Making Python 2 Workflows work on macOS Monterey 12.3 and above

[vitor]

With macOS Monterey 12.3, Apple removed the bundled Python 2 interpreter. That means older Workflows dependent on Python 2 will no longer work without modification.

You can reinstall Python 2, but some Workflows will still require a tweak to work. It’s simple enough to do if you know what to look for, but not everyone does. The Updated Third-Party Python 2 Workflows repository on GitHub is meant to close that gap.

Check the list of available Workflows. If the one you need isn’t present, ask for it there or as a reply on this thread. Be sure to include a link to the original.

 

Note this is only for Python 2 Workflows which break on Monterey 12.3 and above due to the Python 2 removal. If a Workflow stops working for any other reason, contact the author as usual.

[jmonda]

Any chance of getting movie amd tv show search https://www.packal.org/workflow/movie-and-tv-show-search

 

[vitor]

11 hours ago, jmonda said:

Any chance of getting movie amd tv show search https://www.packal.org/workflow/movie-and-tv-show-search

 

Added.

[Nazzaro]

This one uses Alfred-Workflow, so not sure it'll be easily adaptable, but here's to hoping:  https://github.com/skleinei/alfred-confluence

(I tried to make the Workflow itself, and alfred-workflow since it's the primary component, compatible with python3 but failed miserably)

[vitor]

Try this one. It’s untested.

[CatsAndCoffee]

I'm getting APP_KEY error despite it is already set. does anyone have the same issue?
using Vitor's version of Convert, on an M1 Pro MacBook running Python 3 and monterey 12.3 (21E5206e).

 

[vitor]

Welcome @CatsAndCoffee

 

Can’t reproduce at all. Try downloading it again, it was updated recently.

 

11 hours ago, CatsAndCoffee said:

on an M1 Pro MacBook running Python 3 and monterey 12.3 (21E5206e)

 

It’s useful that you give the machine details, but the Python 3 part is irrelevant. For one, the point of these Workflows is that they have to use Python 2. If you haven’t followed the knowledge base article to install it, these won’t work. But no macOS machine comes with Python 3, so saying it’s running but not how it’s installed is insufficient information. Again, it doesn’t matter in this case, only pointing it out for future debugging.

[CatsAndCoffee]

8 hours ago, vitor said:

Welcome @CatsAndCoffee

 

Can’t reproduce at all. Try downloading it again, it was updated recently.

 

 

It’s useful that you give the machine details, but the Python 3 part is irrelevant. For one, the point of these Workflows is that they have to use Python 2. If you haven’t followed the knowledge base article to install it, these won’t work. But no macOS machine comes with Python 3, so saying it’s running but not how it’s installed is insufficient information. Again, it doesn’t matter in this case, only pointing it out for future debugging.

thanks for your reply, @vitor.

eventually, i found out what was going wrong:

 

in line 670, the workflow is trying to fetch currency data with `/usr/bin/python`, which no longer exists in the latest macOS beta.

i fixed it by simply changing the path to my `/opt/homebrew/bin/python`.

Edited February 12, 2022 by CatsAndCoffee

[vitor]

8 minutes ago, CatsAndCoffee said:

in line 670, the workflow is trying to fetch currency data with `/usr/bin/python`

 

Missed that one. Now fixed the repo in the Workflow.

 

9 minutes ago, CatsAndCoffee said:

i fixed it by simply changing the path to my `/opt/homebrew/bin/python`.

 

Just python works and will avoid the same issue in the future (or if you install the Workflow on an Intel machine).

[lutefish]

Would it be possible to add zothero? https://github.com/deanishe/zothero
 

thanks. 

[vitor]

10 hours ago, lutefish said:

Would it be possible to add zothero? https://github.com/deanishe/zothero

 

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[Elalemanyo]

Would it be possible to add alfred-repos? https://github.com/deanishe/alfred-repos

Thanks

[vitor]

16 minutes ago, Elalemanyo said:

Would it be possible to add alfred-repos? https://github.com/deanishe/alfred-repos

 

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Welcome to the forums.

