Workflows doesn't work

[d3v1an]

Hi,

 

I've just reinstalled my Mac and Alfred because I had a hdd-crash. So from now on my workflows doesn't work. Even the example-workflows "movie" don't work..

 

I'm entering the keyword "movie" followed by a movie-title in the search bar - but Alfred just want to "google for movie test test" The workflows are enabled as well. 

What I'm doing wrong? Before I reinstalled of my Mac it worked without any problems.. :/ 

[Vero]

@d3v1an Did you either re-add your workflows or re-set to using the same preferences as before? If so, is the "Should I watch this movie?" workflow listed in your Workflows with the keyword "movie"?

 

It sounds like there's no workflow with the matching keyword, resulting to falling back to Google.

 

If you can provide some more details, and include a few screenshots, I'll be happy to help you further.

 

Cheers,
Vero

 

[d3v1an]

Hey @Vero,

thanks for your fast reply.

Ya, I didn't change much preferences - just the preference: "Store typed query" and "Show latest query if within 5 minutes" and added the Clipboard function. 

Any other settings are the default settings.

 

After that I wanted to add the workflow "Should I watch this movie?" from the examples - changed nothing in the workflow but it don't work.

The other workflow what don't work is Dash - the original Workflow from the app Dash. 

 

So in the attachment I've put some screenshots - maybe you can help me?!

 

Thanks in advance!

Greetings

[d3v1an]

oh my god, I found the problem.. 

I've set up the synch folder in my dropbox. But Dropbox added (in the dropbox business accounts) a new feature "Smart Synch" what store the data only in the cloud. So the preferences were added but there were only in the cloud and not stored locally. I think Alfred wasn't able to get the preferences and so it got no workflows.

After change the synch-Folder to an local folder its working fine like before.  :-) 

 

So, much thanks for your help! 

 

Greetings from Germany 

[Vero]

@d3v1an Glad you were able to get to the bottom of the issue so quickly  I'll keep in mind that Dropbox Business allows such a thing as cloud-only syncing, in case it affects other users in the future.

 

Cheers,
Vero

[tiffanzsolti]

Hi! I have the exact same problem, with like 5 of my 10 workflows. Any idea what the cause could be?

[Vero]

@tiffanzsolti I'm going to guess that you're seeing issues with workflows that rely on Python 2, and you're on Monterey 12.3+? Apple removed Python 2 from macOS some time ago. 

 

If so, you'll need to grab the updated version of the workflows and, if these still rely on Python 2, take a look at this page:

https://github.com/alfredapp/updated-third-party-python2-workflows#readme

 

As for the Dict.cc workflow, it looks like the creator has updated it to use Go instead of Python so you can bypass the Python issue altogether by grabbing his 2.0 version  

https://github.com/dennis-tra/alfred-dict.cc-workflow/releases

 

Cheers,
Vero

[tiffanzsolti]

5 hours ago, Vero said:

@tiffanzsolti I'm going to guess that you're seeing issues with workflows that rely on Python 2, and you're on Monterey 12.3+? Apple removed Python 2 from macOS some time ago. 

 

If so, you'll need to grab the updated version of the workflows and, if these still rely on Python 2, take a look at this page:

https://github.com/alfredapp/updated-third-party-python2-workflows#readme

 

As for the Dict.cc workflow, it looks like the creator has updated it to use Go instead of Python so you can bypass the Python issue altogether by grabbing his 2.0 version  

https://github.com/dennis-tra/alfred-dict.cc-workflow/releases

 

Cheers,
Vero

You're right, thanks!