Can't add Safari.app in Hotkeys (in Workflows)

noahm · December 23, 2022

Hi!

I am unable to drag Safari.app (from /Applications/) from Alfred Preferences → Workflows → Workflow → Hotkeys → Configure Object… → Related Apps

My setup is as follows:

macOS 13.1 (22C65)
Alfred 5.0.6 (2110)

Thanks for your time,

Noah

Vero · December 23, 2022

@noahm I've just had a look and Safari can be dragged in like any other apps.

What happens when you try to drag Safari in? And apologies for what may seem obvious but are you definitely dragging Safari in, or an alias / other item that happens to have Safari's icon?

noahm · December 28, 2022

Hi @Vero!

Please see the attached video.

I am dragging Safari.app from My Drive → Applications, alternatively found within Go → Applications in the Finder.app menu bar.

https://streamable.com/cbcik7

Thanks for your time.

Edited December 28, 2022 by noahm

noahm · January 5

Hi again @Vero. I'm really not sure why this bug is occurring. It's still happening and only with Safari. The only thing I can think of is that I used to have Safari Technology Preview installed, and maybe it has affected Safari.app's bundle and may not be seen as an actual application? However, doing Get Info shows the following, which is not out of the usual...

Edit: just noticed it says Friday, 30 December, and the "Last opened" flag does not update when opening it again. I use this every day. Are there any other locations where Safari can be found?

Edited January 5 by noahm

Vero · January 5

@noahm In your video, it's not possible to see where you're dragging from, so I wonder if you're dragging from a weird location.

The two easiest ways are:

1. Pop up Alfred's search, type Safari and copy directly from Alfred's results.

2. Open Finder to /Applications/ and drag from the list of apps there.

Don't drag from the little Finder sidebar or from your Dock as that won't work.

noahm · January 5

Yes that's the location I described above... not sure what can be done :(

Thanks

vitor · January 5

@noahm Try rebooting your computer. Safari is now updated differently which might be messing up something. I also see from your screenshot that your disk is apparently called “Ventura”, as opposed to the usual “Macintosh HD”. Is that intentional?

If rebooting does not work, see if this workflow correctly displays Safari for you. It’s just a Hotkey set to work when Safari is in focus; you can copy it to your other workflow and continue from there.

noahm · January 14

@vitor

Yes – I always name my HDD/SSD to the current operating system ("Ventura"). Naming it back doesn't seem to change the behaviour I'm facing ☹️

The workflow displays Safari for me correctly, too.

Edited January 14 by noahm

vitor · January 14

22 minutes ago, noahm said:

The workflow displays Safari for me correctly, too.

In that case you should be able to copy that Hotkey into your own Workflow and edit it there.

Alan He · January 15

same issue, restart not work. @vitor maybe os bug?

I have to use victor's workflow https://transfer.sh/0XtNpW/Safari Hotkey.alfredworkflow

version info

- Ventura 13.1

- Alfred v5.0.6

Edited January 16 by Alan He

noahm · January 18

@Alan He Glad to see I’m not alone! 😁

Andrew · January 18

@noahm could you open Terminal.app and show me the output of pasting the following command:

mdls /Applications/Safari.app

Thanks,

Andrew

Alan He · January 20

On 1/19/2023 at 12:46 AM, Andrew said:

@noahm could you open Terminal.app and show me the output of pasting the following command:

mdls /Applications/Safari.app

Thanks,

Andrew

@Andrew

_kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions = "Safari.app"
kMDItemAlternateNames = (
"\U1109\U1161\U1111\U1161\U1105\U1175",
"Safari.app"
)
kMDItemAppStoreCategory = "Productivity"
kMDItemAppStoreCategoryType = "public.app-category.productivity"
kMDItemAppStoreIsAppleSigned = 1
kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier = "com.apple.Safari"
kMDItemContentCreationDate = 2022-11-29 06:37:08 +0000
kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking = 2022-11-29 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2022-11-29 06:37:08 +0000
kMDItemContentType = "com.apple.application-bundle"
kMDItemContentTypeTree = (
"com.apple.application-bundle",
"com.apple.application",
"public.executable",
"com.apple.localizable-name-bundle",
"com.apple.bundle",
"public.directory",
"public.item",
"com.apple.package"
)
kMDItemCopyright = ""
kMDItemDateAdded = 2022-11-29 06:37:08 +0000
kMDItemDescription = ""
kMDItemDisplayName = "Safari.app"
kMDItemDocumentIdentifier = 0
kMDItemExecutableArchitectures = (
arm64,
"x86_64"
)
kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2022-11-29 06:37:08 +0000
kMDItemFSCreationDate = 2022-11-29 06:37:08 +0000
kMDItemFSCreatorCode = ""
kMDItemFSFinderFlags = 0
kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = (null)
kMDItemFSInvisible = 0
kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 1
kMDItemFSIsStationery = (null)
kMDItemFSLabel = 0
kMDItemFSName = "Safari.app"
kMDItemFSNodeCount = 1
kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = 0
kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = 0
kMDItemFSSize = 15324692
kMDItemFSTypeCode = ""
kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking = 2023-01-15 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemKeywords = ""
kMDItemKind = "Application"
kMDItemLastUsedDate = 2023-01-15 13:07:58 +0000
kMDItemLastUsedDate_Ranking = 2023-01-15 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemLogicalSize = 15324692
kMDItemPhysicalSize = 15130624
kMDItemUseCount = 21
kMDItemUsedDates = (
"2022-12-31 16:00:00 +0000",
"2023-01-14 16:00:00 +0000"
)
kMDItemVersion = "16.2"

Edited January 20 by Alan He

noahm · January 20

@Andrew And mine looks pretty much the same, besides the "kMDItemUsedDates" for obvious reasons.

_kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions  = "Safari.app"
kMDItemAlternateNames              = (
    "\U1109\U1161\U1111\U1161\U1105\U1175",
    "Safari.app"
)
kMDItemAppStoreCategory            = "Productivity"
kMDItemAppStoreCategoryType        = "public.app-category.productivity"
kMDItemAppStoreIsAppleSigned       = 1
kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier          = "com.apple.Safari"
kMDItemContentCreationDate         = 2022-11-29 06:37:08 +0000
kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking = 2022-11-29 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemContentModificationDate     = 2022-11-29 06:37:08 +0000
kMDItemContentType                 = "com.apple.application-bundle"
kMDItemContentTypeTree             = (
    "com.apple.application-bundle",
    "com.apple.application",
    "public.executable",
    "com.apple.localizable-name-bundle",
    "com.apple.bundle",
    "public.directory",
    "public.item",
    "com.apple.package"
)
kMDItemCopyright                   = ""
kMDItemDateAdded                   = 2022-11-29 06:37:08 +0000
kMDItemDescription                 = ""
kMDItemDisplayName                 = "Safari"
kMDItemDocumentIdentifier          = 0
kMDItemExecutableArchitectures     = (
    arm64,
    "x86_64"
)
kMDItemFSContentChangeDate         = 2022-11-29 06:37:08 +0000
kMDItemFSCreationDate              = 2022-11-29 06:37:08 +0000
kMDItemFSCreatorCode               = ""
kMDItemFSFinderFlags               = 0
kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon             = (null)
kMDItemFSInvisible                 = 0
kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden         = 1
kMDItemFSIsStationery              = (null)
kMDItemFSLabel                     = 0
kMDItemFSName                      = "Safari.app"
kMDItemFSNodeCount                 = 1
kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID              = 0
kMDItemFSOwnerUserID               = 0
kMDItemFSSize                      = 15324692
kMDItemFSTypeCode                  = ""
kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking     = 2023-01-15 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemKeywords                    = ""
kMDItemKind                        = "Application"
kMDItemLastUsedDate                = 2023-01-15 15:15:57 +0000
kMDItemLastUsedDate_Ranking        = 2023-01-15 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemLogicalSize                 = 15324692
kMDItemPhysicalSize                = 15130624
kMDItemUseCount                    = 270
kMDItemUsedDates                   = (
    "2022-12-15 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-12-16 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-12-17 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-12-18 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-12-19 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-12-20 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-12-21 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-12-22 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-12-26 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-12-27 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-12-28 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-12-29 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2023-01-05 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2023-01-08 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2023-01-09 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2023-01-10 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2023-01-11 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2023-01-12 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2023-01-13 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2023-01-15 13:00:00 +0000"
)
kMDItemVersion                     = "16.2"