[Matthias]

Hi, thanks for your effort, vitor. Appreciate it very much!

 

If it would be possible, could you adapt this dict.cc workflow as well, please?

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

 

Thanks in advance!

[vitor]

14 minutes ago, Matthias said:

If it would be possible, could you adapt this dict.cc workflow as well, please?

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

 

Added.

Welcome to the forum.

[Elalemanyo]

Would it be possible to add Tailwind CSS Docs Workflow? https://github.com/techouse/alfred-tailwindcss-docs

Thanks

[Vero]

4 minutes ago, Elalemanyo said:

Would it be possible to add Tailwind CSS Docs Workflow? https://github.com/techouse/alfred-tailwindcss-docs

 

I would recommend first reaching out to the workflow creator, as they updated it 12 days ago, and seem to be actively maintaining it. 

[Elalemanyo]

1 hour ago, Vero said:

 

I would recommend first reaching out to the workflow creator, as they updated it 12 days ago, and seem to be actively maintaining it. 

I have already done it https://github.com/techouse/alfred-tailwindcss-docs/issues/1

[vitor]

3 hours ago, Elalemanyo said:

Would it be possible to add Tailwind CSS Docs Workflow?

 

Added.

 

1 hour ago, Elalemanyo said:

I have already done it https://github.com/techouse/alfred-tailwindcss-docs/issues/1

 

Thank you for checking.

[TomBenz]

https://www.deanishe.net/post/2020/05/workflow-video-conferences/ -- pls add updated version for this

[MrStreeter]

Do we know if / when Alfred will be removing (or maybe allowing editing of the list) within the Script Filters intepreter options?

 

`/usr/bin/python` is now showing as not installed (obviously) and although I have python3 installed via brew, and available at `/usr/bin/python3` - I obviously cannot select it or use it easily.

Edited March 15, 2022 by MrStreeter

[vitor]

4 hours ago, pankajsz said:

https://www.deanishe.net/post/2020/05/workflow-video-conferences/ -- pls add updated version for this

 

Added.

 

16 minutes ago, MrStreeter said:

or maybe allowing editing of the list

 

Editing the list isn’t very useful, because your changes won’t propagate to other people and they may not have whatever runtime you’ve added. It could cause hard-to-diagnose problems when sharing Workflows.

 

18 minutes ago, MrStreeter said:

I obviously cannot select it or use it easily.

 

Save your script inside the Workflow with a proper shebang (#!/usr/bin/python3) and call it as an External Script as the Language. Or use /bin/zsh as the Language and call your script with /usr/bin/python3 SCRIPT_NAME. You were never limited by the languages in the dropdown, you can easily use anything on your system.

[MrStreeter]

2 minutes ago, vitor said:

Save your script inside the Workflow with a proper shebang (#!/usr/bin/python3) and call it as an External Script as the Language. Or use /bin/zsh as the Language and call your script with /usr/bin/python3 SCRIPT_NAME. You were never limited by the languages in the dropdown, you can easily use anything on your system.

 

This is what I ended up doing. Thanks for confirming.

 

Not sure why i never did it this way to begin with, its a lot easier/nicer to be able to handle a script in an IDE than a text box!

[TomBenz]

4 hours ago, vitor said:

 

Added.

 

 

Editing the list isn’t very useful, because your changes won’t propagate to other people and they may not have whatever runtime you’ve added. It could cause hard-to-diagnose problems when sharing Workflows.

 

 

Save your script inside the Workflow with a proper shebang (#!/usr/bin/python3) and call it as an External Script as the Language. Or use /bin/zsh as the Language and call your script with /usr/bin/python3 SCRIPT_NAME. You were never limited by the languages in the dropdown, you can easily use anything on your system.

 

https://github.com/deanishe/alfred-appscripts. - pls post an update for this. General guidelines on how to fix Python2 issue would be great. thanks in advance

 

[timhilde]

On 2/14/2022 at 5:41 PM, vitor said:

 

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Somehow this isn't working on my end. I've reinstalled Python 2 with this guide and downloaded the updated workflow, but still nothing...