martinelizardo

You may find that these items are protected by OS X so setting a spotlight comment doesn't actually set the comment on the item. If you search for alfred:ignore in Spotlight, you'll see the items which have had that comment successfully committed.

It seems like that's the problem. Thankfully I was able to hide them using the Spotlight privacy tab. Thanks. 

Any particular files it's not working on?

 

Cheers,

Andrew

Sure. It's not working on "yoinkLoginStarterHelper" or "Coffee, black! Helper" even though I have excluded other startup helpers. It's also not working on any of the files in the path "Macintosh HD/System/Library/CoreServices/Applications" 

Thanks!

Harley

Hi, 

I'm having trouble using the alfred:ignore feature for some reason. I added it to some files and it worked, but it is not working for some other files and I can't figure out why. Any ideas? I've tried reloading the application cache and even rebuilding the file index. 

Thanks!

If you make a workflow with a File Filter, you can specify what kind of files you want to search and where you want to find them. You can then, for example, use the keyword 'docs' to find document files.

 

Cheers

Maybe you can help me a little further. I am trying to create a workflow like you've explained, but I'm not sure how to replicate the way Alfred searches for Documents by default. Using the filter without any file types specified is, understandably, just like searching with the "open" keyword. However, I don't know what specific file types Alfred searches for with the Documents box checked, so I'm not sure what file types to specify in the File Filter. Do you have any advice?

Thanks so much. 

If you make a workflow with a File Filter, you can specify what kind of files you want to search and where you want to find them. You can then, for example, use the keyword 'docs' to find document files.

 

Cheers

Wow! That's great. Thanks for the tip. Alfred just gets better and better. 

I would love to see a button for setting advanced preferences for the File Search keywords like "open" and "find". I prefer to keep the primary Alfred search limited to applications and I like to use "open" to find documents. However, when I use the keyword "open," everything comes up. The results are flooded with support files for applications and all other kinds of files I would never search for. 

I would love to see a feature where you could specify what kind of files you would like to see when you use those keywords, just like you can for the primary Alfred search with the Essentials and Extras options. A less robust alternative would be to add more file types to exclude from the File Search. I'm able to find documents much quicker through the Alfred search when the "Documents" box is checked than I am when I use the "open" keyword. I'd love for that same fast search to be available using keywords.

All in all, I love the app. I just wanted to give a little feedback about a feature I'd like to have. Thanks so much.