Remove an application as the top result for a string?

[Daniel Compton]

I used Safari.app today and it has taken the place of Safari Technology Preview.app (my default browser) when I type "s". Safari TP doesn't show up on the list of apps in Alfred when typing "s", so I'm not sure how to select it and make it more highly ranked than Safari.app. Does anyone have any tips on this?

 

In Quicksilver I could assign abbreviations to actions, and lower the rank of existing actions, but Alfred doesn't seem to have either of those options?

Edited November 18, 2016 by Daniel Compton

[Daniel Compton]

I worked around this by clearing Alfred's knowledge, but it has happened to me again. It is quite frustrating to have to keep clearing Alfred if I make a bad selection.

[deanishe]

If you select the desired result a few times for the query, Alfred will remember and make it the top result again.

[Daniel Compton]

In my case, when Safari.app got stuck as the shortcut for "S", Safari Technology Preview.app wasn't on the list of (20?) apps that Alfred would show for the shortcut "S", so there was no way for me to pick it again.

[skillet]

Too bad no one has a solution to this issue as it comes up.  Things just not showing up in a list, I have cleared out spotlight and rebuilt it and everything mentioned in this post but still have issues. 

 

[Daniel Compton]

It seems like a bug that Safari Technology Preview (my most commonly launched app) doesn't even show up on the list of 20 applications that are candidates for typing "s"?

[Vero]

@Daniel Compton Could you please download the Metadata tool, and drag the Safari Technology Preview app onto it? Paste the results in your reply so that we can see what metadata it contains.

 

https://cachefly.alfredapp.com/tools/AlfredMetadataTool_v1.1.zip

 

It could also be a permissions issue, if it feels like Alfred isn't learning from your usage. Clearing the knowledge in Alfred's Advanced preferences usually helps resolve this

 

Cheers,
Vero

[skillet]

Thanks that is a nice little utility!

[Daniel Compton]

Hi Vero, sorry I only just saw your reply now. I haven't seen the problem recently, I'll use that tool if it comes up again.

Thanks!