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@VeroThank you for that suggestion. Opening up a new account without using Time Machine solves the issue on my laptop too!

Yes, I can confirm that Spotlight is able to find the file. Please see attachments below: What makes matters more interesting is that `find' seems to work when I'm searching for folders in ~/, but it somehow fails when I'm searching for files under the same path. jhutch's comment above indicates they have the same issue. Below illustrate what I mean:

Hi! I've created a new .png file in ~/Desktop/ and I've also added ~/Desktop to my Search Scope. Below is the result from troubleshooting: Starting Diagnostics... File: 'fileSearchTest.png' Path: '/Users/_YQL_/Desktop' ----------------------------------------------------------- Check file cache database... ✅ File cache integrity is ok ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if file is readable... ✅ Alfred has permissions to read this file. ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if volume '/' is indexed by macOS... ✅ Indexing is enabled on this drive ----------------------------------------------------------- Check direct file metadata... ✅ Direct metadata available Display Name: fileSearchTest.png Other Names: Content Type: public.png Last Used: 2021-09-07 21:41:47 +0000 ----------------------------------------------------------- Check mdls file metadata... ✅ Metadata contains required items _kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions = "fileSearchTest.png" kMDItemBitsPerSample = 32 kMDItemColorSpace = "RGB" kMDItemContentCreationDate = 2021-09-07 21:41:38 +0000 kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking = 2021-09-07 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2021-09-07 21:41:38 +0000 kMDItemContentModificationDate_Ranking = 2021-09-07 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemContentType = "public.png" kMDItemContentTypeTree = ( "public.png", "public.image", "public.data", "public.item", "public.content" ) kMDItemDateAdded = 2021-10-26 21:21:25 +0000 kMDItemDateAdded_Ranking = 2021-10-26 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemDisplayName = "fileSearchTest.png" kMDItemDocumentIdentifier = 46 kMDItemDownloadedDate = ( "2021-09-07 21:41:38 +0000" ) kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2021-09-07 21:41:38 +0000 kMDItemFSCreationDate = 2021-09-07 21:41:38 +0000 kMDItemFSCreatorCode = "" kMDItemFSFinderFlags = 8 kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = (null) kMDItemFSInvisible = 0 kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 0 kMDItemFSIsStationery = 1 kMDItemFSLabel = 4 kMDItemFSName = "fileSearchTest.png" kMDItemFSNodeCount = (null) kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = 20 kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = 502 kMDItemFSSize = 57968 kMDItemFSTypeCode = "" kMDItemHasAlphaChannel = 1 kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking = 2021-09-07 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemKind = "PNG图像" kMDItemLastUsedDate = 2021-09-07 21:41:47 +0000 kMDItemLastUsedDate_Ranking = 2021-09-07 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemLogicalSize = 57968 kMDItemOrientation = 0 kMDItemPhysicalSize = 61440 kMDItemPixelCount = 50625 kMDItemPixelHeight = 225 kMDItemPixelWidth = 225 kMDItemUseCount = 4 kMDItemUsedDates = ( "2021-09-07 07:00:00 +0000" ) kMDItemUserTags = ( "\U84dd\U8272" ) kMDItemWhereFroms = ( "https://o.remove.bg/downloads/8e2d67c9-6990-410e-b93a-5a2cf3f91cde/Unknown-removebg-preview.png", "https://www.remove.bg/" ) kMDLabel_kqde5prblvaibjifrcn4saxjwi = 0001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 ----------------------------------------------------------- Check file is in search scope... ✅ File exists within Alfred's default search scope ----------------------------------------------------------- ✅ Troubleshooting passed Nevertheless, typing "find fileSearchTest" or simply "find file" still does not return anything.

Moderator’s note: If you are facing this issue, see Troubleshooting File Indexing Issues on macOS Monterey. The original post follows, unedited. Update 11/2: @Vero said (below): This has solved my issue and a few other users experiencing the same issue also got it resolved. -------------------- I got my new MacBook Pro yesterday and I transferred all my files and apps -- Alfred included, of course -- to my new laptop. However, the file search function is not working properly (it was on my old laptop). Things I have tried so far: Give Alfred 4 Full Disk Access Clear cache and rebuild MacOS metadata (completed) Update Alfred 4 to v4.6 Include my folders in Search Scope Confirmed that all settings are identical to those on my old laptop (on which the file search works normally) Troubleshoot -- and the results are completely normal: (**update: originally I removed some infos in the diagnosis before posting here; now I have edited the post and attached a complete diagnosis with mdls data.) Starting Diagnostics... File: 'fileSearchTest.png' Path: '/Users/_YQL_/Desktop' ----------------------------------------------------------- Check file cache database... ✅ File cache integrity is ok ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if file is readable... ✅ Alfred has permissions to read this file. ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if volume '/' is indexed by macOS... ✅ Indexing is enabled on this drive ----------------------------------------------------------- Check direct file metadata... ✅ Direct metadata available Display Name: fileSearchTest.png Other Names: Content Type: public.png Last Used: 2021-09-07 21:41:47 +0000 ----------------------------------------------------------- Check mdls file metadata... ✅ Metadata contains required items _kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions = "fileSearchTest.png" kMDItemBitsPerSample = 32 kMDItemColorSpace = "RGB" kMDItemContentCreationDate = 2021-09-07 21:41:38 +0000 kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking = 2021-09-07 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2021-09-07 21:41:38 +0000 kMDItemContentModificationDate_Ranking = 2021-09-07 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemContentType = "public.png" kMDItemContentTypeTree = ( "public.png", "public.image", "public.data", "public.item", "public.content" ) kMDItemDateAdded = 2021-10-26 21:21:25 +0000 kMDItemDateAdded_Ranking = 2021-10-26 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemDisplayName = "fileSearchTest.png" kMDItemDocumentIdentifier = 46 kMDItemDownloadedDate = ( "2021-09-07 21:41:38 +0000" ) kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2021-09-07 21:41:38 +0000 kMDItemFSCreationDate = 2021-09-07 21:41:38 +0000 kMDItemFSCreatorCode = "" kMDItemFSFinderFlags = 8 kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = (null) kMDItemFSInvisible = 0 kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 0 kMDItemFSIsStationery = 1 kMDItemFSLabel = 4 kMDItemFSName = "fileSearchTest.png" kMDItemFSNodeCount = (null) kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = 20 kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = 502 kMDItemFSSize = 57968 kMDItemFSTypeCode = "" kMDItemHasAlphaChannel = 1 kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking = 2021-09-07 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemKind = "PNG图像" kMDItemLastUsedDate = 2021-09-07 21:41:47 +0000 kMDItemLastUsedDate_Ranking = 2021-09-07 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemLogicalSize = 57968 kMDItemOrientation = 0 kMDItemPhysicalSize = 61440 kMDItemPixelCount = 50625 kMDItemPixelHeight = 225 kMDItemPixelWidth = 225 kMDItemUseCount = 4 kMDItemUsedDates = ( "2021-09-07 07:00:00 +0000" ) kMDItemUserTags = ( "\U84dd\U8272" ) kMDItemWhereFroms = ( "https://o.remove.bg/downloads/8e2d67c9-6990-410e-b93a-5a2cf3f91cde/Unknown-removebg-preview.png", "https://www.remove.bg/" ) kMDLabel_kqde5prblvaibjifrcn4saxjwi = 0001-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 ----------------------------------------------------------- Check file is in search scope... ✅ File exists within Alfred's default search scope ----------------------------------------------------------- ✅ Troubleshooting passed With all the attempts above, when I type in "find 408", nothing pops up: Any help would be greatly appreciated.