Andrew · January 20

Thanks for that - could you both try adding Safari from the actual location on Ventura:

/System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/App/System/Applications/Safari.app

Or if you're using Monterey:

/System/Volumes/Data/Applications/Safari.app

noahm · January 20

% mdls /System/Volumes/Preboot/Cryptexes/App/System/Applications/Safari.app

_kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions  = "Safari.app"
kMDItemAlternateNames              = (
    "\U1109\U1161\U1111\U1161\U1105\U1175",
    "Safari.app"
)
kMDItemAppStoreCategory            = "Productivity"
kMDItemAppStoreCategoryType        = "public.app-category.productivity"
kMDItemAppStoreIsAppleSigned       = 1
kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier          = "com.apple.Safari"
kMDItemContentCreationDate         = 2022-11-29 06:37:08 +0000
kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking = 2022-11-29 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemContentModificationDate     = 2022-11-29 06:37:08 +0000
kMDItemContentType                 = "com.apple.application-bundle"
kMDItemContentTypeTree             = (
    "com.apple.application-bundle",
    "com.apple.application",
    "public.executable",
    "com.apple.localizable-name-bundle",
    "com.apple.bundle",
    "public.directory",
    "public.item",
    "com.apple.package"
)
kMDItemCopyright                   = ""
kMDItemDateAdded                   = 2022-11-29 06:37:08 +0000
kMDItemDescription                 = ""
kMDItemDisplayName                 = "Safari"
kMDItemDocumentIdentifier          = 0
kMDItemExecutableArchitectures     = (
    arm64,
    "x86_64"
)
kMDItemFSContentChangeDate         = 2022-11-29 06:37:08 +0000
kMDItemFSCreationDate              = 2022-11-29 06:37:08 +0000
kMDItemFSCreatorCode               = ""
kMDItemFSFinderFlags               = 0
kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon             = (null)
kMDItemFSInvisible                 = 0
kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden         = 1
kMDItemFSIsStationery              = (null)
kMDItemFSLabel                     = 0
kMDItemFSName                      = "Safari.app"
kMDItemFSNodeCount                 = 1
kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID              = 0
kMDItemFSOwnerUserID               = 0
kMDItemFSSize                      = 15324692
kMDItemFSTypeCode                  = ""
kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking     = 2023-01-15 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemKeywords                    = ""
kMDItemKind                        = "Application"
kMDItemLastUsedDate                = 2023-01-15 15:15:57 +0000
kMDItemLastUsedDate_Ranking        = 2023-01-15 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemLogicalSize                 = 15324692
kMDItemPhysicalSize                = 15130624
kMDItemUseCount                    = 270
kMDItemUsedDates                   = (
    "2022-12-15 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-12-16 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-12-17 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-12-18 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-12-19 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-12-20 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-12-21 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-12-22 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-12-26 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-12-27 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-12-28 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-12-29 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2023-01-05 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2023-01-08 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2023-01-09 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2023-01-10 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2023-01-11 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2023-01-12 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2023-01-13 13:00:00 +0000",
    "2023-01-15 13:00:00 +0000"
)
kMDItemVersion                     = "16.2"

vitor · January 20

@noahm Instead of mdls, the request is to navigate to those locations (i.e. open them in the Finder or Alfred) and drag Safari from there. In newer macOS versions, the Safari in /Applications is a link, not the real app. But it’s necessary to figure out if the issue is in the app or the link.

noahm · January 20

Dragging Safari.app from that location does not work either.

Thanks.

Alan He · January 23

On 1/21/2023 at 12:09 AM, noahm said:

Dragging Safari.app from that location does not work either.

Thanks.

me too.

Can't add Safari.app in Hotkeys (in Workflows)

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