timurray2000

Thanks @Vero.  That workflow works good.

On 5/3/2023 at 7:48 AM, Vero said:

@timurray2000 Could you please provide a screen capture (you can use QuickTime to record it) so that I can see the behaviour more specifically?

https://www.dropbox.com/t/eTKzJseQtNYreXXz

43 minutes ago, Vero said:

@timurray2000 Could you please provide a screen capture (you can use QuickTime to record it) so that I can see the behaviour more specifically?

It doesn't allow me to attach a .MOV and has a 1.95MB limit.

Thanks.  I looked at the tips but this didn't solve the problem.  At any speed, I get the same results.  There is no other clipboard manager running.

The keyword is "& k f" (without quotes or spaces)

It is supposed to snip into "kind:folder" (without quotes)

It actually snips into "&kind:folder" (without quotes)

This is a new issue within the last couple of weeks.

5 minutes ago, Andrew said:

@timurray2000 the errors you're seeing in the troubleshooting are a result of an underlying failure in macOS, not a failure in Alfred. Alfred's troubleshooting is just reporting these errors back so you can see them more easily. Once we can get these underlying macOS errors fixed, then you should see much more consistent results in both Alfred and Spotlight.

 

I actually overhauled the reindexing shortcut in Alfred 5.0.6 to make it easier to use and more reliable (without launching Terminal or showing the ). The Rebuild macOS Metadata button from Alfred's Advanced preferences will now present you with this dialog:

 

Did you use the reindex in Alfred 5.0.6 when trying to reindex your Mac?

 

After the index is functioning correctly (and not showing errors in Alfred's Troubleshooting), then searching files in Alfred is best done with the file search mode. This is where you prefix with either the open keyword, or press the spacebar before searching. e.g. to search for a file called bananas, Show Alfred and type:

 

open bananas

or

[spacebar]bananas

 

 

You can configure Alfred to show all file results in the default search (without using these keywords) but then Alfred's results are less succinct when using Alfred for any purpose other than searching files.

 

It's also worth noting that from the diagnostics you emailed, you may benefit from resetting your search scope to Applications and Home. You can do this in Alfred's preferences from Features > General > Search Scope > Reset > Reset to Applications and Home.

 

Cheers,

Andrew

 

The image you referenced didn't show up in your post.

The files Alfred can't find, Spotlight can find.  You seemed to be saying it's a Spotlight issue.

I'd already reindexed with 5.0.6 yesterday before responding.

The reset you suggest would exclude my iCloud wouldn't it?  I see lots of folders in ~/Library/Mobile Documents that I would want it to find.

On 12/30/2022 at 3:07 PM, Vero said:

 

Could you please try typing "open donations" and let me know if your file is found?

I open these files often by simply typing their names...not today.  Also "open <filename>" doesn't work on these.

Finder knows about them.

Starting Diagnostics...

File: 'Backup Strategy.numbers'
Path: '/Users/tim/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~Numbers/Documents/Computer'

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check file cache database...

✅ File cache integrity is ok

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check if file is readable...

✅ Alfred has permissions to read this file.

Unix Permissions: 420
Underlying Type: NSFileTypeRegular
Extended Attributes: (
    "com.apple.genstore.origposixname",
    "com.apple.iwork.documentUUID#PS",
    "com.apple.lastuseddate#PS",
    "com.apple.metadata:_kMDItemUserTags",
    "com.apple.metadata:kMDLabel_4uxvmdvwwvba57tneefyxqo5ii",
    "com.apple.metadata:kMDLabel_spdry4dx7qzoqwgmwuzbtgxogq",
    "com.apple.quarantine"
)

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check if volume '/' is indexed by macOS...

⚠️ Indexing may not be enabled on this drive

/:
    No index.

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check direct file metadata...

⚠️ Direct metadata is missing, this file is likely not indexed by macOS

Display Name: 
 Other Names: 
Content Type: 
   Last Used: 

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check mdls file metadata...

❌ macOS metadata missing essential items

-----------------------------------------------------------

❌ Troubleshooting failed
 

Starting Diagnostics...

