari" Example: tell application "Safari" to return name of front document tell application "Safari" to return URL of front document -- "Webkit" Example: tell application "Webkit" to return name of front document tell application "Webkit" to return URL of front document -- This example returns both the title and URL for the frontmost tab of the active browser, separated by a newline. -- For shorter code inclusive of all editions, only the start of the application name is checked. -- Keep in mind that to be able to use a variable in `tell application` — via `using terms from` — we’re basically requiring that referenced browser to be available on the system. -- That means that to use this on "Google Chrome Canary" or "Chromium", "Google Chrome" needs to be installed. Same for other browsers. -- This method also does not exit with a non-zero exit status when the frontmost application is not a supported browser. -- For the aforementioned reasons, this method is inferior to its JXA counterpart. tell application "System Events" to set frontApp to name of first process whose frontmost is true if (frontapp starts with "Google Chrome") or (frontApp starts with "Chromium") or (frontApp starts with "Opera") or (frontApp starts with "Vivaldi") or (frontApp starts with "Brave Browser") or (frontApp starts with "Microsoft Edge") then using terms from application "Google Chrome" tell application frontApp to set currentTabTitle to title of active tab of front window tell application frontApp to set currentTabUrl to URL of active tab of front window end using terms from else if (frontApp starts with "Safari") or (frontApp starts with "Webkit") then using terms from application "Safari" tell application frontApp to set currentTabTitle to name of front document tell application frontApp to set currentTabUrl to URL of front document end using terms from else return "You need a supported browser as your frontmost app" end if return currentTabUrl & "\n" & currentTabTitle // JavaScript for Automation (JXA) // // This example is meant as a simple starting point to show how to get the information in the simplest available way. // Keep in mind that when asking for a value after another, only the last one one will be output. // This method is as good as its AppleScript counterpart. // Chromium variants include "Google Chrome", "Chromium", "Opera", "Vivaldi", "Brave Browser", "Microsoft Edge". // Specific editions are valid, including "Google Chrome Canary", "Microsoft Edge Dev". // "Google Chrome" Example: Application('Google Chrome').windows[0].activeTab.name() Application('Google Chrome').windows[0].activeTab.url() // "Chromium" Example: Application('Chromium').windows[0].activeTab.name() Application('Chromium').windows[0].activeTab.url() // Webkit variants include "Safari", "Webkit". // Specific editions are valid, including "Safari Technology Preview". // "Safari" Example: Application('Safari').windows[0].currentTab.name() Application('Safari').windows[0].currentTab.url() // "Webkit" Example: Application('Webkit').windows[0].currentTab.name() Application('Webkit').windows[0].currentTab.url() // This example returns both the title and URL for the frontmost tab of the active browser, separated by a newline. // For shorter code inclusive of all editions, only the start of the application name is checked. // This method is superior to its AppleScript counterpart. It does not need a "main" browser available on the system to reuse the command on similar ones and throws a proper error code on failure. const frontmost_app_name = Application('System Events').applicationProcesses.where({ frontmost: true }).name()[0] const frontmost_app = Application(frontmost_app_name) const chromium_variants = ['Google Chrome', 'Chromium', 'Opera', 'Vivaldi', 'Brave Browser', 'Microsoft Edge'] const webkit_variants = ['Safari', 'Webkit'] if (chromium_variants.some(app_name => frontmost_app_name.startsWith(app_name))) { var current_tab_title = frontmost_app.windows[0].activeTab.name() var current_tab_url = frontmost_app.windows[0].activeTab.url() } else if (webkit_variants.some(app_name => frontmost_app_name.startsWith(app_name))) { var current_tab_title = frontmost_app.documents[0].name() var current_tab_url = frontmost_app.documents[0].url() } else { throw new Error('You need a supported browser as your frontmost app') } current_tab_url + '\n' + current_tab_title Other browsers Firefox Absent since although it’s possible to get the window’s title, it’s not possible to get its URL (it used to be, before version 3.6). It’s possible via hacky ways that consist of sending keystrokes, but those can be unreliable. This bug is being tracked in Bugzilla.

