For those using Alfred with NeoFinder
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2026 12:34 pm
Full disclosure: I am a moderator on the Alfred forums (https://www.alfredforum.com/).
Given the potential demise of Photo Mechanic Plus I recently moved my photo catalogue to NeoFinder—and am very pleased with the results. I noted there was an old Alfred workflow for NeoFinder. However, that uses the now deprecated “Run NSAppleScript” Action. The Alfred “Run Script” action should now be set to "/usr/bin/osascript (AppleScript)" and the following script will then work:
I have also posted on the Alfred forums (https://www.alfredforum.com/topic/23768 ... -workflow/) a skeleton potential Alfred NeoFinder workflow—which, although limited in scope because it relates to my own catalogue structure, may provide ideas for others using Alfred with NeoFinder.
(Apologies if I have posted this in the wrong forum: I was unsure of the most appropriate forum for the post.)
Stephen
Given the potential demise of Photo Mechanic Plus I recently moved my photo catalogue to NeoFinder—and am very pleased with the results. I noted there was an old Alfred workflow for NeoFinder. However, that uses the now deprecated “Run NSAppleScript” Action. The Alfred “Run Script” action should now be set to "/usr/bin/osascript (AppleScript)" and the following script will then work:
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on run argv
set searchTerm to item 1 of argv
tell application "NeoFinder"
activate
find searchTerm
end tell
end run(Apologies if I have posted this in the wrong forum: I was unsure of the most appropriate forum for the post.)
Stephen