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  • 1 month later...

Hello,

 Monterey 12.6.5

alarms don't ring. No sound, nothing is displayed, no label.  Nothing happens. How would I troubleshoot this ?

I gave Alfred access to Shortcuts.

thanks in advance for your time and help

Edited by rob213
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Here is the output of the debugger (thank you very much  @Stephen_C)

 

 Monterey 12.6.5

 

[07:59:30.263] Logging Started...
[07:59:47.998] Shrieking Chimes[Keyword] Processing complete
[07:59:47.999] Shrieking Chimes[Keyword] Passing output '08:00' to Arg and Vars
[07:59:48.000] Shrieking Chimes[Arg and Vars] Processing complete
[07:59:48.001] Shrieking Chimes[Arg and Vars] Passing output '' to Keyword
[07:59:53.984] Shrieking Chimes[Keyword] Processing complete
[07:59:53.985] Shrieking Chimes[Keyword] Passing output 'testing alarm' to Arg and Vars
[07:59:53.986] Shrieking Chimes[Arg and Vars] Processing complete
[07:59:53.989] Shrieking Chimes[Arg and Vars] Passing output 'alarm
08:00
testing alarm' to Run Shortcut
[07:59:53.990] Shrieking Chimes[Run Shortcut] Processing complete
[07:59:53.990] Shrieking Chimes[Run Shortcut] Passing output 'alarm
08:00
testing alarm' to Run Script
[07:59:54.127] Shrieking Chimes[Run Script] Processing complete
[07:59:54.133] Shrieking Chimes[Run Script] Passing output '' to Conditional
[07:59:54.847] ERROR: Shrieking Chimes[Run Shortcut] ~/Library/Caches/com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred/Workflow Scripts/SOSA/sosa.4f952b3d1189ae31462ab6e740cc4a4bec47898c54bc34f5ecf08d7dad2dfbf4:53:100: execution error: Shortcuts Events got an error: The action 

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As I'm not the developer of the workflow I'm unsure of the meaning of the final error. So long as you followed all the appropriate setup in the workflow configuration (if there is any setup to follow: I don't have that workflow) I'd wait for some input from @vitor (who provided the workflow) later in the day. Sorry not to be more help at this stage.

 

Stephen

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  • 11 months later...

Great workflow. Sadly it doesn't pass the label it seems. I definitely set one. I'm on macOS 14.4.1

This is the debug panel output

 

[5:44:13.167 PM] Shrieking Chimes[Keyword] Passing output '5:46pm' to Arg and Vars
[5:44:13.169 PM] Shrieking Chimes[Arg and Vars] Processing complete
[5:44:13.170 PM] Shrieking Chimes[Arg and Vars] Passing output '' to Keyword
[5:44:24.788 PM] Shrieking Chimes[Keyword] Processing complete
[5:44:24.810 PM] Shrieking Chimes[Keyword] Passing output 'TEST LABEL' to Arg and Vars
[5:44:24.811 PM] Shrieking Chimes[Arg and Vars] Processing complete
[5:44:24.812 PM] Shrieking Chimes[Arg and Vars] Passing output 'alarm
5:46pm
TEST LABEL' to Run Shortcut
[5:44:24.813 PM] Shrieking Chimes[Run Shortcut] Processing complete
[5:44:24.814 PM] Shrieking Chimes[Run Shortcut] Passing output 'alarm
5:46pm
TEST LABEL' to Run Script
[5:44:24.983 PM] Shrieking Chimes[Run Script] Processing complete
[5:44:24.990 PM] Shrieking Chimes[Run Script] Passing output '' to Conditional

 

Edited by Textdriven
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Just to add to my above message

Alfred: 5.5 [2257]
Workflow: 2023.5
MacOS:  14.4.1

Seems like you can set a label for timers too in the clock app. That would be a great feature to have.

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2 hours ago, Textdriven said:

Seems like you can set a label for timers too in the clock app.


In the app, yes, but not via shortcuts which is what matters for automation. That’s a feature request you have to make to Apple. You can use the Feedback Assistant app on macOS to do so.

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3 hours ago, Skone said:

Brilliant workflow Vitor.

 

Thank you for the kind words.

 

3 hours ago, Skone said:

How would you recommend setting a hotkey for a fixed time, e.g. ⌘+9 for a 90 minute timer?

 

Create a new workflow. Add a Hotkey Trigger and connect it to a Run Script Action. In the latter, change the Language to /usr/bin/osascript (AppleScript) and in the Script textarea paste the following:

 

tell application id "com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred" to run trigger "timer" in workflow "com.vitorgalvao.alfred.shriekingchimes" with argument "90 minutes"

 

Change 90 minutes to whatever you want.

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On 5/16/2024 at 12:51 PM, vitor said:

 

 

tell application id "com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred" to run trigger "timer" in workflow "com.vitorgalvao.alfred.shriekingchimes" with argument "90 minutes"

 

Change 90 minutes to whatever you want.

 

Amazing, thank you. I'm relieved this wasn't a stupidly obvious answer 😂 .

This is perfect: My use case is using 90 minute ringfenced blocks for working on a project.

 

Attached workflow for anyone else: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18rtvHqWmFqq_B2XWTOOl89JpWyZB8BkW/view?usp=sharing

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  • 3 months later...

Adding a label to an alarm using ⌘ + Enter doesn't seem to work, I don't get the following Alfred step.

 

On the ⌘ step I checked (wasn't yet) "Don't close the Alfred Window on actioning result", this allowed me to type in a name.

 

I think the Shortcut is not picking up the "Last Item from List".

 

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Updated to 2024.1.

  • Do not close window on setting alarm name.
  • Updated Shortcut. Easiest way to update it is to delete the one you had and rerun the workflow.
  • Use Automation Task to see if shortcut is installed.
  • Show dialog when Shortcut not installed.
  • Skip Input as Universal Action.
  • Set screenshot DPI to 144.
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