Freda

Even after updating the app and toggling all the settings, my Alfred shortcut-links continued to open in the app, rather than in the browser. Solution: I deleted the app from my Mac. Now links go to the browser. Posting here for the next person to run into this problem.

Wow. I did not expect an answer to this one. This is a huge help. Thank you!! Much as I love Notion, I consistently get the impression that it's run by children who do no testing, bug-fixing, customer interviews, or any of that boomer stuff.

A lot of my workflow revolves around Alfred "custom search," and Notion. E.g. I have many Alfred "custom search" keywords that resolve to links like this: https://www.notion.so/username/029d9fddf4d34f62a13a56e174160c0d?v=9e866eed6b7f488cb8d1837d34d203c9 How it worked until recently: I invoke Alfred and enter my keyword The link above opens in my default browser How it works now: I invoke Alfred and enter my keyword It opens the page I want, but in the Notion App, not the browser. (The Notion app was not already open.) What changed? How can I make it go back to the old way, i.e. opening Notion in a browser. (Typing this, I realize I could delete the Notion app from my Mac. Is there a less drastic solution? I may still need the app for some use case, but I don't prefer it as my default.) If I, the human user, cut and paste the above URL into the browser, it works fine, i.e. accesses Notion in the browser. Does not invoke the app. That's the same behavior I expect from Alfred, and got - until recently. (Not blaming Alfred - presumably it was some macOS change. But I'd still like the old behavior.) Thanks.

I've set up a Web Search shortcut (a Google search) that typically returns my desired link as the very first hit. Rather than list the Google results, can I set Alfred to automatically open that top link? I'm new to Alfred, and have not used any workflows. If the answer lies in workflows, I'd appreciate a directional pointer. Thanks!

I upgraded from Monterey 12.5 to 12.6, and that fixed the problem. Alfred finds files now! 😀

Okay ... I will follow this tutorial and see what happens: https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/indexing/monterey/ Meanwhile, I guess Spotlight will live on a little while longer.

As it says in the title, Alfred 5 doesn't find any files on my Mac. The only hits it returns are from Contacts. Apparently I have not set up permissions correctly. I've tried to follow the instructions on this page: https://www.alfredapp.com/help/getting-started/permissions/ When I rebooted my Mac for the third or fourth time, it even prompted me to explicitly grant permissions to Alfred for various directories. What am I missing?