Will you ever make a mac version?

[alessandroDeIturbe]

Why?
Your program is better than the OSX competitor Alfred, so if you can do the same on OSX it will be awesome

[ManuelSchneid3r]

This is actually the next point on my list, since i have no time for linux administration anymore and moved to macos. This is also one (if not the single one) reasons for this project stagnating.

[albertz]

This is completed?

[ManuelSchneid3r]

Unfortunately not. At least this is current WIP, but its heavy. Please be patient.

[Mechazawa]

Is there a list of stuff that needs to be done for the macosbuild branch? I'd love to contribute

[ManuelSchneid3r]

Works. But you have to compile it on your own.

This branch is just for the github actions macos CI.

[ManuelSchneid3r]

Please keep in mind that I consider charging some bucks for the app on macos in future. Not only because I worked on it for about ten years now, but also because there are people who build similar apps for a living and I dont want to destroy their business model. So please consider the app at this moment a developer preview.

[ManuelSchneid3r]

Besides that I already got legal offenses (c&d). Just a note that you are not upset in future.

[ManuelSchneid3r]

do you have a telegram account? I have a bundle for ventura but no opportunities to test it. i sent it a friend but he is still on catalina.

[Mechazawa]

Sorry for the late response, had a busy weekend.

I've tried compiling it myself but when running it I get the following error:

Please keep in mind that I consider charging some bucks for the app on macos in future.

That's no issue to me, normally what I see for similar projects is that the neatly bundled and signed version costs a couple of bucks but for those who want to take extra steps they can build it themselves. You might want to take a look at SetApp if you want to broaden the audience for the app a bit. No clue how their profit sharing works but it'll make the threshold for getting the app lower for some users.

Besides that I already got legal offenses (c&d). Just a note that you are not upset in future.

Oof that's rough, I honestly don't see why this project would receive a C&D

do you have a telegram account? I have a bundle for ventura but no opportunities to test it. i sent it a friend but he is still on catalina.

I'm running Ventura on a M1 mac so I can test it. I've sent you an email with my telegram username

[sameersismail]

I'm getting the same error, running 13.0.1 on an M1.

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Haven't used Albert before, but running the binary directly I get this.

16:58:04 [crit:albert] Application has not been terminated graciously
16:58:04 [info:albert] Hotkey set to Ctrl+Space
16:58:04 [warn:albert] Configured frontend plugin 'qmlboxmodel' does not exist.
16:58:04 [fatal:default] Could not load any frontend.  --  [void App::loadAnyFrontend()]
QHotkeyPrivate destroyed with registered shortcuts!

Running with --debug (from the helpful --help) I get this:

17:03:26 [crit:albert] Application has not been terminated graciously
17:03:26 [debg:albert] Checking for a running instance…
17:03:26 [debg:albert] Creating local socket /Users/si/Library/Caches/albert/ipc_socket
17:03:26 [debg:albert] Database: Connecting…
17:03:26 [debg:albert] Database: Connected (     0 ms).
17:03:26 [debg:albert] Database: Initializing…
17:03:26 [debg:albert] Database: Initialized (     0 ms).
17:03:26 [debg:albert] Database: Fetching activations…
17:03:26 [debg:albert] Database: Activations fetched (     0 ms).
17:03:26 [debg:albert]      0 ms fetching activations.
17:03:26 [debg:albert]      0 ms computing usage scores.
17:03:26 [debg:albert] Searching native plugins in /usr/local/bin/albert.app/Contents/MacOS/plugins
17:03:26 [info:albert] Hotkey set to Ctrl+Space
17:03:26 [debg:albert] Try loading the configured frontend 'qmlboxmodel'.
17:03:26 [warn:albert] Configured frontend plugin 'qmlboxmodel' does not exist.
17:03:26 [fatal:default] Could not load any frontend.  --  [void App::loadAnyFrontend()]
QHotkeyPrivate destroyed with registered shortcuts!

Now running with ./albert --plugin-dirs /usr/local/lib/albert it works.

[ManuelSchneid3r]

Sry we are on vacation atm. The bundle I spoke of is broken. I have to build a new one as soon as we are back.
The tooling to build a bundle is not correctly set up yet and does not work ootb yet. I am not familiar with the cmake common practice of multi platform builds. This is something I have to learn first.

[sameersismail]

No worries! I'm just surveying Alfred alternatives and gave it a drive-by compile. (It's at the top of the list right now :)

[martinengelke]

any news?

[ManuelSchneid3r]

https://github.com/albertlauncher/albert/releases/download/v0.26.3/Albert-v0.26.3.dmg

experimental though

Python will not work. and macos permissions going nuts on it

[martinengelke]

Wow, that was fast. I am now trying it out. Python would be the cherry on top of the cake :) Where do I find the docs for each plugin? Thank you a lot!

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[ManuelSchneid3r]

Where do I find the docs for each plugin?

Most of them are self-explanatory. If there is something special to note the settings should have it. ofc this is lacking 😅

[martinengelke]

Ok, I forgot to index my files first, so I could not reach any of them :P How do I access the clipboard manager for example? A small explanation in the settings could be helpful. For the dictionary I found out it’s „def“ Thanks

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[martinengelke]

Yes the permission setting is a pitty. I have another app running sandboxed in an Java environment and while granting access to both of them, it is still throwing popups. 

[ManuelSchneid3r]

How do I access the clipboard manager for example?

go through all tabs in the settings window

[martinengelke]

🤦 ty

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[martinengelke]

If there is a fix for the permissions, I would like to deep more into this blazingly fast/well thought/beautiful crafted launcher. At the moment I can just enable it from time to time, since it is outputting messages frequently and when I got back to the Mac it sometime even freezes because of that :/

Unfortunately the files I would like to scan are sitting in /Documents which is synced with iCloud and therefor asked for permissions permanently

[martinengelke]

permissions driving me crazy. I granted Full Disk Access ! nothing happened.

[martinengelke]

Open Terminal, type:

codesign --verify --deep --verbose /Applications/albert.app

Output: /Applications/albert.app: code object is not signed at all

codesign --force --deep -s - /Applications/albert.app

No spam permission pop ups so far.