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Newbie Question - How to turn info.plist to Alfred.workflow?


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Just create a directory with just the info.plist file that you found in it. then add the ".alfredworkflow" to the directory name. When you double click on it, it will automatically be loaded into Alfred. In OS X, a directory with a specialize extension is not treated like a directory, but like a data file for a particular program to load. Alfred registers any directory with the extension ".alfredworkflow" as a data file that Alfred can load. Alfred then copies the directory to a directory of all workflows. You can then use it freely.

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mlondon Please always direct workflow questions to the post itself. That way you have a better chance of both the developer and people that are familiar with the workflow to help you with issues. Opening a new post both pollutes the forum and lowers your chances.

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raguay.customct - You wrote

"Just create a directory with just the info.plist file that you found in it. then add the ".alfredworkflow" to the directory name."

 

 

 

By directory, do you mean folder?

I tried renaming the folder, but that did nothing. I tried renaming the original workflow ZIP file .alfredworkflow, but while that gave it an Alfred icon, double-clicking on it did nothing. 

 

Thank you....

 

 

mlondon Please always direct workflow questions to the post itself. That way you have a better chance of both the developer and people that are familiar with the workflow to help you with issues. Opening a new post both pollutes the forum and lowers your chances.

Vitor - apologies. I had reached out to the OP of the workflow, but no reply. Promise to reply to original post next time!

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raguay's suggestion does't work because the .alfredworkflow filetype is a zip file, not a package (a folder with a file extension).

Renaming the original zip won't work because it contains a folder.

Simply right-click on info.plist and choose Compress "info.plist"

This should give you a file called info.plist.zip. Rename that to info.alfredworkflow. Double-click the file, and Alfred should offer to install it.

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