ChrisC

When I search for something in Spotlight the result I'm looking for always appears. When I search in Alfred it's always hit or miss. I would just use Spotlight but of course Spotlight doesn't offer workflows or the ability to show a particular file in finder. Here are some examples of search issues. Anytime I download and install a new app, the very next second I can search Spotlight and the new app shows up immediately. When I search Alfred it does not until about say 10 seconds or so later. While that doesn't seem like long, when you install something you almost always will be opening it up right away. I've always noticed this issue through all the versions of Alfred and through different computers. Is it a known issue and or any workarounds? The other issue is say I search for the word, "Pearl" in alfred. It shows 0 results. I search in Spotlight and it instantly shows 5 results. I discovered that since the word Pearl inside the text files and or pdf ocr data, it will only show up in Alfred if I type, "in Pearl". I understand Alfred has all of these prefixes to help keep Alfred fast, but Spotlight doesn't require them and I always have instant results nor issues with muddled results. Maybe that's not the case with people on slower or older computers. Is there a way to get search to function the same in alfred as it does in spotlight, so I can simply type "Pearl" and it will like Spotlight show first apps named Pearl, but if none exist show files named Pearl and if none exist search inside all documents instantly like Spotlight?