File: 'eWallet Master.numbers'
Path: '/Users/tim/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~Numbers/Documents/Computer'

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check file cache database...

✅ File cache integrity is ok

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check if file is readable...

✅ Alfred has permissions to read this file.

Unix Permissions: 420
Underlying Type: NSFileTypeRegular
Extended Attributes: (
    "com.apple.iwork.documentUUID#PS",
    "com.apple.lastuseddate#PS",
    "com.apple.metadata:_kMDItemUserTags",
    "com.apple.metadata:kMDLabel_4uxvmdvwwvba57tneefyxqo5ii",
    "com.apple.metadata:kMDLabel_gotp5dynvdhrd7uzlse74e44sy",
    "com.apple.metadata:kMDLabel_p6gjw57y6fh34o6ygeiythrxzm",
    "com.apple.metadata:kMDLabel_spdry4dx7qzoqwgmwuzbtgxogq",
    "com.apple.metadata:kMDLabel_zgnbe6vvj7tgth2vjxwmtcf3wy",
    "com.apple.quarantine"
)

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check if volume '/' is indexed by macOS...

⚠️ Indexing may not be enabled on this drive

Spotlight server is disabled.

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check direct file metadata...

⚠️ Direct metadata is missing, this file is likely not indexed by macOS

Display Name: 
 Other Names: 
Content Type: 
   Last Used: 

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check mdls file metadata...

❌ macOS metadata missing essential items

-----------------------------------------------------------

❌ Troubleshooting failed
 

16 hours ago, Vero said:

 

Could you please try typing "open donations" and let me know if your file is found?

Donations is found now because I did the troubleshooting on it.  That always make it "findable."

Now it's a different file - Prayer Journal - a Pages file.  I've attached various searches.

If I just type "pray" it finds it.  If I type "prayer" it doesn't. Then you'll see the other attempts.

Maybe I just don't know how to use Alfred?  I came from Launchbar where you just type a file name, or part of a file name and if you scroll down and select a file it remembers what you typed for that file.  I'm just getting inconsistent results with Alfred.  It finds it today and doesn't tomorrow.

9 hours ago, Vero said:

@timurray2000 What are you typing when searching for this file? As you haven't sent your Diagnostics file, I can only guess your configuration, so here are a few pointers:

 

1. By default, you will need to prefix your search term with "open" (or press the spacebar as a shortcut) before searching for a Numbers document.

 

2. Your data is in iCloud according to the file path, so you'll need to ensure that Optimised Storage is disabled on your Mac to ensure that the files are stored locally and available for search. You can find this in your System Preferences > Apple ID.

I just type "donations".  That's what I do with all file/folder searches.

I've opened this file that way many many times, then...it's just gone.

Then I run the troubleshooter on it and it finds it again.

Optimize storage is turned off.

I emailed the diagnostics file to you yesterday.  I didn't know what you mean by "type ?diagnostics" so I went to the Help screen and found it in the lower right corner, exported it, emailed it.

On 12/23/2022 at 9:40 AM, Vero said:

@timurray2000 Could you please paste the output from the troubleshooter for a few of the files you're not able to find? It would allow me to understand what's happening on your Mac(s) and help you further.

 

If you could also please send your Diagnostics (which you can get by typing "?diagnostics" into Alfred) by email to our info@ address, I'll be able to take a look more closely at your configuration. Please link back to this thread for context

 

 

I just found this file which I access at least once a week.  Alfred didn't know anything about it.  Ran Troubleshooter.  Now it can find it and it's listed as the last item in the list when I search for "donations".  Here's the output:

Starting Diagnostics...

File: 'Donations.numbers'
Path: '/Users/tim/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~Numbers/Documents/Finance'

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check file cache database...

✅ File cache integrity is ok

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check if file is readable...

✅ Alfred has permissions to read this file.

