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@Andrew 1. I checked the spotlight privacy tab, nothing is listed in the locations to skip search 2. I went through the steps to perform a deeper reindex <https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/indexing/#v100>](https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/indexing/#v100) 3. I rebooted 4. I Reloaded Alfred Cache. Alfred is still not finding my applications (Spotlight is).Suggested next steps? Starting Diagnostics... File: 'Fantastical.app' Path: '/Applications' ----------------------------------------------------------- Check file cache database... ✅ File cache integrity is ok ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if file is readable... ✅ Alfred has permissions to read this file. Unix Permissions: 493 Underlying Type: NSFileTypeDirectory Extended Attributes: ( "com.apple.appstore.metadata", "com.apple.appstore.store_cohort", "com.apple.appstore.storefront", "com.apple.appstore.vendor_name", "com.apple.macl" ) ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if volume '/' is indexed by macOS... ⚠️ Indexing may not be enabled on this drive /: Error: unknown indexing state. ----------------------------------------------------------- Check direct file metadata... ⚠️ Direct metadata is missing, this file is likely not indexed by macOS ----------------------------------------------------------- Check mdls file metadata... ❌ macOS metadata missing essential items /Applications/Fantastical.app: could not find /Applications/Fantastical.app. ----------------------------------------------------------- ❌ Troubleshooting failed

I am happy to follow these steps. I have, however, already. I believe exactly as described, but certainly worth walking through it again. What I think happened the first time, is after it rebuilt overnight, it worked for a few minutes, and then again, stopped finding apps. Thanks for responding.

Upgrading to Sonoma has broken Alfred's ability to find all of my apps. I have tried several different suggested techniques to re-index, including the choices within Alfred's preferences (checking search scope, rebuilding macOS Metadata, clear application cache). I have also followed instructions to re-index from the terminal and by deleting the spotlight files in the index. I have gone through the suggestions on this page several times: [Troubleshooting File Indexing Issues - Alfred Help and Support](https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/indexing/). Spotlight can find the applications that Alfred can not. Please help! Here's an example, Spotlight can find it, Alfred cannot. Starting Diagnostics... File: 'Fantastical.app' Path: '/Applications' ----------------------------------------------------------- Check file cache database... ✅ File cache integrity is ok ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if file is readable... ✅ Alfred has permissions to read this file. Unix Permissions: 493 Underlying Type: NSFileTypeDirectory Extended Attributes: ( "com.apple.appstore.metadata", "com.apple.appstore.store_cohort", "com.apple.appstore.storefront", "com.apple.appstore.vendor_name", "com.apple.macl" ) ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if volume '/' is indexed by macOS... ⚠️ Indexing may not be enabled on this drive /: Error: unknown indexing state. ----------------------------------------------------------- Check direct file metadata... ⚠️ Direct metadata is missing, this file is likely not indexed by macOS ----------------------------------------------------------- Check mdls file metadata... ❌ macOS metadata missing essential items /Applications/Fantastical.app: could not find /Applications/Fantastical.app. ----------------------------------------------------------- ❌ Troubleshooting failed

I have been off the forum for a while... but need to do the same workflow I was struggling with before. Thank you so much for helping me solve this!! I was crazy frustrated.

When I type cmd+shift+C with Alfred running, I get a Snippets dialog (see attached image). I can't find anywhere in the preferences where this is set. I have even tried modifying the hotkeys that look related. Under Features, Snippets, I have changed the Viewer Hotkey to something entirely different. The appearance of this dialog from that keyboard combination is preventing other apps that use the same combination from doing activities I expect (certain types of copying). Where do I change this behavior?