Hello everyone this is my first post here, and one of my first Alfred workflows. I use photoshop and illustrator extensively for my work, and require both English and Chinese language. After updating to CS6 I noticed that many system hotkeys that I used before in previous versions of CS failed to work in CS6. For example COMMAND + SPACE works fine for pulling up spotlight or Alfred now, but OPTION + COMMAND + SPACE will no longer work for changing languages. This is hugely inconvenient when you are working with 1000+ photos and hundreds of illustrator files and need to be able to quickly and constantly switch back and forth between languages. (run-on sentence?) So in the end I decided to make this little Alfred-wrapped Applescript that would perform the menubar clicks necessary to change languages. It actually works quite quickly. Not as slow as imagined at first. Pressing OPTION + COMMAND + SPACE will switch between the first language (in this case U.S. English) and the second language (Pinyin - Simplified) and back again. In the workflow I have commented which parts to edit in order to change to your language of choice. I hope this proves useful for someone else, and if anyone has any suggestions for improvement or questions please let me know! UPDATE April 15th: I've rewritten most of the script. Instead of only selectively choosing Pinyin or English, the script will now step through all languages. I tested this by choosing 5 random languages and the script successfully stepped through each language and then wrapped around to the top of the list. Hope this is a little better! download

Hi I've been moving all my hotkeys over to V2. I can get all the apps and files to open OK, but none of my Applescripts are working. (Three of my applescripts do stuff in Mail for the currently selected email, and one other launches app Minuteur and passes a number to it). I've tried both run script with usr/bin/osascript selected and run NSapplescript What do I have to do ? thanks k

Things have probably run as far as they're going to in this thread, so I thought I'd post it as a bug report. Here's a quick summary: An AppleScript I wrote does not behave as expected when run from Alfred's Run Script action. The same script runs as expected from AppleScript Editor. The script runs as expected via Alfred's NSApplescript action once it has been cached in memory (i.e.: the initial run with caching fails, but all subsequent runs behave as expected, until Alfred is restarted). Saving the script to the workflow's directory and calling it with a bash script via Alfred's Run Script action seems to be the best workaround. See the linked thread for more details and examples.

This workflow demonstrates several feedback scenarios and can be used as a template for your AppleScript projects. I will maintain an updated copy of this post on my blog: http://www.johneday.com/617/generate-feedback-in-alfred-2-workflows Overview: To generate feedback in Alfred, we use a Script Filter to pass a query to the xml.scpt AppleScript. The script then processes the query and returns a properly formatted XML string containing information for each item to be displayed. After you import the Generate Feedback workflow, launch it with the gf keyword to view my five examples. To reveal the xml.scpt you will need to edit, open the gf Script Filter and click the Open workflow folder button at the bottom of the window. Basic Usage: Add each item you would like to be displayed in your workflow to the itemList by passing a record containing the required labels to the xmlItem handler. For an in-depth description of each attribute, I have included pieces of David’s tutorial in the script’s comments. on run argv -- coerce the argv list to text set query to argv as text -- create an empty list to hold the items set itemList to {} -- Feedback item 1 set end of itemList to xmlItem({uid:"My uid", arg:"My arg", title:"My Title"}) -- Wrap the elements of the list with a declaration and return the list to Alfred return giveFeedback(itemList) end run xmlItem Handler Required labels: {uid:"My uid", arg:"My arg", title:"My Title"} Optional labels: subtitle:"My Subtitle" valid:"no" autocomplete:"Autocompleted text" icon:"icon.png" icon:"public.plain-text", iconAttribute:"filetype" -- iconAttribute must be used with icon icon:"/Applications", iconAttribute:"fileicon" -- iconAttribute must be used with icon Advanced Usage: Characters < > & " need to be escaped properly for XML. To insert items that may contain these characters, pass the string to the clean handler along with a true/false value to remove leading and trailing whitespace. clean(" Title with leading whitesplace & < > \" characters, trimming true", true) Alfred uses the uid attribute to learn which results are selected the most and then uses this information to sort your feedback. If you would like to manually arrange the returned items, use the uuid handler to generate a unique uid. In Alfred’s next release (after 2.0.2), this issue will be resolved and the item UID attribute will be optional. uid:uuid() Along with the workflow, I have included a list of file types that may be used as values for the icon label when paired with iconAttribute:”filetype”. See http://imgur.com/a/0zXVX for the corresponding icons.