Unix Permissions: 420
Underlying Type: NSFileTypeRegular
Extended Attributes: (
    "com.apple.iwork.documentUUID#PS",
    "com.apple.lastuseddate#PS",
    "com.apple.metadata:_kMDItemUserTags",
    "com.apple.metadata:kMDLabel_4uxvmdvwwvba57tneefyxqo5ii",
    "com.apple.metadata:kMDLabel_m44rporlsqp6gyum4a5ibsr6ii",
    "com.apple.metadata:kMDLabel_spdry4dx7qzoqwgmwuzbtgxogq",
    "com.apple.quarantine"
)

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check if volume '/' is indexed by macOS...

✅ Indexing is enabled on this drive

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check direct file metadata...

✅ Direct metadata available

Display Name: Donations
 Other Names: Donations.numbers
Content Type: com.apple.iwork.numbers.sffnumbers
   Last Used: 2022-12-22 11:11:41 +0000

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check mdls file metadata...

✅ Metadata contains required items

_kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions  = "Donations.numbers"
_kMDItemEngagementData             = {length = 13, bytes = 0x09000000002a94c44100010b01}
com_apple_iwork_SheetNames         = (
    2022,
    2021,
    2020,
    2019,
    2018,
    2017,
    2016,
    2015,
    2014,
    2013
)
com_apple_iwork_TableNames         = (
    "Table 1",
    "Table 1",
    "Table 1",
    "Table 1",
    "Table 1",
    "Table 1",
    "Table 1",
    "Table 1",
    "Table 1",
    "Table 1"
)
kMDItemAlternateNames              = (
    "Donations.numbers"
)
kMDItemContentCreationDate         = 2014-10-21 17:00:03 +0000
kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking = 2014-10-21 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemContentModificationDate     = 2022-12-13 12:02:25 +0000
kMDItemContentType                 = "com.apple.iwork.numbers.sffnumbers"
kMDItemContentTypeTree             = (
    "com.apple.iwork.numbers.sffnumbers",
    "public.data",
    "public.item",
    "public.composite-content",
    "public.content",
    "public.spreadsheet"
)
kMDItemDateAdded                   = 2021-11-03 21:56:41 +0000
kMDItemDisplayName                 = "Donations"
kMDItemDocumentContainer           = "Finance"
kMDItemDocumentIdentifier          = 222
kMDItemFonts                       = (
    "Helvetica-Bold",
    "Helvetica-Oblique",
    "Helvetica-Light",
    Helvetica,
    HelveticaNeue
)
kMDItemFSContentChangeDate         = 2022-12-13 12:02:25 +0000
kMDItemFSCreationDate              = 2014-10-21 17:00:03 +0000
kMDItemFSCreatorCode               = ""
kMDItemFSFinderFlags               = 16
kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon             = (null)
kMDItemFSInvisible                 = 0
kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden         = 1
kMDItemFSIsStationery              = (null)
kMDItemFSLabel                     = 0
kMDItemFSName                      = "Donations.numbers"
kMDItemFSNodeCount                 = (null)
kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID              = 20
kMDItemFSOwnerUserID               = 501
kMDItemFSSize                      = 602962
kMDItemFSTypeCode                  = ""
kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking     = 2022-12-22 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemIsUploaded                  = 0
kMDItemIsUploading                 = 1
kMDItemKind                        = "Numbers Spreadsheet"
kMDItemLastUsedDate                = 2022-12-22 11:11:41 +0000
kMDItemLastUsedDate_Ranking        = 2022-12-22 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemLogicalSize                 = 602962
kMDItemPhysicalSize                = 626688
kMDItemUseCount                    = 28
kMDItemUsedDates                   = (
    "2022-11-10 06:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-11-19 06:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-11-30 06:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-12-10 06:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-12-11 06:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-12-12 06:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-12-22 06:00:00 +0000"
)
kMDItemUserModifiedDate            = (
    "2022-12-13 12:02:25 +0000"
)
kMDItemUserModifiedUserHandle      = (
    501
)

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check file is in search scope...

✅ File exists within Alfred's default search scope

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check MDQuery file search...

✅ macOS returned a match for this file in your search scope.

