Ravotten23

Hey, The full reindexing gave me some functionality, but I'm not back to 100% like before on my previous Mac. It seems that Alfred: 1) Doesn't work for documents that are currently open anymore? As I have many documents open, it's incredibly useful to be able to search for those ones too, but now these just don't appear in the search anymore; at least my most recent documents. The older ones do still always appear in the search. 2) Some docs (I believe more recent ones) are not listed in Alfred search results but when I open them (through finder) and then search for them, there they are listed again; but then they re-disappear after some time!! I wonder if it's my iCloud storage structure or what, but it's quite annoying. I save everything on Documents (iCloud) and do not have "backup documents and desktop" active. It's since I messed around with turning this on that I've had these problems but it's also a new device so not sure what's the issue... Here's an example from a file after total re-indexing as described by @Veroabove. This file does not appear in Alfred search as seen below; however, if I open it with Microsoft Word and then search (while it's open) I get it in the search results... For a time, at least. Any help appreciated, Thanks! Starting Diagnostics... File: 'BGE.docx' Path: '/Users/samuelferrard/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/Documents' ----------------------------------------------------------- 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 is missing, this file is likely not indexed by macOS Display Name: Other Names: Content Type: Last Used: ----------------------------------------------------------- Check mdls file metadata... ❌ macOS metadata missing essential items kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = (null) kMDItemFSCreationDate = (null) kMDItemFSCreatorCode = "" kMDItemFSFinderFlags = (null) kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = (null) kMDItemFSInvisible = 0 kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = (null) kMDItemFSIsStationery = (null) kMDItemFSLabel = (null) kMDItemFSName = (null) kMDItemFSNodeCount = (null) kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = (null) kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = (null) kMDItemFSSize = (null) kMDItemFSTypeCode = "" ----------------------------------------------------------- ❌ Troubleshooting failed

It worked! Thanks a lot 🙂

Hey all, I have the same problem as OP I've been messing around with my iCloud config since getting a new mac. Turned the option in iCloud drive to backup 'Desktop and Documents' option on and then back off again and since then Alfred hasn't been finding my iCloud docs... I turned off Optimised mac-storage due to reading an earlier comment, still no luck. Also rebuilt macOS metadata without luck either. This problem was happening on Big Sur and is still occurring on Monterey now. Here's a diagnostic file for a Word document that is in icloud but not appearing in Alfred search: Starting Diagnostics... File: 'On learning (psychotherapy).docx' Path: '/Users/samuelf/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~CloudDocs/Documents' ----------------------------------------------------------- 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 is missing, this file is likely not indexed by macOS Display Name: Other Names: Content Type: Last Used: ----------------------------------------------------------- Check mdls file metadata... ❌ macOS metadata missing essential items kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = (null) kMDItemFSCreationDate = (null) kMDItemFSCreatorCode = "" kMDItemFSFinderFlags = (null) kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = (null) kMDItemFSInvisible = 0 kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = (null) kMDItemFSIsStationery = (null) kMDItemFSLabel = (null) kMDItemFSName = (null) kMDItemFSNodeCount = (null) kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = (null) kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = (null) kMDItemFSSize = (null) kMDItemFSTypeCode = "" ----------------------------------------------------------- ❌ Troubleshooting failed Thanks in advance! Sam