Relevant point: this started when I migrated from an Intel Mac to a new Macbook Pro with M1 Max CPU.
Include the Alfred version & build number you are using
Alfred 4.6 [1266]
Include your macOS version
MacOS Monterrey 12.0 (21A344)
I've used the troubleshooter to search one folder with the characteristic above and it seemed fine. Pasting the result nonetheless (also saved a diagnostics file that I can't attache in the forum, happy to share it):
In the example below, searching for "code" works, but searching for "static" fails.
File search only works on top-level home folders even after metadata rebuild
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What you were doing when the issue happened?
I try search for a folder or file under my home folder like "~/top_level_folder/other_folder".
Alfred can find "top_level_folder" normally but fails to find "other_folder"
Whether you were able to replicate it a second time by performing the same action (Update any third-party apps and restart your Mac if relevant)
Yes, I restarted Alfred, restarted computer, followed instructions on https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/indexing/ to clean metadata, cleaned Alfred Application Cache. The result remains consistent.
Relevant point: this started when I migrated from an Intel Mac to a new Macbook Pro with M1 Max CPU.
Include the Alfred version & build number you are using
Alfred 4.6 [1266]
Include your macOS version
MacOS Monterrey 12.0 (21A344)
I've used the troubleshooter to search one folder with the characteristic above and it seemed fine. Pasting the result nonetheless (also saved a diagnostics file that I can't attache in the forum, happy to share it):
In the example below, searching for "code" works, but searching for "static" fails.
Starting Diagnostics...
File: 'images'
Path: '/Users/tmoraes/code/static'
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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: images
Other Names:
Content Type: public.folder
Last Used:
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Check mdls file metadata...
✅ Metadata contains required items
_kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions = "images"
kMDItemContentCreationDate = 2015-06-10 02:25:04 +0000
kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking = 2015-06-10 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2015-06-10 02:25:04 +0000
kMDItemContentModificationDate_Ranking = 2015-06-10 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemContentType = "public.folder"
kMDItemContentTypeTree = (
"public.folder",
"public.directory",
"public.item"
)
kMDItemDateAdded = 2021-11-11 00:16:39 +0000
kMDItemDateAdded_Ranking = 2021-11-11 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemDisplayName = "images"
kMDItemDocumentIdentifier = 0
kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2015-06-10 02:25:04 +0000
kMDItemFSCreationDate = 2015-06-10 02:25:04 +0000
kMDItemFSCreatorCode = ""
kMDItemFSFinderFlags = 0
kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = 0
kMDItemFSInvisible = 0
kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 0
kMDItemFSIsStationery = 0
kMDItemFSLabel = 0
kMDItemFSName = "images"
kMDItemFSNodeCount = 1
kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = 20
kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = 501
kMDItemFSSize = 1
kMDItemFSTypeCode = ""
kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking = 2015-06-10 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemKind = "Folder"
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Check file is in search scope...
✅ File exists within Alfred's default search scope
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✅ Troubleshooting passed