File Search Results for search scope (
    "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users/tim/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~Numbers/Documents/Finance/Donations.numbers"
)

File Search Results for ~/ (
    "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users/tim/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~Numbers/Documents/Finance/Donations.numbers"
)

File Search Results for / (
    "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users/tim/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~Numbers/Documents/Finance/Donations.numbers"
)

-----------------------------------------------------------

✅ Troubleshooting passed
 

On 11/21/2022 at 11:02 AM, Vero said:

 

As previously, drag a file to the File Troubleshooter and see if you get the yellow warning that the indexing state is unknown. If it is, it means that Spotlight's index may not be complete, resulting in incomplete results being provided to Alfred.

 

Did you eventually manage to get a rebuild completed in Terminal?

I've done every rebuild on the planet and still have problems.

There is a Pages file I access every morning via Alfred.

Today, it doesn't know anything about it.

I use the troubleshooter and it finds no problems and now...it finds the file.

And now I'm also seeing this on my MacBook Pro so both computers...similar issues.

I removed the "user-defined file types" of Pages, Keynote, Numbers.

I can find most Pages files but not this one.  It's located in the same folder as others which I can find.

It won't find it if I just type <hotkey>Prayer or if I type <hotkey><space>prayer

I also attached the output of "Binder Backing" because it does find that file.

If I add the Pages file type back to the config.

I can find <hotkey>Prayer

But I can't find <hotkey><space>Prayer

Keynote Files - not currently in "user-defined"

It finds them as <hotkey><space> but not just with <hotkey>

Makes no sense to me.

Starting Diagnostics...

File: 'Prayer Journal.pages'
Path: '/Users/tim/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~Pages/Documents'

-----------------------------------------------------------

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: NSFileTypeRegular
Extended Attributes: (
    "com.apple.genstore.origposixname",
    "com.apple.iwork.documentUUID#PS",
    "com.apple.lastuseddate#PS",
    "com.apple.metadata:_kMDItemUserTags",
    "com.apple.metadata:kMDLabel_m44rporlsqp6gyum4a5ibsr6ii",
    "com.apple.quarantine"
)

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check if volume '/' is indexed by macOS...

✅ Indexing is enabled on this drive

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check direct file metadata...

✅ Direct metadata available

Display Name: Prayer Journal
 Other Names: Prayer Journal.pages
Content Type: com.apple.iwork.pages.sffpages
   Last Used: 2022-11-22 11:44:51 +0000

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check mdls file metadata...

✅ Metadata contains required items

_kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions  = "Prayer Journal.pages"
_kMDItemEngagementData             = {length = 13, bytes = 0x09000000408193c44100010401}
com_apple_iwork_ImageFileNames     = (
    "pasted-image.png",
    "306583308_10229817866690620_6782256181002435968_n.jpg"
)
kMDItemAlternateNames              = (
    "Prayer Journal.pages"
)
kMDItemContentCreationDate         = 2019-11-04 14:08:35 +0000
kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking = 2019-11-04 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemContentModificationDate     = 2022-11-21 12:52:36 +0000
kMDItemContentType                 = "com.apple.iwork.pages.sffpages"
kMDItemContentTypeTree             = (
    "com.apple.iwork.pages.sffpages",
    "public.data",
    "public.item",
    "public.composite-content",
    "public.content"
)
kMDItemDateAdded                   = 2019-11-04 14:08:35 +0000
kMDItemDisplayName                 = "Prayer Journal"
kMDItemDocumentIdentifier          = 150442
kMDItemFonts                       = (
    Georgia,
    "HelveticaNeue-Bold",
    SnellRoundhand,
    HelveticaNeue,
    Helvetica,
    "Georgia-Italic"
)
kMDItemFSContentChangeDate         = 2022-11-21 12:52:36 +0000
kMDItemFSCreationDate              = 2019-11-04 14:08:35 +0000
kMDItemFSCreatorCode               = ""
kMDItemFSFinderFlags               = 16
kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon             = (null)
kMDItemFSInvisible                 = 0
kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden         = 1
kMDItemFSIsStationery              = (null)
kMDItemFSLabel                     = 0
kMDItemFSName                      = "Prayer Journal.pages"
kMDItemFSNodeCount                 = (null)
kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID              = 20
kMDItemFSOwnerUserID               = 501
kMDItemFSSize                      = 492440
kMDItemFSTypeCode                  = ""
kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking     = 2022-11-22 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemIsUploaded                  = 0
kMDItemIsUploading                 = 1
kMDItemKind                        = "Pages Document"
kMDItemLastUsedDate                = 2022-11-22 11:44:51 +0000
kMDItemLastUsedDate_Ranking        = 2022-11-22 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemLogicalSize                 = 492440
kMDItemPhysicalSize                = 544768
kMDItemUseCount                    = 21
kMDItemUsedDates                   = (
    "2022-11-16 06:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-11-17 06:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-11-18 06:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-11-19 06:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-11-20 06:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-11-21 06:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-11-22 06:00:00 +0000"
)
kMDItemUserModifiedDate            = (
    "2022-11-21 12:52:36 +0000"
)
kMDItemUserModifiedUserHandle      = (
    501
)

