workflow object note save not work

[Alan He]

sometimes. it not work.

 

 

## version info

 

1. Alfred v5.0.6

2. MacOS Ventura 13.2

 

Edited January 25, 2023 by Alan He

[vitor]

The most probable cause would be something like the syncing solution behaving incorrectly. Do you sync your Alfred Preferences? If so, with which service?

[Alan He]

30 minutes ago, vitor said:

The most probable cause would be something like the syncing solution behaving incorrectly. Do you sync your Alfred Preferences? If so, with which service?

yes, sync opened.

 

Dropbox v166.4.2920

Edited January 25, 2023 by Alan He

[Vero]

@Alan He Thanks for the additional details. 

 

First, could you please open your Dropbox preferences and ensure the folder you're using for Alfred's preferences is set to always be available locally? If it's possible for Dropbox to make the preferences online-only, Alfred will lose access to them, resulting in unexpected behaviour.

 

Once you've done this and Dropbox shows that the files are stored locally, try changing your note again and seeing if the issue is resolved.

 

If it isn't, you can temporarily change your sync location (e.g. create a new "Alfred" folder in your user directory) so that the sync service is taken out of the equation for now. Are you now able to save changes?

 

If you are now able to save changes, I would suggest creating a new folder in Dropbox, set it to be always available offline first, then set this as your sync folder. 

 

Let me know how you get on

 

[Alan He]

11 hours ago, Vero said:

@Alan He Thanks for the additional details. 

 

First, could you please open your Dropbox preferences and ensure the folder you're using for Alfred's preferences is set to always be available locally? If it's possible for Dropbox to make the preferences online-only, Alfred will lose access to them, resulting in unexpected behaviour.

 

Once you've done this and Dropbox shows that the files are stored locally, try changing your note again and seeing if the issue is resolved.

 

If it isn't, you can temporarily change your sync location (e.g. create a new "Alfred" folder in your user directory) so that the sync service is taken out of the equation for now. Are you now able to save changes?

 

If you are now able to save changes, I would suggest creating a new folder in Dropbox, set it to be always available offline first, then set this as your sync folder. 

 

Let me know how you get on

 

 

 

1. I restart dropbox app and it works.

2. I think you are right, the root cause is sync service.

3. recommend set dropbox's upload rate is don't limit

   

[Pajerow]

It looks like this happened after this update was made to the Dropbox application.

https://help.dropbox.com/installs/macos-faqs

[Vero]

On 1/26/2023 at 3:59 AM, Alan He said:

 

 

1. I restart dropbox app and it works.

2. I think you are right, the root cause is sync service.

3. recommend set dropbox's upload rate is don't limit

 

 

@Alan He This has nothing to do with the upload rate. You need to ensure that the folder is set to Make available offline rather than online-only. This will ensure that your preferences remain available and Dropbox doesn't randomly decide to delete them from your Mac and store them online only.

[Pajerow]

On 1/26/2023 at 12:59 PM, Alan He said:

3. recommend set dropbox's upload rate is don't limit

 

In my case, this setting change made the problem less likely.

[Alan He]

2 hours ago, Pajerow said:

 

In my case, this setting change made the problem less likely.

 

yes, so just recommend.

[Pajerow]

I've tried changing settings for a while to see what happens, but it never completely solves the problem.
So when I stopped using Dropbox and started syncing manually, the problem disappeared completely.
So I don't think it's Alfred's bug.

[bb13]

I've got the same problem on iCloud. I only use my Macbook, so I don't think sync is the issue. It works ~30% of the time.

 

Alfred 5.1.4

Sonoma 14

 

Notes not showing example - Vimeo

[vitor]

4 hours ago, bb13 said:

I only use my Macbook, so I don't think sync is the issue.

 

The number of locations is not relevant, only that the syncing service evicts files. Please make sure your preferences are always available offline: Open System Settings and click on your name at the top. Then select iCloud and disable Optimise Mac Storage.

[bb13]

Thanks @vitor, I'll give that a try.