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@Andrew This is very similar to a problem I raised earlier, I tried workflow and it didn't work, I'm still looking for a solution. Given that someone is experiencing the same problem, could you consider creating a document that describes in detail what to do and how to verify that the operation was successful please?

@Vero Hi, vero, thanks for reply. I downloaded the workflow, but it seems that I can't achieve the effect I want. I can quickly search for "~/Library/Application Support/espanso" in finder with "System files" included, so I think it might be in the macOS index. What I want is to do this in Alfred exactly the same effect as enabling "System files" included in finder, because opening finder, entering search text, and then selecting "System files" included is very inefficient. In my work scenario, sometimes I need to search for a folder or file that I don't know where it is. I'm new to macOS, and I've used a software called Listary on Windows before that directly searched all files on my hard drive, which is what I want. I was wondering if I could achieve the same effect on Alfred. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

@Andrew Hi Andrew, I have a Powerpack license, and I just filled my Powerpack email address in my forum profile. Please share the workflow, thank you

Alfred version: 5.1.2[2145] Mac OS version: macOS Ventura 13.2.1 Hi: I want to use Alfred to search a file named "espanso" locate at "/Users/gaojiabao/Library/Application Support". When I search in Alfred, I can't get the results I want: When I search in finder with default options get same results: When I search in finder with including "System files", I get the results I want: I tried troubleshooting, It said Troubleshooting passed: Starting Diagnostics... File: 'espanso' Path: '/Users/gaojiabao/Library/Application Support' ----------------------------------------------------------- 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: ( ) ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if volume '/' is indexed by macOS... ✅ Indexing is enabled on this drive ----------------------------------------------------------- Check direct file metadata... ✅ Direct metadata available Display Name: espanso Other Names: Content Type: public.folder Last Used: 2023-09-15 07:40:38 +0000 ----------------------------------------------------------- Check mdls file metadata... ✅ Metadata contains required items _kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions = "espanso" kMDItemContentCreationDate = 2023-05-16 16:05:04 +0000 kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking = 2023-05-16 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2023-05-16 16:11:47 +0000 kMDItemContentType = "public.folder" kMDItemContentTypeTree = ( "public.folder", "public.directory", "public.item" ) kMDItemDateAdded = 2023-05-16 16:05:04 +0000 kMDItemDisplayName = "espanso" kMDItemDocumentIdentifier = 0 kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2023-05-16 16:11:47 +0000 kMDItemFSCreationDate = 2023-05-16 16:05:04 +0000 kMDItemFSCreatorCode = "" kMDItemFSFinderFlags = 0 kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = (null) kMDItemFSInvisible = 0 kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 0 kMDItemFSIsStationery = (null) kMDItemFSLabel = 0 kMDItemFSName = "espanso" kMDItemFSNodeCount = 3 kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = 20 kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = 501 kMDItemFSSize = (null) kMDItemFSTypeCode = "" kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking = 2023-09-15 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemKind = "Folder" kMDItemLastUsedDate = 2023-09-15 07:40:38 +0000 kMDItemLastUsedDate_Ranking = 2023-09-15 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemSupportFileType = ( MDSystemFile ) kMDItemUseCount = 23 kMDItemUsedDates = ( "2023-05-16 16:00:00 +0000", "2023-07-19 16:00:00 +0000", "2023-07-26 16:00:00 +0000", "2023-08-29 16:00:00 +0000", "2023-08-30 16:00:00 +0000", "2023-09-03 16:00:00 +0000", "2023-09-14 16:00:00 +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/gaojiabao/Library/Application Support/espanso" ) File Search Results for ~/ ( "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users/gaojiabao/Library/Application Support/espanso" ) File Search Results for / ( "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users/gaojiabao/Library/Application Support/espanso" ) ----------------------------------------------------------- ✅ Troubleshooting passed Also tried to change File Search settings in Alfred, still not working. I have tried for many hours, still can't fix it, Any help would be greatly appreciated!