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check file is in search scope...

✅ File exists within Alfred's default search scope

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check MDQuery file search...

✅ macOS returned a match for this file in your search scope.

File Search Results for search scope (
    "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users/tim/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~Pages/Documents/Prayer Journal.pages"
)

File Search Results for ~/ (
    "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users/tim/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~Pages/Documents/Prayer Journal.pages"
)

File Search Results for / (
    "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users/tim/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~Pages/Documents/Prayer Journal.pages"
)

-----------------------------------------------------------

✅ Troubleshooting passed
 

Starting Diagnostics...

File: 'Binder Backing.pages'
Path: '/Users/tim/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~Pages/Documents'

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check file cache database...

✅ File cache integrity is ok

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check if file is readable...

✅ Alfred has permissions to read this file.

Unix Permissions: 448
Underlying Type: NSFileTypeRegular
Extended Attributes: (
    "com.apple.iwork.documentUUID#PS",
    "com.apple.lastuseddate#PS",
    "com.apple.quarantine"
)

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check if volume '/' is indexed by macOS...

✅ Indexing is enabled on this drive

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check direct file metadata...

✅ Direct metadata available

Display Name: Binder Backing
 Other Names: Binder Backing.pages
Content Type: com.apple.iwork.pages.sffpages
   Last Used: 2021-03-16 13:58:42 +0000

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check mdls file metadata...

✅ Metadata contains required items

_kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions  = "Binder Backing.pages"
kMDItemAlternateNames              = (
    "Binder Backing.pages"
)
kMDItemContentCreationDate         = 2021-03-16 13:57:30 +0000
kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking = 2021-03-16 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemContentModificationDate     = 2021-03-16 14:04:59 +0000
kMDItemContentType                 = "com.apple.iwork.pages.sffpages"
kMDItemContentTypeTree             = (
    "com.apple.iwork.pages.sffpages",
    "public.data",
    "public.item",
    "public.composite-content",
    "public.content"
)
kMDItemDateAdded                   = 2021-03-16 13:57:30 +0000
kMDItemDisplayName                 = "Binder Backing"
kMDItemDocumentIdentifier          = 167566
kMDItemFonts                       = (
    "HelveticaNeue-Light",
    "HelveticaNeue-Bold",
    "HelveticaNeue-Medium",
    HelveticaNeue
)
kMDItemFSContentChangeDate         = 2021-03-16 14:04:59 +0000
kMDItemFSCreationDate              = 2021-03-16 13:57:30 +0000
kMDItemFSCreatorCode               = ""
kMDItemFSFinderFlags               = 16
kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon             = (null)
kMDItemFSInvisible                 = 0
kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden         = 1
kMDItemFSIsStationery              = (null)
kMDItemFSLabel                     = 0
kMDItemFSName                      = "Binder Backing.pages"
kMDItemFSNodeCount                 = (null)
kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID              = 20
kMDItemFSOwnerUserID               = 501
kMDItemFSSize                      = 95448
kMDItemFSTypeCode                  = ""
kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking     = 2021-03-16 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemKind                        = "Pages Document"
kMDItemLastUsedDate                = 2021-03-16 13:58:42 +0000
kMDItemLastUsedDate_Ranking        = 2021-03-16 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemLogicalSize                 = 95448
kMDItemPhysicalSize                = 98304
kMDItemUseCount                    = 1
kMDItemUsedDates                   = (
    "2021-03-16 05:00:00 +0000"
)

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check file is in search scope...

