Alfred has forgotten a previously known folder

[miksandgren]

I've indexed Spotlight in Mac OS 10.9.4 to also include my external drive, and successfully searched for project name folders on that drive for a couple of months. I'm using Alfred 2.4 (279.)

 

All of a sudden Alfred cannot find a project folder on my external drive. I launch Alfred, press the space bar, type the beginnings of the project folder name. It finds other files -- on the internal drive -- with the same name, but scrolling through the entire list of found folders/files, the main project folder on the external drive is not in the list.

 

Spotlight can find the external drive project folder that Alfred cannot find, so it's not an indexing issue. Also, Alfred can find other project folders on the external drive. 

 

I was using Alfred normally when it happened. I have not installed any apps or system updates recently. The issue is 100% replicable (i.e. Alfred never finds the desired folder).

 

Is there a way to force Alfred to 're-learn' the folder it previously found?

[Andrew]

I've indexed Spotlight in Mac OS 10.9.4 to also include my external drive, and successfully searched for project name folders on that drive for a couple of months. I'm using Alfred 2.4 (279.)

 

All of a sudden Alfred cannot find a project folder on my external drive. I launch Alfred, press the space bar, type the beginnings of the project folder name. It finds other files -- on the internal drive -- with the same name, but scrolling through the entire list of found folders/files, the main project folder on the external drive is not in the list.

 

Spotlight can find the external drive project folder that Alfred cannot find, so it's not an indexing issue. Also, Alfred can find other project folders on the external drive. 

 

I was using Alfred normally when it happened. I have not installed any apps or system updates recently. The issue is 100% replicable (i.e. Alfred never finds the desired folder).

 

Is there a way to force Alfred to 're-learn' the folder it previously found?

 

The first thing to check is if the external folder is in Alfred's Features > Default Results > Search Scope still... for some reason, it may have been removed from there.

 

Let me know ho you get on

 

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