alfred-search-notes-app: search_notes: No such file or directory

I’m following the install instructions, but even after approving search_notes app, Alfred still requires verification once I type n in search bar.

Logs contain the following:

/Users/sergey/Library/Caches/com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred/Workflow Scripts/6F8AAE28-930C-467C-A257-7A123A3DBE88: line 1: search_notes/search_notes: No such file or directory
/Users/sergey/Library/Caches/com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred/Workflow Scripts/B5570B8D-B01F-4818-ACEE-78BCFEE1F070: line 1: search_notes/search_notes: No such file or directory
/Users/sergey/Library/Caches/com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred/Workflow Scripts/78489B71-A6D2-48FB-9100-AE2C2D5BF4FB: line 1: search_notes/search_notes: No such file or directory
/Users/sergey/Library/Caches/com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred/Workflow Scripts/F0DFB648-56E8-4DBA-BAC7-AE369A837CB1: line 1: search_notes/search_notes: No such file or directory
/Users/sergey/Library/Caches/com.runningwithcrayons.Alfred/Workflow Scripts/D0A4196F-85EB-4B0F-9FAD-E49D88EECCC9: line 1: search_notes/search_notes: No such file or directory

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  • State: closed
  • Created 4 years ago
  • Comments: 15 (8 by maintainers)

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Yeah, seems you’re right. I might accidentally remove the bin file. So, these steps helped me to make it working:

  1. Remove the workflow.
  2. Download & install it again.
  3. Right click on workflow, find it in Finder.
  4. Find search_notes bin file. Right click on it and select “Open” and confirm that it should be run.
  5. Approve the app in the system.
  6. Close everything.

And now it’s working.

Thank you for your help. Much appreciated! 👍

So you have several files from the workflow, but you’re missing the binary for some reason, and when Alfred doesn’t find it in the folder where it’s supposed to be, it looks in ~/Library/Caches/… That’s why the original error message you started this issue with shows that directory.

One of the options when first running an unsigned binary is “Move to Trash”. Can you check if “search_notes” is anywhere in the trash? I verified that the binary is included in the workflow downloads on Packal and Github releases… If you cloned/downloaded the repo, the binary would not have been included, but you also wouldn’t have been able to “allow” it to run either.