✅ File exists within Alfred's default search scope

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check MDQuery file search...

✅ macOS returned a match for this file in your search scope.

File Search Results for search scope (
    "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users/tim/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~Pages/Documents/Binder Backing.pages"
)

File Search Results for ~/ (
    "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users/tim/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~Pages/Documents/Binder Backing.pages"
)

File Search Results for / (
    "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users/tim/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~Pages/Documents/Binder Backing.pages"
)

-----------------------------------------------------------

✅ Troubleshooting passed
 

1 hour ago, Vero said:

@timurray2000 When you say mostly fixed, is your index now showing as enabled or as state unknown?

How do I determine that?

After multiple rebuilds and reboot, this seems to have mostly corrected itself.

I still have to add Keynote, Pages, Numbers file types to the config or it won't find any of those.

I have reindexed multiple times using different methods.  Nothing has worked.

I'm trying this method again: https://matthewcassinelli.com/how-to-fix-recents-finder-macos-ventura-spotlight-index-terminal/

I have not rebooted since installing Alfred but I will do that after the current reindexing is complete.  It takes a few hours.

On my MacBook Pro M1, I haven't had any of these problems.

What about the strange permissions error I get when I click "Rebuild MacOS Metadata"?  This happens when I click "Rebuild" regardless of whether the check box is checked.

Starting Diagnostics...

File: 'Calendar.app'
Path: '/System/Applications'

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Check file cache database...

✅ File cache integrity is ok

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Check if file is readable...

✅ Alfred has permissions to read this file.

Unix Permissions: 493
Underlying Type: NSFileTypeDirectory
Extended Attributes: (
)

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Check if volume '/' is indexed by macOS...

⚠️ Indexing may not be enabled on this drive

/:
    Error: unknown indexing state.

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Check direct file metadata...

⚠️ Direct metadata is missing, this file is likely not indexed by macOS

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Check mdls file metadata...

❌ macOS metadata missing essential items

/System/Applications/Calendar.app: could not find /System/Applications/Calendar.app.

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❌ Troubleshooting failed
 

This file gives strange results.  Maybe something I'm doing wrong.

It shows when I start to type "code"

It's not in the list when I type "started"

Starting Diagnostics...

File: 'Get Started with Code.playgroundbook'
Path: '/Users/tim/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~com~apple~Playgrounds/Documents'

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Check file cache database...

✅ File cache integrity is ok

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Check if file is readable...

✅ Alfred has permissions to read this file.

Unix Permissions: 493
Underlying Type: NSFileTypeDirectory
Extended Attributes: (
    "com.apple.lastuseddate#PS",
    "com.apple.metadata:_kMDItemUserTags",
    "com.apple.Playgrounds.allowedTracingLevelIfCollectionEnabled#PS",
    "com.apple.Playgrounds.read#PS"
)

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Check if volume '/' is indexed by macOS...

⚠️ Indexing may not be enabled on this drive

/:
    Error: unknown indexing state.

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Check direct file metadata...

✅ Direct metadata available

Display Name: Get Started with Code
 Other Names: Get Started with Code.playgroundbook
Content Type: com.apple.playgroundbook
   Last Used: 2022-11-17 10:17:27 +0000

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Check mdls file metadata...

