Hi,
I am using Alfred 4.3.3 on macOS Big Sur 11.2.3
My Alfred cannot find some files recently, previously it worked perfectly.
Those files are inside a folder that is synced by Dropbox or OneDrive. All the files are stored locally, spotlight can find and open them without troubles. There is more than 800 subfolders in that folder. Other folders in the cloud drive directory can be searched by Alfred.
I followed the official troubleshooting process, the diagnostic tool shows no problems with a file that cannot be found by Alfred (log attached below).
I tried to rebuild the metadata several times (with full disk access), in the middle of the rebuilding process, Alfred can find some files, shortly after the rebuilding ended, Alfred cannot find those files again.
If you open a file recently, Alfred can find it.
mdfind can find them.
Please let me know if anyone has any insight. Thanks!
Starting Diagnostics...
File: 'Smith et al. - Unknown - OFFLINE BILINGUAL WORD VECTORS, ORTHOGONAL TRANSFORMATIONS AND THE INVERTED SOFTMAX.pdf'
Path: '/Users/stay/OneDrive/Zotero/storage/SCMMWDJE'
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Check file cache database...
✅ File cache integrity is ok
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Check if file is readable...
✅ Alfred has permissions to read this file.
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Check if volume '/' is indexed by macOS...
✅ Indexing is enabled on this drive
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Check direct file metadata...
✅ Direct metadata available
Display Name: Smith et al. - Unknown - OFFLINE BILINGUAL WORD VECTORS, ORTHOGONAL TRANSFORMATIONS AND THE INVERTED SOFTMAX.pdf
Other Names:
Content Type: com.adobe.pdf
Last Used:
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Check mdls file metadata...
✅ Metadata contains required items
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kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking = 2019-09-22 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2019-09-22 14:57:26 +0000
kMDItemContentModificationDate_Ranking = 2019-09-22 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemContentType = "com.adobe.pdf"
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"public.composite-content",
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)
kMDItemCreator = "LaTeX with hyperref package"
kMDItemDateAdded = 2021-04-15 01:20:11 +0000
kMDItemDateAdded_Ranking = 2021-04-15 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemDisplayName = "Smith et al. - Unknown - OFFLINE BILINGUAL WORD VECTORS, ORTHOGONAL TRANSFORMATIONS AND THE INVERTED SOFTMAX.pdf"
kMDItemDocumentIdentifier = 0
kMDItemEncodingApplications = (
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)
kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2019-09-22 14:57:26 +0000
kMDItemFSCreationDate = 2019-09-22 14:57:26 +0000
kMDItemFSCreatorCode = ""
kMDItemFSFinderFlags = 0
kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = 0
kMDItemFSInvisible = 0
kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 0
kMDItemFSIsStationery = 0
kMDItemFSLabel = 0
kMDItemFSName = "Smith et al. - Unknown - OFFLINE BILINGUAL WORD VECTORS, ORTHOGONAL TRANSFORMATIONS AND THE INVERTED SOFTMAX.pdf"
kMDItemFSNodeCount = 530915
kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = 20
kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = 501
kMDItemFSSize = 530915
kMDItemFSTypeCode = ""
kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking = 2019-09-22 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemKind = "PDF document"
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kMDItemNumberOfPages = 10
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kMDItemPageWidth = 612
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kMDItemSecurityMethod = "None"
kMDItemVersion = "1.5"
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✅ File exists within Alfred's default search scope
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✅ Troubleshooting passed