Paul Harrison

OK thanks very much. That works. This has been a lot of learning. I understand that Alfred is all about power and flexibility, but all of this underlines to me that the search system isn't the most intuitive - and I still don't understand why I wouldn't want to "search all file types" by default.

OK - here is the diagnostic for a file which is in 'iCloud Drive', but doesn't show up in search unless "search all file types" is on. Starting Diagnostics... File: 'testmp4.mp4' Path: '/Users/paul/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs' ----------------------------------------------------------- Check file cache database... ✅ File cache integrity is ok ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if file is readable... ✅ Alfred has permissions to read this file. ----------------------------------------------------------- Check file is in search scope... ✅ File exists within Alfred's default search scope ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if volume '/' is indexed by macOS... ✅ Indexing is enabled on this drive ----------------------------------------------------------- Check direct file metadata... ✅ Direct metadata available Display Name: testmp4.mp4 Other Names: Content Type: public.mpeg-4 Last Used: 2020-09-20 20:30:09 +0000 ----------------------------------------------------------- Check mdls file metadata... ✅ Metadata contains required items _kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions = "testmp4.mp4" kMDItemAudioBitRate = 47 kMDItemAudioChannelCount = 1 kMDItemCodecs = ( "H.264", "MPEG-4 HE AAC" ) kMDItemContentCreationDate = 2020-09-20 20:29:44 +0000 kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking = 2020-09-20 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2020-09-20 20:30:06 +0000 kMDItemContentModificationDate_Ranking = 2020-09-20 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemContentType = "public.mpeg-4" kMDItemContentTypeTree = ( "public.mpeg-4", "public.movie", "public.audiovisual-content", "public.data", "public.item", "public.content" ) kMDItemDateAdded = 2020-09-21 09:17:56 +0000 kMDItemDateAdded_Ranking = 2020-09-21 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemDisplayName = "testmp4.mp4" kMDItemDocumentIdentifier = 39300 kMDItemDurationSeconds = 48.179 kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2020-09-20 20:30:06 +0000 kMDItemFSCreationDate = 2020-09-20 20:29:44 +0000 kMDItemFSCreatorCode = "" kMDItemFSFinderFlags = 0 kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = (null) kMDItemFSInvisible = 0 kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 0 kMDItemFSIsStationery = (null) kMDItemFSLabel = 0 kMDItemFSName = "testmp4.mp4" kMDItemFSNodeCount = (null) kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = 20 kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = 501 kMDItemFSSize = 889304 kMDItemFSTypeCode = "" kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking = 2020-09-20 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemKind = "MPEG-4 movie" kMDItemLastUsedDate = 2020-09-20 20:30:09 +0000 kMDItemLastUsedDate_Ranking = 2020-09-20 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemLogicalSize = 889304 kMDItemMediaTypes = ( Video, Sound ) kMDItemPhysicalSize = 892928 kMDItemPixelHeight = 400 kMDItemPixelWidth = 224 kMDItemProfileName = "HD (1-1-1)" kMDItemStreamable = 0 kMDItemTotalBitRate = 143 kMDItemUseCount = 3 kMDItemUsedDates = ( "2020-09-19 23:00:00 +0000" ) kMDItemVideoBitRate = 95 ----------------------------------------------------------- ✅ Troubleshooting passed

OK, this is now working, I simply had to switch on "Search all file types". This is presented as a strongly discouraged option, but to me it's essential that search look at all file types. So I own up to this one. It's been worthwhile as I've learned more about how Alfred's search works.

Hi Andrew Thanks for your reply. I forgot to say that ~/Library/Mobile Documents/ is also added to the search scope. All diagnostics on the file search troubleshooting are fine. The file details are: File: 'Toffee.pdf' Path: '/Users/paul/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/Documents' This path is included in ~/Library/Mobile Documents/ so it should appear in search results?

I'm a heavy user of iCloud. Why can't Alfred search see any of the files or folders that are there? I have added ~/Library/CloudStorage/iCloudDrive to the search scope. I'm using Alfred 4.1.1 with Mac OS Cataline 10.15.7.