Files excluded from SpotLight appearing in the App list

[benjamin74]

Hello guys,

 

I recently upgraded to Yosemite and for some reason I didn't have this issue with Moutain Lion. Anyway here is the issue.

 

I have excluded from SpotLight (using the Confidentiality tab) my VMWare Virtual Machines, but when I use alfred to search/launch "monitor" (to launch the activity monitor)... I still get lots of entries of programs hosted inside the Virtual Machines...

 

http://screencast.com/t/fLwFpwoKf2Ed

 

Any idea why is Alfred still showing this ? Isn't Alfred using Spotlight ?

 

Cheers,

[Vero]

Hello guys,

 

I recently upgraded to Yosemite and for some reason I didn't have this issue with Moutain Lion. Anyway here is the issue.

 

I have excluded from SpotLight (using the Confidentiality tab) my VMWare Virtual Machines, but when I use alfred to search/launch "monitor" (to launch the activity monitor)... I still get lots of entries of programs hosted inside the Virtual Machines...

 

http://screencast.com/t/fLwFpwoKf2Ed

 

Any idea why is Alfred still showing this ? Isn't Alfred using Spotlight ?

 

Cheers,

 

Have you typed "reload" into Alfred? This will refresh the application cache, rather than wait for it to refresh by itself. Applications, unlike other file types, are cached to make search even faster.

 

Let me know how you get on

[benjamin74]

Hi,

 

I just did a "reload" (I didn't restart Alfred) but it stills display the Virtual Machines apps...

 

Do you have another idea ?

 

Cheers,

[Andrew]

Hi,

 

I just did a "reload" (I didn't restart Alfred) but it stills display the Virtual Machines apps...

 

Do you have another idea ?

 

Cheers,

 

If you could drag one of the VM apps into this tool and let me know the output:

 

http://cachefly.alfredapp.com/tools/AlfredMetadataTool_v1.1.zip

 

Cheers,

Andrew

[benjamin74]

Hi Andrew,

 

Here is the output :

 

/Users/BenjaminMini/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/WinXP2014.vmwarevm

Internal File Metadata
======================

 Display Name: WinXP2014.vmwarevm
    Alt Names:
    File Type: com.vmware.vm-package
     Comments:
     Keywords:
    Last Used: 2015-03-29 14:18:27 +0000

Raw mdls File Metadata
======================

kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2015-03-29 14:18:27 +0000
kMDItemFSCreationDate      = 2012-10-31 21:52:55 +0000
kMDItemFSCreatorCode       = ""
kMDItemFSFinderFlags       = 0
kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon     = 0
kMDItemFSInvisible         = 0
kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 0
kMDItemFSIsStationery      = 0
kMDItemFSLabel             = 0
kMDItemFSName              = "WinXP2014.vmwarevm"
kMDItemFSNodeCount         = 37
kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID      = 20
kMDItemFSOwnerUserID       = 501
kMDItemFSSize              = 37
kMDItemFSTypeCode          = ""

 

And as you can see it is still displayed when using Alfred when accessing the "Monitor" (activity monitor) :

 

http://screencast.com/t/E1wyKfSDXo1

 

Cheers,

[Andrew]

Hi Andrew,

 

Here is the output :

 

/Users/BenjaminMini/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/WinXP2014.vmwarevm

Internal File Metadata

======================

 Display Name: WinXP2014.vmwarevm

    Alt Names:

    File Type: com.vmware.vm-package

     Comments:

     Keywords:

    Last Used: 2015-03-29 14:18:27 +0000

Raw mdls File Metadata

======================

kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2015-03-29 14:18:27 +0000

kMDItemFSCreationDate      = 2012-10-31 21:52:55 +0000

kMDItemFSCreatorCode       = ""

kMDItemFSFinderFlags       = 0

kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon     = 0

kMDItemFSInvisible         = 0

kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 0

kMDItemFSIsStationery      = 0

kMDItemFSLabel             = 0

kMDItemFSName              = "WinXP2014.vmwarevm"

kMDItemFSNodeCount         = 37

kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID      = 20

kMDItemFSOwnerUserID       = 501

kMDItemFSSize              = 37

kMDItemFSTypeCode          = ""

 

And as you can see it is still displayed when using Alfred when accessing the "Monitor" (activity monitor) :

 

http://screencast.com/t/E1wyKfSDXo1

 

Cheers,

 

Alfred shouldn't be listing com.vmware.vm-package in the default results... how do you have Alfred's default results setup under Features > Default Results for file types.

 

Also, could I get a screenshot of the Spotlight Privacy prefs?

[benjamin74]

Alfred Features > Default hasn't been modified I think (I just reinstalled it on Yosemite but I use my Moutain Lion Alfredapp settings as I didn't want to lose all my snippets) :

 

http://screencast.com/t/RzkU3kNB7

 

Spotlight Pref panel shows "Machines Virtuelles" which is OSX automatic translation of the Virtual Machine's folder...

 

http://screencast.com/t/z1vaJF9MrfzH