I've been using Alfred for more than 2 years now without any issue. I migrated my account to a newer mac a few days ago, and since then Alfred doesn't find any of my files when I search for them. I did the migration using migration assistant, for a full system copy.
I went on the troubleshooting page (https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/indexing/) and followed every step:
0. Built in troubleshooting didn't detect any issue (output below)
1. Adding "find" or "open" in the query doesn't change anything (plus, I never needed it before)
2. I cannot find a file named "Homework.pdf" in a folder on my desktop, but the "folder in home" option is checked in the search preferences. I also tried to manually add the folder in the search scope but it didn't solve it.
3/4. When I search the file with spotlight, it finds it so I assume spotlights preferences are fine
5. I rebuilt the mac metadata index, it didn't solve it
6. same thing with reloading the cache
7. the file is called "Homework.pdf", there shouldn't be any problem regarding the name
I reset Alfred and to reinstalled it, but it didn't solve the issue.
I tried to be as specific as possible, please let me know if I can provide with any other useful information
Alfred version: 4.6 [1266]
MacOS: 12.0.1
Diagnostics output :
Starting Diagnostics...
File: 'homework.pdf'
Path: '/Users/myusername/Desktop/folder/Homework'
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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: homework.pdf
Other Names:
Content Type: com.adobe.pdf
Last Used: 2021-11-05 07:51:50 +0000
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Check mdls file metadata...
✅ Metadata contains required items
_kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions = "homework.pdf"
kMDItemContentCreationDate = 2021-11-02 21:21:40 +0000
kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking = 2021-11-02 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2021-11-02 21:21:40 +0000
kMDItemContentModificationDate_Ranking = 2021-11-02 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemContentType = "com.adobe.pdf"
kMDItemContentTypeTree = (
"com.adobe.pdf",
"public.data",
"public.item",
"public.composite-content",
"public.content"
)
kMDItemCreator = "TeX"
kMDItemDateAdded = 2021-11-03 21:32:25 +0000
kMDItemDateAdded_Ranking = 2021-11-03 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemDisplayName = "homework.pdf"
kMDItemDocumentIdentifier = 0
kMDItemEncodingApplications = (
"pdfTeX-1.40.19"
)
kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2021-11-02 21:21:40 +0000
kMDItemFSCreationDate = 2021-11-02 21:21:40 +0000
kMDItemFSCreatorCode = ""
kMDItemFSFinderFlags = 0
kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = (null)
kMDItemFSInvisible = 0
kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 0
kMDItemFSIsStationery = (null)
kMDItemFSLabel = 0
kMDItemFSName = "homework.pdf"
kMDItemFSNodeCount = (null)
kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = 20
kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = 501
kMDItemFSSize = 259770
kMDItemFSTypeCode = ""
kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking = 2021-11-05 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemKind = "Document PDF"
kMDItemLastUsedDate = 2021-11-05 07:51:50 +0000
kMDItemLastUsedDate_Ranking = 2021-11-05 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemLogicalSize = 259770
kMDItemNumberOfPages = 6
kMDItemPageHeight = 792
kMDItemPageWidth = 612
kMDItemPhysicalSize = 262144
kMDItemSecurityMethod = "None"
kMDItemUseCount = 7
kMDItemUsedDates = (
"2021-11-02 23:00:00 +0000",
"2021-11-03 23:00:00 +0000",
"2021-11-04 23:00:00 +0000"
)
kMDItemVersion = "1.5"
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Check file is in search scope...
✅ File exists within Alfred's default search scope
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✅ Troubleshooting passed