jasimon9

Whenever I try to use Alfred to search for a filename, as soon as I enter the "dot" before the extension, Alfred will only search the web. How do I prevent this and search the file system for a name including the dot?

Thanks for you quick response. There have been a lot of other responses, and I will respond to each of them. I changed the names as suggested and it works to find the folders now. So as you suspected, the problem is more a tactical issue than a flaw. Namely, since Spotlight segregates by type, the folders show up in the "Folders" sections, whereas in Alfred, even with 40 items displayed, the lack of prioritization prevents them from showing up. I may just keep a special name for the folders for now. My feeling is that if the limit of 40 were not present, then after finding something very far down the list and then the user selecting it, Alfred can prioritize it higher, and eventually it reaches the top. But if it is below 40, then that will never happen and Alfred will in effect not be able to find the item.

I was not "following this topic" so did not see responses. I checking my settings and I don't see anything about "automatically follow topics I create" or the like, and did not realize that was not a default condition. So now I am following this topic. I just did the deep reindexing according to the instructions. It does not seem to help. I also posted the above information to another topic on the same subject that I started on May 13. I suggest that the two topics be combined if possible. In any case, when I use Spotlight, I see the following, even after performing the deep reindexing as suggested: When I use Alfred, I see the following: Please note: ​The additional entries from Alfred reached by scrolling only shows more of the same pdf files, but no folder. It should not be a matter of which extraas, paths or depths as both folders are at the same depth below the ~/Documents folder. To be specific, here are the two paths: ~/Documents/JAS/Vendors/Amex and ~/Documents/RepHunter/Vendors/Amex. Using "Find" gives the same results. When I uncheck certain Extras, even worse performance occurs in other areas -- that is, more things then cannot be found. Here is what is in Spotlight exclusions: As you can see, there are only external hard drive volumes, plus the folder where are only Virtual Machines. Please advise.

While I have used Alfred for several months, and I really would like to like it, and buy the PowerPack, I just cannot get over the fact that it does not find things. Spotlight finds them easily. I thought Alfred should find anything Spotlight can. For Extras, I now have Folders, Archives, Text Files, and Documents. I have "Include folders in Home" checked. The common example is searching on "Amex". Spotlight returns the two folders I have that start with "Amex". Alfred does not return them at all. Just a whole bunch of documents starting with "Amex". I'd love to resolve this and move forward. But I have posted this issue to tech support several times, and I think in this forum as well. At this point I have to either get this working, or I am just going back to Spotlight. Another problem is that Alfred seems erratic. I commonly open a file named "HowTo ~ Config.doc" by entering the first few letters of "Config", but with Alfred it is random as to how many letters I need. Sometimes just the "c" will work. Other times I have to enter as many as 6 letters. This does not make too much sense. Any advice?