✅ Metadata contains required items

_kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions  = "Get Started with Code.playgroundbook"
_kMDItemEngagementData             = {length = 11, bytes = 0x0900000080d892c4410001}
kMDItemAlternateNames              = (
    "Get Started with Code.playgroundbook"
)
kMDItemContentCreationDate         = 2022-05-13 03:28:34 +0000
kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking = 2022-09-10 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemContentModificationDate     = 2022-09-21 20:34:52 +0000
kMDItemContentType                 = "com.apple.playgroundbook"
kMDItemContentTypeTree             = (
    "com.apple.playgroundbook",
    "public.composite-content",
    "public.content",
    "com.apple.package",
    "public.directory",
    "public.item"
)
kMDItemDateAdded                   = 2022-09-10 13:58:01 +0000
kMDItemDisplayName                 = "Get Started with Code"
kMDItemDocumentIdentifier          = 177357
kMDItemFSContentChangeDate         = 2022-09-21 20:34:52 +0000
kMDItemFSCreationDate              = 2022-05-13 03:28:34 +0000
kMDItemFSCreatorCode               = ""
kMDItemFSFinderFlags               = 8208
kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon             = 0
kMDItemFSInvisible                 = 0
kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden         = 1
kMDItemFSIsStationery              = 0
kMDItemFSLabel                     = 0
kMDItemFSName                      = "Get Started with Code.playgroundbook"
kMDItemFSNodeCount                 = 3
kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID              = 20
kMDItemFSOwnerUserID               = 501
kMDItemFSSize                      = 3
kMDItemFSTypeCode                  = ""
kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking     = 2022-11-17 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemKind                        = "Playground Book"
kMDItemLastUsedDate                = 2022-11-17 10:17:27 +0000
kMDItemLastUsedDate_Ranking        = 2022-11-17 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemLogicalSize                 = 186309250
kMDItemPhysicalSize                = 201121792
kMDItemUseCount                    = 2
kMDItemUsedDates                   = (
    "2022-09-21 05:00:00 +0000",
    "2022-11-17 06:00:00 +0000"
)

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Check file is in search scope...

✅ File exists within Alfred's default search scope

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Check MDQuery file search...

✅ macOS returned a match for this file in your search scope.

File Search Results for search scope (
    "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users/tim/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~com~apple~Playgrounds/Documents/Get Started with Code.playgroundbook"
)

File Search Results for ~/ (
    "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users/tim/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~com~apple~Playgrounds/Documents/Get Started with Code.playgroundbook"
)

File Search Results for / (
    "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users/tim/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~com~apple~Playgrounds/Documents/Get Started with Code.playgroundbook"
)

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✅ Troubleshooting passed

⚠️ There were 1 warning(s)
 

I took Keynote files out of the user-defined file types and get this result:

Starting Diagnostics...

File: '105-Discipleship.key'
Path: '/Users/tim/Documents/Christian & Religion/Central Baptist Church/Men's Ministry/Spiritual Development/105-Discipleship'

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Check file cache database...

✅ File cache integrity is ok

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Check if file is readable...

✅ Alfred has permissions to read this file.

Unix Permissions: 493
Underlying Type: NSFileTypeRegular
Extended Attributes: (
    "com.apple.iwork.documentUUID#PS",
    "com.apple.lastuseddate#PS",
    "com.apple.macl",
    "com.apple.metadata:_kMDItemUserTags",
    "com.apple.quarantine"
)

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Check if volume '/' is indexed by macOS...

⚠️ Indexing may not be enabled on this drive

/:
    Error: unknown indexing state.

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Check direct file metadata...

✅ Direct metadata available

Display Name: 105-Discipleship
 Other Names: 105-Discipleship.key
Content Type: com.apple.iwork.keynote.sffkey
   Last Used: 2022-03-15 11:41:46 +0000

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Check mdls file metadata...

