Command+Space ALL THE THINGS.
Yes! You read my mind before I read my mind!
@ismh86 Iām really interested in knowing if there is a way to email from Alfred without opening my mail clientās inbox like @MacSparky talked about with Launchbar.
Iām not sure if there is a way to bring up a compose windown in Apple Mail or Spark as I was initially wanting to do, but if you activate āUse Gmail to compose mailā it will open a Gmail compose window without the inbox.
That will do the trick for me!
ā + Tab?
Here Iāve been using ā+Space
all this time
But really I just came to say how happy I was to hear that @MacSparky had bought a Stream Deck XL. Being able to use Keyboard Maestro with Stream Desk is a total game-changer. Iāve only just scratched the surface of it, but Iām really happy with it. The only downside is having to carry it back & forth to my office because I donāt want to be without it (but also canāt afford two of them).
The shownotes link to Timezones (2015) on Packal, there is a new version (2019):
Just curious - are the config saved into streamdeck or the MacBook? maybe one can go for the 15 keys and therefore can buy two of them?
Itās possible I missed it, but one of my favorite features of Alfred that was one of my favorite features of Quicksilver was the File Actions. I have an Alfred action connected to a double-tap of the Option key. If I have a file or files selected and double tap Option, Alfred pops up with a bunch of options.
One of my favorites is āMoveā where I can move a file or files to another location just by typing the enclosing folder of where I want it to go. Another, is that I can file downloaded files into Evernote just by selecting Open withā¦ and then typing āEvā for Evernote and ā boom ā itās there.
Iāve also started using it to add files to Yoink. If I need to gather up a bunch of files, , say, either from disparate places to put in an email or because I want to open them all in another app like Photoshop or Audition, then I can add them to Yoink without having to touch a mouse. It really is a game-changer.
Cool! Can you share the script
Iām fairly sure the configuration saved to the Mac, so if you plugged in a second one it would use the same configuration. In fact I donāt think thereās any support for using 2 of the same models without using the same config.
Donāt know if you have something similar in Alfred but in Launchbar you can āstageā items so you can select multiple files or other things within Launchbar and act on them. This blog post explains how. So no need for yet another app like Yoink, although I do have it installed because I keep forgetting all the things Launchbar can do!
I think the Add to Yoink script came from Yoinkās programmer in the documentation:
on run argv
set pathArray to {}
repeat with theString in argv
set theFile to POSIX file theString as alias
set end of pathArray to theFile
end repeat
tell application āYoinkā to open pathArray
end run
If I sit down at someone elseās Mac and Control-Space(no conflict with Photoshop key commands) doesnāt bring up Alfred, Iām a little bit lost for a second.
yes, possible. Press Cmd Space to have Alfred Search bar open, type in the file name, use arrow key to highlight the one you want and do a āOption - Up Arrow keyā to park it right above the search bar.
OMG! Iāve been wandering if there was a way to do this!!!
I feel blind without it. Spotlightās search results arenāt crunchy enough for me. Iāve been known to surreptitiously install it before getting on with whatever Iām on that machine to do.
Creating this workflow from scratch in Alfred using that AppleScript didnāt work for me for some reason. Then it occurred to me to just check Yoink itself and sure enough: Yoink > Preferences > Extensions > Install Alfred File Action
The workflow this creates looks like the same script so there must be some other setting that made mine fail.
Hadnāt thought of using Alfred to throw things onto Yoink so thanks for the idea! Two essential apps on macOS for me for sure.
I donāt think it was mentioned, but the timer/timeout on Launchbar can be changed. As I recall, I set it to a couple of seconds while still learning, then reduced it when I got faster. I still didnāt like the feeling of being rushed though.
(Iām on Team Alfred now.)
Edit: they call it ReType Delay. Default is 0.7 seconds.
Has anybody who is on the Catalina beta been having trouble with LaunchBar? I canāt get it to index certain things it used to index fine. E.g., my index for applications recognizes all my 3rd-party apps but canāt seem to access any of Appleās stock apps. I also canāt access send to LaunchBar. Finally, the app asks for me to input my license everytime I re-start.
If this is just beta quirks, itās fine. Iām living with it. Just curious if anyone else is seeing this.
P.S. Iām an option-space kind of guy myself.
P.P.S. I have not had the chance to listen to the episode yet, but will be soon, so forgive me if issue this was mentioned.