https://github.com/chrisgrieser/alfred-quick-file-access

Quickly access recent files, files with a specific tag, files in the current window, files in the downloads folder, or trashed files.

https://github.com/chrisgrieser/alfred-quick-file-access

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Quickly access recent files, files with a specific tag, files in the current window, files in the downloads folder, or trashed files.

Basic Info
  • Host: GitHub
  • Owner: chrisgrieser
  • License: mit
  • Language: JavaScript
  • Default Branch: main
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  • Size: 177 KB
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  • Stars: 12
  • Watchers: 0
  • Forks: 1
  • Open Issues: 1
  • Releases: 15
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Created over 1 year ago · Last pushed 9 months ago
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Alfred Quick File Access

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Quickly access recent files, files with a specific tag, files in the current window, files in the Downloads folder, or trashed files.

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Usage

  • Search for recently modified files in your home folder and iCloud documents with the keyword rec. (Searching for recent files was always a weak point on macOS.)
  • Access files in your Downloads folder via dl.
  • Search for files in the front Finder window via win.
  • Look for files in your Trash with trash.
  • Access files you have assigned a Finder tag of your choice via tag.

For all fives cases, you can change the keyword in the workflow configuration or set a hotkey.

The following actions are available for all searches: - : Open the file. - : Move the file to your front Finder window. - : Reveal the file in Finder. - : Copy the file to the clipboard. - Y: Quick Look the file.

For the tag search: - : Remove the tag from the file. - If there is only one tagged file or folder, using the hotkey automatically opens it, skipping the selection window.

Installation

This workflow requires ripgrep:

bash brew install ripgrep

Download the Alfred workflow.

Howto: Ignore folder for recent files search

  1. Go to the folder you want to ignore.
  2. Press cmd+shift+., to show hidden files.
  3. In that folder, create a file named .ignore, the file content should just be *. This ignores every file in that folder. (If you want more fine-grained control, the file uses the gitignore syntax.)
  4. Press cmd+shift+. once more, to conceal hidden files again.

About the developer

In my day job, I am a sociologist studying the social mechanisms underlying the digital economy. For my PhD project, I investigate the governance of the app economy and how software ecosystems manage the tension between innovation and compatibility. If you are interested in this subject, feel free to get in touch.

Buy Me a Coffee at ko-fi.com

Owner

  • Name: Chris Grieser
  • Login: chrisgrieser
  • Kind: user
  • Location: Berlin, Germany
  • Company: Technical University of Berlin

Researcher in sociology & software developer

GitHub Events

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  • Create event: 9
  • Release event: 7
  • Issues event: 10
  • Watch event: 9
  • Delete event: 3
  • Issue comment event: 24
  • Push event: 39
  • Pull request event: 8
Last Year
  • Create event: 9
  • Release event: 7
  • Issues event: 10
  • Watch event: 9
  • Delete event: 3
  • Issue comment event: 24
  • Push event: 39
  • Pull request event: 8

Dependencies

.github/workflows/alfred-workflow-release.yml actions
  • actions/checkout v4 composite
  • softprops/action-gh-release v2 composite
.github/workflows/stale-bot.yml actions
  • actions/stale v8 composite
.github/workflows/pr-title.yml actions
  • amannn/action-semantic-pull-request v5 composite