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Thanks for the response, Andrew. I had checked that box earlier and tested but there's obviously a cache that needs to be updated somewhere as the change is not immediate. Additionally that checkbox calls it "keywords" and everywhere else has referred to the field as "comments". I appreciate the keyword/launch app workaround, but FSNotes.app was a symptom of my issue, not the issue itself. Another is "qBittorrent.app" and the search term "torrent". I didn't really want to put a single ad hoc solution in place for this app because I'll always be wondering if Alfred is really showing me what it should be. I admit the need for arbitrary substring matching is rare. I guess I'll just have to change my habits to reach for one of the full text search operators and turn off everything but applications and prefpanes. Thanks again!

@Vero thanks very much for the confirmation of functionality. Is there anything in the output that might indicate where the issue lies? Thanks!

Starting Diagnostics... File: 'FSNotes.app' Path: '/Applications' ----------------------------------------------------------- Check file cache database... ✅ File cache integrity is ok ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if file is readable... ✅ Alfred has permissions to read this file. ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if volume '/' is indexed by macOS... ✅ Indexing is enabled on this drive ----------------------------------------------------------- Check direct file metadata... ✅ Direct metadata available Display Name: FSNotes.app Other Names: FSNotes.app Content Type: com.apple.application-bundle Last Used: ----------------------------------------------------------- Check mdls file metadata... ✅ Metadata contains required items _kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions = "FSNotes.app" kMDItemAlternateNames = ( "FSNotes.app" ) kMDItemAppStoreAdamID = 1277179284 kMDItemAppStoreCategory = "Productivity" kMDItemAppStoreCategoryType = "public.app-category.productivity" kMDItemAppStoreHasReceipt = 1 kMDItemAppStoreInstallerVersionID = "849824677" kMDItemAppStoreIsAppleSigned = 1 kMDItemAppStoreParentalControls = "4+" kMDItemAppStorePurchaseDate = 2022-06-06 11:57:05 +0000 kMDItemAppStoreReceiptIsMachineLicensed = 0 kMDItemAppStoreReceiptIsRevoked = 0 kMDItemAppStoreReceiptIsVPPLicensed = 0 kMDItemAppStoreReceiptType = "Production" kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier = "co.fluder.FSNotes" kMDItemContentCreationDate = 2022-06-05 17:31:07 +0000 kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking = 2022-06-05 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2022-06-06 11:57:45 +0000 kMDItemContentModificationDate_Ranking = 2022-06-06 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemContentType = "com.apple.application-bundle" kMDItemContentTypeTree = ( "com.apple.application-bundle", "com.apple.application", "public.executable", "com.apple.localizable-name-bundle", "com.apple.bundle", "public.directory", "public.item", "com.apple.package" ) kMDItemCopyright = "Copyright © 2017-2022 Oleksandr Hlushchenko. All rights reserved." kMDItemDateAdded = 2022-06-06 11:57:15 +0000 kMDItemDateAdded_Ranking = 2022-06-06 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemDisplayName = "FSNotes.app" kMDItemDocumentIdentifier = 0 kMDItemExecutableArchitectures = ( arm64, "x86_64" ) kMDItemFinderComment = "notes" kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2022-06-06 11:57:45 +0000 kMDItemFSCreationDate = 2022-06-05 17:31:07 +0000 kMDItemFSCreatorCode = "" kMDItemFSFinderFlags = 0 kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = 0 kMDItemFSInvisible = 0 kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 0 kMDItemFSIsStationery = 0 kMDItemFSLabel = 0 kMDItemFSName = "FSNotes.app" kMDItemFSNodeCount = 1 kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = 0 kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = 0 kMDItemFSSize = 1 kMDItemFSTypeCode = "" kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking = 2022-06-06 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemKind = "Application" kMDItemLogicalSize = 39684750 kMDItemPhysicalSize = 17408000 kMDItemVersion = "5.4.4" ----------------------------------------------------------- Check file is in search scope... ✅ File exists within Alfred's default search scope ----------------------------------------------------------- ✅ Troubleshooting passed

Does the spotlight comment system still work? I've had the word "notes" at the top of the comments field since your post on Saturday (thanks!), I've rebuilt the metadata & clear the application cache a couple of times. It's still not working. Any other ideas?

So that's the intended behaviour? 😓 Spotlight finds it when I search for "notes".

Alfred 4.6.7 macOS 12.4 I've verified Spotlight is running, rebuilt macos metadata, cleared the application cache, and verified with the mdls troubleshooting tool. Alfred will show FSNotes.app if I search for "open notes", "find notes", "*notes", or "'notes", but it will not show when I just search for "notes" - why? It shows Notes.app and 0 other results. I've turned fuzzy searching for word boundaries on, but it doesn't seem to count the end of the word as a boundary. 😏 Is there a way to enable proper subset or fuzzy matching for applications? Opening applications is pretty much all I use it for. 😓