GerardK

Maybe I spoke too soon. Left it another hour and now both .Spotlight-V100 and the app search results are back so problem solved for now.

@glyph Thanks for the suggestion. For now I've temporarily switched to another Spotlight replacement tool that doesn't have the same issue. I'd prefer to get back to Alfred though since it's a more keyboard-friendly app and I use workflows that don't have good equivalents in the competitor product.

I've already rebuilt the Spotlight index using the method described in that page and performed a reload. I waited for the reindex bar to complete before running a reload and left it overnight and done a reload again. I've now repeated the process including revoking and re-adding full disk access permissions to both Alfred and Terminal in the process. The problem still remains. Interestingly, there doesn't seem to be a .Spotlight-V100 directory in /System/Volumes/Data any more (I even tried sudo find /System/Volumes/Data -name .Spotlight-V100). I know that Apple have made some significant changes to Spotlight in Ventura so I wonder if the process for rebuilding the index doesn't work as before.

Prior to upgrading to Ventura I was able to see SetApp apps in Alfred. Since the upgrade they are missing. I've tried the usual steps (clear cache, rebuild Spotlight Index, check for updates, restart the app, remove and re-add full disk access permission). Having searched similar topics I've also added /System/Applications and /Applications/Setapp to the search context. Alfred version: 5.0.3 [2087] MacOS version: 13.0 File search troubleshooting on an example shows the following: Starting Diagnostics... File: 'Renamer.app' Path: '/Applications/Setapp' ----------------------------------------------------------- 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: Renamer Other Names: Renamer.app Content Type: com.apple.application-bundle Last Used: 2022-10-26 21:08:34 +0000 ----------------------------------------------------------- Check mdls file metadata... ✅ Metadata contains required items _kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions = "Renamer.app" _kMDItemEngagementData = {length = 11, bytes = 0x09000000005884c4410002} kMDItemAlternateNames = ( "Renamer.app" ) kMDItemAppStoreCategory = "Utilities" kMDItemAppStoreCategoryType = "public.app-category.utilities" kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier = "com.incrediblebee.Renamer-setapp" kMDItemContentCreationDate = 2022-10-22 06:45:49 +0000 kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking = 2022-10-22 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2022-10-22 06:45:49 +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 = "(c) 2022 Incredible Holding GmbH All Rights Reserved." kMDItemDateAdded = 2022-10-26 20:16:58 +0000 kMDItemDisplayName = "Renamer" kMDItemDocumentIdentifier = 0 kMDItemExecutableArchitectures = ( arm64, "x86_64" ) kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2022-10-22 06:45:49 +0000 kMDItemFSCreationDate = 2022-10-22 06:45:49 +0000 kMDItemFSCreatorCode = "" kMDItemFSFinderFlags = 16 kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = (null) kMDItemFSInvisible = 0 kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 1 kMDItemFSIsStationery = (null) kMDItemFSLabel = 0 kMDItemFSName = "Renamer.app" kMDItemFSNodeCount = 1 kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = 80 kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = 501 kMDItemFSSize = 46643910 kMDItemFSTypeCode = "" kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking = 2022-10-26 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemKeywords = "files rename, renaming files, rename files, multiple rename, change a file extension, change the file extension, batch rename, renaming folder, batch renaming, batch file renaming, rename folders, renaming folders, batch rename of files, rename batch of files , rename files in batch, rename files batch, batch renaming files, multiple rename files, batch renaming of files, rename bulk, bulk rename, rename many files, file renamer, file rename batch, batch renamer, multiple rename files, Rename images, Rename photo, Rename photos" kMDItemKind = "Application" kMDItemLastUsedDate = 2022-10-26 21:08:34 +0000 kMDItemLastUsedDate_Ranking = 2022-10-26 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemLogicalSize = 46643910 kMDItemPhysicalSize = 47300608 kMDItemUseCount = 5 kMDItemUsedDates = ( "2022-10-25 23:00:00 +0000" ) kMDItemVersion = "6.1.0" ----------------------------------------------------------- Check file is in search scope... ✅ File exists within Alfred's default search scope ----------------------------------------------------------- ✅ Troubleshooting passed