tdenson Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 (edited) I've just migrated my Alfred settings to an M1 Mac and everything is OK apart from snippets not working. I have enabled accessibility as required but still no joy. Anything else I am missing ? Edited November 27, 2020 by Vero Edited title to be more specific Link to comment
Vero Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 @tdenson We've also been testing Alfred in Big Sur on an M1 Mac, and it's working as expected, so it's likely your issue is more of a permissions one. - Which version of Alfred are you using? - Have you granted Alfred all necessary permissions? https://www.alfredapp.com/help/getting-started/permissions/ (Try removing Alfred 4 altogether and re-adding, in case there's any corruption of permissions in macOS) - Are snippets enabled in Alfred's preferences? - Is the specific snippet you're trying to use enabled for expansion? - When you try to expand a snippet, at what stage does it fail? E.g. Does the snippet disappear and nothing is pasted, or does the snippet keyword not disappear either? - Does the issue occur in all apps or only some apps? Test in TextEdit, which is one of the simplest apps, as some more complex apps or browsers have their own clipboard management or behaviours that may cause issues - Do you use any third-party clipboard managers or snippets tools that may be interfering? Cheers, Vero Link to comment
tdenson Posted November 27, 2020 Author Share Posted November 27, 2020 2 hours ago, Vero said: @tdenson We've also been testing Alfred in Big Sur on an M1 Mac, and it's working as expected, so it's likely your issue is more of a permissions one. - Which version of Alfred are you using? 4.2.1 Universal (1186) - Have you granted Alfred all necessary permissions? https://www.alfredapp.com/help/getting-started/permissions/ (Try removing Alfred 4 altogether and re-adding, in case there's any corruption of permissions in macOS) Yes and I have uninstalled and reinstalled Alfred. Although there is a strange thing with Mac Preferences. I cannot untick Alfred in the Accessibility option (I was trying to toggle it) - Are snippets enabled in Alfred's preferences? Yes, and they worked on the machine I have migrated from and whose preferences I have imported via DropBox - Is the specific snippet you're trying to use enabled for expansion? Yes - When you try to expand a snippet, at what stage does it fail? E.g. Does the snippet disappear and nothing is pasted, or does the snippet keyword not disappear either? It echos the keyword such as `e - I use ` for snippets. - Does the issue occur in all apps or only some apps? Test in TextEdit, which is one of the simplest apps, as some more complex apps or browsers have their own clipboard management or behaviours that may cause issues True in all apps, as it happens I always use Textedit for testing - Do you use any third-party clipboard managers or snippets tools that may be interfering? No And BTW all my other imported features such as workflows are working. Link to comment
Vero Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 3 minutes ago, tdenson said: Yes and I have uninstalled and reinstalled Alfred. Although there is a strange thing with Mac Preferences. I cannot untick Alfred in the Accessibility option (I was trying to toggle it) Un-toggling and re-toggling won't have any effect. As I said, you need to remove and re-add Alfred by following these steps: - Quit Alfred 4 - Go to System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Accessibility - Ensure the padlock in the bottom left is unlocked and you've authenticated with your password - Select Alfred 4, then click the minus button - Either use the + button to re-add Alfred 4 to the list - Relaunch Alfred 4 Cheers, Vero Link to comment
Vero Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 8 minutes ago, tdenson said: It echos the keyword such as `e - I use ` for snippets. Could you clarify what you mean by that? Link to comment
tdenson Posted November 27, 2020 Author Share Posted November 27, 2020 I just mean that it echos the trigger word, in this particular case "`e" which is meant to expand to my email address. Link to comment
tdenson Posted November 27, 2020 Author Share Posted November 27, 2020 Thank you very much. Removing the preference and re-adding it did the trick. Link to comment
tdenson Posted November 27, 2020 Author Share Posted November 27, 2020 And incidentally the curious behaviour of not being able to untick the preference has gone away Link to comment
tdenson Posted December 24, 2021 Author Share Posted December 24, 2021 I have bumped this thread because I have moved to another Mac and am having exactly the same problem. However this time the above remedy didn't work. Link to comment
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