gokubi Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 * What you were doing when the issue happened I turned on the new Web Bookmarks search feature and I can't get chrome bookmarks to show up in results. Safari bookmarks are returned * Whether you were able to replicate it a second time by performing the same action Yes. I have disabled and re-enabled, reloaded the cache multiple times, rebooted. Still get same result * Include any screenshots that might help us * Include the Alfred version & build number you are using 3.5.875 * Include your OS X version High Sierra 10.13, Chrome 61.0.3163.100 (Official Build) (64-bit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gokubi Posted September 27, 2017 Author Share Posted September 27, 2017 (edited) Working now. Perhaps indexing takes quite a bit longer than expected? [update: i was mistaken. still not working for chrome] Edited September 27, 2017 by gokubi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vero Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 @gokubi Are you using the default Chrome profile or a secondary/renamed profile? As this is a brand new feature, Alfred looks for the Default profile in Chrome Cheers, Vero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gokubi Posted September 28, 2017 Author Share Posted September 28, 2017 Yes, I think my default profile is renamed. Is there a specific path Alfred is looking for? A specific profile name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vero Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 @gokubi Take a look in this path: ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/ Is there a subfolder called "Default"? This should contain a file called "Bookmarks", which contains your formatted bookmarks. Cheers, Vero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gokubi Posted September 28, 2017 Author Share Posted September 28, 2017 When you create a new profile in Chrome, the Default profile (and folder) goes away, so I solved it this way: Create a new folder "Default" in ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/ Open Terminal Create a symlink called Bookmarks in the Default folder that points to the Bookmark file in your current Profile folder: ln -s ~/Library/Application\ Support/Google/Chrome/yourProfileDirectory/Bookmarks ~/Library/Application\ Support/Google/Chrome/Default/ Go to Alfred Preferences and enable Web Bookmarks for Chrome Voila! Thanks for this great feature! I've been wanting to search bookmarks in Chrome since I installed Alfred in 2011! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Nice instructions, thanks! In a future update, Alfred will get better non-default profile support for Chrome bookmarks, which will mean you shouldn't have to faf like this! Cheers, Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanishe Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 13 hours ago, gokubi said: When you create a new profile in Chrome, the Default profile (and folder) goes away, so I solved it this way I have multiple profiles, and one is still in the "Default" folder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gokubi Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 Interesting. My research was a bit contradictory, so that's not totally surprising. I may have deleted the default profile. There seems to be no way to get one back that's in a folder called Default if that changes through rename, or deleting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanishe Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 I think profile folders are easily identified by looking for top-level folders with a file named “Bookmarks” in them. No idea where the actual names of the profiles are stored, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted January 24, 2018 Share Posted January 24, 2018 The Alfred 3.6 b893 pre-release is now aware of multiple Google Chrome profiles, and you can select which one you'd like to use in Alfred's Web Bookmarks features prefs. If you have setup any symlinks workarounds etc, it's probably worth backing these changes out now. Cheers, Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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