craiggrella

Well, as crazy as this sounds - it now shows up. It started working after a hard reboot. Not sure if it was a time-to-index issue or what. We'll see if it's an issue in the future. Thanks for your help.

Just read the previous note. Here's the info: /Users/craiggrella/Downloads/1715 Fleet Society - Golden Glove.jpg Internal File Metadata ====================== Display Name: 1715 Fleet Society - Golden Glove Alt Names: 1715 Fleet Society - Golden Glove.jpg File Type: public.jpeg Comments: Keywords: Last Used: Raw mdls File Metadata ====================== kMDItemAlternateNames = ( "1715 Fleet Society - Golden Glove.jpg" ) kMDItemBitsPerSample = 32 kMDItemColorSpace = "RGB" kMDItemContentCreationDate = 2015-08-26 13:26:12 +0000 kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2015-08-26 13:26:12 +0000 kMDItemContentType = "public.jpeg" kMDItemContentTypeTree = ( "public.jpeg", "public.image", "public.data", "public.item", "public.content" ) kMDItemDateAdded = 2015-08-26 13:26:12 +0000 kMDItemDisplayName = "1715 Fleet Society - Golden Glove" kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2015-08-26 13:26:12 +0000 kMDItemFSCreationDate = 2015-08-26 13:26:12 +0000 kMDItemFSCreatorCode = "" kMDItemFSFinderFlags = 16 kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = 0 kMDItemFSInvisible = 0 kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 1 kMDItemFSIsStationery = 0 kMDItemFSLabel = 0 kMDItemFSName = "1715 Fleet Society - Golden Glove.jpg" kMDItemFSNodeCount = 100673 kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = 20 kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = 501 kMDItemFSSize = 100673 kMDItemFSTypeCode = "" kMDItemHasAlphaChannel = 0 kMDItemKind = "JPEG image" kMDItemLogicalSize = 100673 kMDItemOrientation = 0 kMDItemPhysicalSize = 102400 kMDItemPixelCount = 271264 kMDItemPixelHeight = 392 kMDItemPixelWidth = 692 kMDItemProfileName = "HD 709-A" kMDItemResolutionHeightDPI = 72 kMDItemResolutionWidthDPI = 72

thanks andrew. That makes more sense. Do you want me to post the data from that tool here?

sure i can do that. I'll report back. But that begs the question - how many other files might be missing and how many would I need to do this for? Doesn't that kind of eliminate the usefulness of the tool if I have to go this far to make files findable?

sure, here's what I'm doing. The file is a jpg titled 1715 fleet - golden glove.jpg located in downloads and now desktop too i use a hotkey to open alfred - in my case option + spacebar alfred window comes up I type several different things - none of which work: golden glove find: golden glove find golden glove space golden glove 1715 fleet golden glove 1715 fleet - golden glove open golden glove none of these things work. Include folders in home is checked. it does not find this file. can it find other files in downloads folder - yes. can it find other files in desktop - yes. does the file actually exist and is it not a fiction of my imagination. yes it exists. I'm not imagining it. Thanks for your help. Let me know if there's anything else you can think of.

Alfred is not finding files inside my documents folder. I've followed the directions in help to go through the settings of alfred in where it looks for files. I've check all the settings in mac spotlight preferences and they match your suggestions. I've tried recreating the index for meta per your suggestions nothing worked and it's stil not finding files in my documents folder. seems crazy. especially because it can find files in an attached external hard drive then as a test i added the doc to my desktop. it doesnt find that on my desktop either. something is clearly not right. Ideas on troubleshooting further?