✅ Metadata contains required items

_kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions  = "105-Discipleship.key"
com_apple_iwork_ImageFileNames     = (
    "151584703_2682x1744.jpeg",
    "151584703_2682x1744.jpeg",
    "176704443_1270x1290.jpeg",
    "476190563_1289x1290.jpeg",
    "pasted-image.tiff",
    "176711937_1733x1287.jpeg",
    "151584703_2682x1744.jpeg",
    "450939351_1263x738.jpeg",
    "176704443_1270x1290.jpeg",
    "176711937_1733x1287.jpeg",
    "151584703_2682x1744.jpeg"
)
com_apple_iwork_TableNames         = (
    "Table 1"
)
kMDItemAlternateNames              = (
    "105-Discipleship.key"
)
kMDItemContentCreationDate         = 2021-09-09 20:14:51 +0000
kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking = 2021-09-09 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemContentModificationDate     = 2022-02-22 13:39:20 +0000
kMDItemContentType                 = "com.apple.iwork.keynote.sffkey"
kMDItemContentTypeTree             = (
    "com.apple.iwork.keynote.sffkey",
    "public.data",
    "public.item",
    "public.presentation",
    "public.composite-content",
    "public.content"
)
kMDItemDateAdded                   = 2022-01-15 13:48:58 +0000
kMDItemDisplayName                 = "105-Discipleship"
kMDItemDocumentIdentifier          = 173920
kMDItemFonts                       = (
    "Futura-Medium",
    Baskerville,
    HelveticaNeue,
    "Baskerville-SemiBold",
    "Avenir-Black",
    "AvenirNext-DemiBold",
    "Avenir-Medium",
    Helvetica,
    "Avenir-MediumOblique",
    "Rockwell-Regular",
    "AvenirNext-Medium"
)
kMDItemFSContentChangeDate         = 2022-02-22 13:39:20 +0000
kMDItemFSCreationDate              = 2021-09-09 20:14:51 +0000
kMDItemFSCreatorCode               = ""
kMDItemFSFinderFlags               = 16
kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon             = 0
kMDItemFSInvisible                 = 0
kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden         = 1
kMDItemFSIsStationery              = 0
kMDItemFSLabel                     = 0
kMDItemFSName                      = "105-Discipleship.key"
kMDItemFSNodeCount                 = 2840430
kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID              = 20
kMDItemFSOwnerUserID               = 501
kMDItemFSSize                      = 2840430
kMDItemFSTypeCode                  = ""
kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking     = 2022-03-15 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemKind                        = "Keynote Presentation"
kMDItemLastUsedDate                = 2022-03-15 11:41:46 +0000
kMDItemLastUsedDate_Ranking        = 2022-03-15 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemLogicalSize                 = 2840430
kMDItemPhysicalSize                = 2842624
kMDItemUseCount                    = 1
kMDItemUsedDates                   = (
    "2022-03-15 05:00:00 +0000"
)

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Check file is in search scope...

✅ File exists within Alfred's default search scope

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Check MDQuery file search...

✅ macOS returned a match for this file in your search scope.

File Search Results for search scope (
    "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users/tim/Documents/Christian & Religion/Central Baptist Church/Men's Ministry/Spiritual Development/105-Discipleship/105-Discipleship.key"
)

File Search Results for ~/ (
    "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users/tim/Documents/Christian & Religion/Central Baptist Church/Men's Ministry/Spiritual Development/105-Discipleship/105-Discipleship.key"
)

File Search Results for / (
    "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users/tim/Documents/Christian & Religion/Central Baptist Church/Men's Ministry/Spiritual Development/105-Discipleship/105-Discipleship.key"
)

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✅ Troubleshooting passed

⚠️ There were 1 warning(s)
 

7 hours ago, Vero said:

@timurray2000 Interesting, there have been a couple of people reporting this indexing issue, and we've been able to replicate it on one of our testing Macs, so we'll be investigating.

 

I've edited my reply below to clarify the order of operations:

 

1. Delete the Spotlight-V100 file located here, which is equivalent to checking the "Delete Spotlight-V100" box during the standard reindex:

/System/Volumes/Data/.Spotlight-V100

 

2. Next, open Terminal manually and paste in the following:

sudo mdutil -E -i on /

 

Let me know how you get on.  

Another symptom is that I have to add file types of applications such as Pages, Keynote, Affinity Designer before it can find any of those files.

Got an error on pasting the command.

And I get the same error as before when I don't check the "Delete .Spotlight" box.

I get this error show below when I check the box.

I'm a new user, just purchased and installed today.

Alfred can't find Calendar, Calculator, Clock, Contacts, FaceTime, Notes, etc.  None of the standard, installed, default, MacOS apps.

It does find all the other apps that I've installed that are in the same folder Macintosh HD --> Applications.

Spotlight can find all of these apps.

It's also finding apps that I don't want it to find.  These are in my ~\Applications (Parallels) folder.  Any way to remove them from Alfred?