In Alfred v1, I had created a keyword that launched an Applescript that prompts the user to type an entry into a text box that pops us, with this entry then being inserted into an Evernote note titled "Journal Entry". Note that this is not my own script, but one I obtained online. I have recreated the action in Alfred v2, but cannot get it to work. I have a keyword with no argument initiating the Applescript, which does not run in the background, and is not cached. The actual script is reproduced at the end of this post. I am a powerpack user. What am I missing that prevents v2 from executing this script? All help appreciated. Steve ------------The script is as follows---------------- property nb : "Journal" (* BEGIN HANDLER CALL NOTE: I have added a new portion to the script so that users who aren't familiar with how to use a handler can run the Script directly and check it out. If you'd like to use this as a handler in your own AppleScript, Just delete or comment out the portion of code between "BEGIN HANDLER CALL" and "END HANDLER CALL"! *) set notetext to text returned of (display dialog "Log Entry" default answer "") my handle_string(notetext) on handle_string(notetext) if notetext is not "" then CreateDailyEvernote(notetext) end if end handle_string (* END HANDLER CALL *) on CreateDailyEvernote(txt) set t to do shell script "date +'%Y-%m-%d Journal Entry'" set timeStr to time string of (current date) tell application "Evernote" set foundNotes to find notes "notebook:\"" & nb & "\"" & " intitle:\"" & t & "\"" set found to ((length of foundNotes) is not 0) if not found then set curnote to create note with html "•" title t notebook nb tell curnote to append text txt tell curnote to append html "<br>" else repeat with curnote in foundNotes tell curnote to append html "•" tell curnote to append text txt tell curnote to append html "<br>" end repeat end if end tell end CreateDailyEvernote

I took Runar's Open in Chrome workflow and made a new version which (theoretically) behaves a bit more intelligently in situations where Safari either isn't open, or doesn't have any windows open, and which posts slightly more informative notifications. The Applescript I wrote behaves exactly as intended when run from Applescript Editor, but not when run from Alfred. If Safari isn't open it ought to simply post a notification saying as much, but the Alfred version always opens Safari in the background first. Workflow: Open in Chrome Keyword: openinchrome Hotkey: alt+g if application "Safari" is running then tell application "Safari" try set theURL to URL of current tab of window 1 set pageName to name of current tab of window 1 on error return "There are no pages open in Safari at the moment" end try end tell tell application "Google Chrome" activate if (count of windows) is 0 then make new window set URL of active tab of front window to theURL end tell # Enable this line to have notifications posted after sending URLs to Chrome #return "Opening '" & pageName & "' in Chrome" else return "Safari is not open at the moment" end if

I've noticed that when using a script trigger, alfred will evaluate the entire script from the first character typed in an argument, but the user can continue to type and the script will keep reevaluating. However, I'm trying to build in functionality so that, if on the first keystroke the script will run for a long time, subsequent instances of the script will skip the long processing steps, at least until the initial processing is complete. I've implemented it like so: Check if long_process needs to run, based on a flag in a plist file If long_process needs to run, set the flag in the plist and start long_process once long_process is complete, clear the flag If long_process doesn't need to run, start short_process (to provide feedback to user) However this doesn't work. It appears that short_process will never run, despite multiple keystrokes being entered. How can I make it work, or at least somehow run the long process on a different thread?

Hi, I want to create a workflow to resize my selected Images. first I created a File Action and the a Run NSAppleScript with the following text on open (_files) tell application "Image Events" to launch repeat with _file in _files try tell application "Image Events" set _image to open _file scale _image by factor 0.5 save _image in _file close _image end tell end try end repeat end open It dow not work Can somebody help me please?

Inspired by Ramshank, I went on the googling hunt of googling hunts to find the code (which ended up being in his post). And compiled this bad boy: v1.1 Keyboard Locker: d.pr/f/xtPs v1.2 Keyboard Locker: http://d.pr/f/cp7i **Updated! Fix command fully implemented, and you can now enter the number of seconds you want to lock it for.** This workflow will lock your keyboard for 20 seconds so that you can clean it. It does ask for your admin pass! If your keyboard doesn't re-enable use the "fix" keyword and enter your admin pass to re-enable it. You can do updates via Alleyoop, and please read below before using! **Read Me!** Be sure that you have an external keyboard or you know where your on-screen keyboard is, before running this workflow for the first time! I have learned the hard way what happens (Your internal keyboard doesn't work, and you have to restart your computer). Here are directions to the on-screen keyboard for your mac: I don't think it has changed since SL but just to be safe... 10.6.x Snow Leopard: http://j.mp/Yl7ZYJ 10.7.x Lion: http://j.mp/Yl89zp 10.8.x Mountain Lion: http://j.mp/Yl8jqp Enjoy! and Please message me if you have any questions or concerns!