electricarts Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Hey,  My workflow seems to be quite strange. What I can not understand at all.  đ At least I've been looking for a solution for days. My customer sends me a file (.jpeg) that I have to edit and put online on a certain day. So I copy the file into the customer folder and create a task for this day in my Task Manager (NotePlan). So that I don't have to search for the file again later, I want to link it in the task. That's why I create an MD link. So far everything is good. But when I click on the MD link, the file is opened in Preview. Because Preview is the default app for opening JPEG's. So as a preview the behaviour is quite nice, but in that case I have to edit the file in Photoshop. And I don't want to change the default application for opening JPEG's.  And that is the problem. I can't open the file in Photoshop with the MD link. I would have to go back into the client folder and find the file. Furthermore, I've created a macOS Quick Action (Service) in Automator which also works when I select the file itself. But not the link to the file. What I want is a bit like opening an alias or symlink in Photoshop.  Is there any way to achieve this with Alfred (with Powerpack)?  Mario Link to comment
deanishe Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Hi @electricarts, welcome to the forum. Â 33 minutes ago, electricarts said: Is there any way to achieve this with Alfred (with Powerpack)? Â Alfred can easily open the file:// URL with any application you like. You'd have to select the URL or copy it to the clipboard first to send it to Alfred. Link to comment
electricarts Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share Posted June 30, 2021 I don't understand how to send the MD link to Alfred. Select the file in the folder -> Selection Hotkey works. But I want to use the MD link instead of the file itself. Link to comment
deanishe Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 1 hour ago, electricarts said: I don't understand how to send the MD link to Alfred  If you go into Alfred Preferences -> Update and select the âpre-releasesâ channel, Alfred 4.5 allows you to send any text to Alfred with its Selection Hotkey, not just paths.  Alternatively, create your own workflow Hotkey with Argument = "Selection in macOS" or "macOS Clipboard Contents". Link to comment
electricarts Posted July 1, 2021 Author Share Posted July 1, 2021 13 hours ago, deanishe said: If you go into Alfred Preferences -> Update and select the âpre-releasesâ channel, Alfred 4.5 allows you to send any text to Alfred with its Selection Hotkey, not just paths.  I can't get Alfred to load the pre-release version, even though I have set it to do so in the preferences.  13 hours ago, deanishe said: Alternatively, create your own workflow Hotkey with Argument = "Selection in macOS" or "macOS Clipboard Contents".  This works as workflow only if I have selected the file before. But with the link as "input" it does not work. Link to comment
Vero Posted July 1, 2021 Share Posted July 1, 2021 4 hours ago, electricarts said: I can't get Alfred to load the pre-release version, even though I have set it to do so in the preferences.  @electricarts @deanishe As Alfred 4.5 contains a huge feature change, it has not yet been put on the pre-release channel. If you'd like to use 4.5, you can download the beta here: https://www.alfredapp.com/universal-actions/  Cheers, Vero Link to comment
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