Assign non-intuitive search term to file

[drfrot]

Hello,

 

Total newbie here, so go easy on me :¬)

 

I've browsed the Workflows forum and can't find one that does something I'm certain is really, really easy.

 

How would I assign a non-intuitive search term to a specific file? e.g. I have a file that's named "wxyz.pages" and I want it to appear at the top of my Alfred list of results when I type “bob” into the Alfred search field?

 

So, really, this is about setting a default result against a particular search term.

 

Has someone already done this in the “Share your Workflows” forum, or can someone help me design my own??

 

Thanks

 

Giles 

[ctwise]

Hello,

 

Total newbie here, so go easy on me :¬)

 

I've browsed the Workflows forum and can't find one that does something I'm certain is really, really easy.

 

How would I assign a non-intuitive search term to a specific file? e.g. I have a file that's named "wxyz.pages" and I want it to appear at the top of my Alfred list of results when I type “bob” into the Alfred search field?

 

So, really, this is about setting a default result against a particular search term.

 

Has someone already done this in the “Share your Workflows” forum, or can someone help me design my own??

 

Thanks

 

Giles 

 

Tag the file and search for tags.

[Andrew]

Hello,

 

Total newbie here, so go easy on me :¬)

 

I've browsed the Workflows forum and can't find one that does something I'm certain is really, really easy.

 

How would I assign a non-intuitive search term to a specific file? e.g. I have a file that's named "wxyz.pages" and I want it to appear at the top of my Alfred list of results when I type “bob” into the Alfred search field?

 

So, really, this is about setting a default result against a particular search term.

 

Has someone already done this in the “Share your Workflows” forum, or can someone help me design my own??

 

Thanks

 

Giles 

 

If you assign a spotlight comment to any file, Alfred will find it by that label... for example, I have assigned the comment 'landy' to defender90.jpg (in the screenshot), and if I open Alfred and type [spacebar]landy then Alfred will display this file

 

 

Alfred will soon learn, and latch the term 'landy' to this file.

[drfrot]

Tag the file and search for tags.

 

Sorry, I'm on 10.8.5. No tags (yet). And even when I move, I can't imagine I'll be running out and tagging bazillions of files.

[drfrot]

Hmm, ok. Similar sort of concept. I can do that — and I will, thank you — but I can't help thinking I'd also like to be able to set this sort of default manually, from within Alfred results. Almost like it's within the “Actions” menu: “Set this result as your default #1 response for this particular search term.”

 

Ho hum. I need to unlearn all my Quicksilver ninja skills before learning new Alfred ones!

 

[deanishe]

Sorry, I'm on 10.8.5. No tags (yet). And even when I move, I can't imagine I'll be running out and tagging bazillions of files.

 

It's not a tag, it's a comment. It'll work fine on your OS X.