breadncup Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Like attached example one, the all icons are not showing properly. Not only doesn't Emacs.app show, but also others doesn't as well. I do "Reload Alfred Cache", but it makes worse. The existing other icons are showing default not the icons from the app. How to fix this? Link to comment
Vero Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Hi @breadncup, welcome to the forum. These icons are provided directly by macOS to Alfred, so if they're not showing in Alfred, it could be one of a few things: First, please quit Alfred and manually delete it from your Applications folder by dragging to Trash. Reinstall Alfred from https://www.alfredapp.com (and never from a third-party source) to ensure there's no corruption. It could be a temporary permissions quirk, as Mojave has completely overhauled permissions, so it's possible that it's stopping Alfred from accessing the image data. A restart of your Mac may fix this. It may be a deeper permissions quirk, that could be caused by a botched upgrade from the previous macOS or from a Mojave beta to your current version. Try creating a new user account temporarily to see whether that's resolved. Do these applications actually exist in the Applications folder? Or are they stored in a different location and linked in? If it's the latter, this may be causing an issue. In any case, please let us know how you get on and whether a new user account resolves the issue for you. Cheers, Vero Link to comment
rocklobster Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 I am having the same problem with all applications. I've tried your four suggestions but it doesn't make any difference. I've also clean installed alfred. Funnily, application icons do appear with the quit function in alfred. Cheers, Link to comment
Vero Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 @rocklobster Interesting observation... Can you please provide a few screenshots to see whether we can glean any insight into what could be causing this? A screenshot of the Quit command with a few apps showing A screenshot of searching for at least a few of the same apps (to allow us to compare file paths below the app name) Which operating system are you using? Did you upgrade from a previous OS or do a completely fresh install? (Do the above first, as we'd still benefit from the insight) If you type "reload" into Alfred, does this change anything? And finally, could you please launch Terminal and type the following command: diskutil info / Please paste the results here so that we can take a look and work out whether our theory of what could be the source of the issue in macOS is correct Cheers, Vero Link to comment
rocklobster Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Hello Vero, I'm running 10.14 and I upgraded. Device Identifier: disk1s1 Device Node: /dev/disk1s1 Whole: No Part of Whole: disk1 Volume Name: Macintosh HD Mounted: Yes Mount Point: / Partition Type: 41504653-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC File System Personality: APFS Type (Bundle): apfs Name (User Visible): APFS Owners: Enabled OS Can Be Installed: Yes Booter Disk: disk1s2 Recovery Disk: disk1s3 Media Type: Generic Protocol: PCI SMART Status: Verified Volume UUID: EBA045DB-4E5E-419E-9DC1-FC7DE3FF71B0 Disk / Partition UUID: EBA045DB-4E5E-419E-9DC1-FC7DE3FF71B0 Disk Size: 250.1 GB (250140434432 Bytes) (exactly 488555536 512-Byte-Units) Device Block Size: 4096 Bytes Volume Total Space: 250.1 GB (250140434432 Bytes) (exactly 488555536 512-Byte-Units) Volume Used Space: 219.0 GB (219006783488 Bytes) (exactly 427747624 512-Byte-Units) (87.6%) Volume Free Space: 31.1 GB (31133650944 Bytes) (exactly 60807912 512-Byte-Units) (12.4%) Allocation Block Size: 4096 Bytes Read-Only Media: No Read-Only Volume: No Device Location: Internal Removable Media: Fixed Solid State: Yes Hardware AES Support: No Link to comment
rocklobster Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 It will not let me upload anymore at this time. But the paths are the same as those you can see here. Just noticed another oddity. Firefox, Postbox and Word only show up if I type the following: Fi Post Wor If I complete the name of the app anymore it dissapears. Cheers, Link to comment
Vero Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 @rocklobster I've just updated your status to full member rather than new member, so you'll be able to post more images if needed If you can provide the additional screenshots, and whether typing "reload" helps, we'll take it from there. Cheers, Vero Link to comment
rocklobster Posted October 30, 2018 Share Posted October 30, 2018 Sorry, forgot about that one. No, reload does not help. Additional screenshots. But now applications aren't showing up at all so I can't provide anymore... Cheers, Link to comment
breadncup Posted October 30, 2018 Author Share Posted October 30, 2018 @Vero Thank you for the reply. I've tried your steps above ( creating a new user / re-install alfred with deleting Application + Library Preferences + Allow all permissions in Mojave Security Settings ), but it's not working. However, when I typed "Quit" in the Alfred, it shows the icons I'm looking for. The icon for the App doesn't show up The system has upgraded from previous OS to Mojave. I've tried to "Reload Alfred Cache" and waited for an hour, but it's still same. Link to comment
Vero Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 @breadncup @rocklobster It's tricky to establish what could be happening here; You've both upgraded Mojave rather than fresh installing, so there's a good possibility something has botched in the upgrade, leading to this issue. If you could please both install the Alfred Metadata tool and drag an app that isn't showing up after typing "reload" so that we can take a look at the metadata for it: https://cachefly.alfredapp.com/tools/AlfredMetadataTool_v1.1.zip This will at least allow us to see what information macOS is providing about the apps, and whether it's complete enough. Beyond this, if you have anything non-standard on your Macs, e.g. apps not stored in Applications folder and symlinked instead, etc, please let me know as this could be playing a significant role and only you know exactly how your Mac is set up. Cheers, Vero Link to comment
breadncup Posted October 31, 2018 Author Share Posted October 31, 2018 11 hours ago, Vero said: @breadncup @rocklobster It's tricky to establish what could be happening here; You've both upgraded Mojave rather than fresh installing, so there's a good possibility something has botched in the upgrade, leading to this issue. If you could please both install the Alfred Metadata tool and drag an app that isn't showing up after typing "reload" so that we can take a look at the metadata for it: https://cachefly.alfredapp.com/tools/AlfredMetadataTool_v1.1.zip This will at least allow us to see what information macOS is providing about the apps, and whether it's complete enough. Beyond this, if you have anything non-standard on your Macs, e.g. apps not stored in Applications folder and symlinked instead, etc, please let me know as this could be playing a significant role and only you know exactly how your Mac is set up. Cheers, Vero Thanks, Vero. Here is the output of the metatool app: /Applications/MacPorts/Emacs.app Internal File Metadata ====================== Display Name: Emacs.app Alt Names: Emacs.app File Type: com.apple.application-file Comments: Keywords: Last Used: 2018-10-30 20:40:22 +0000 Raw mdls File Metadata ====================== _kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions = "Emacs.app" _kMDItemEngagementData = <09000000 40ebc3c0 410002> _kMDItemRenderData = <09000000 8042c3c0 41000c01 05> kMDItemAlternateNames = ( "Emacs.app" ) kMDItemContentCreationDate = 2018-10-16 23:49:32 +0000 kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking = 2018-10-16 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2018-10-16 23:51:34 +0000 kMDItemContentType = "com.apple.application-file" kMDItemContentTypeTree = ( "com.apple.application-file", "public.executable", "com.apple.application-file", "public.data", "public.item", "com.apple.application" ) kMDItemCopyright = "Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc." kMDItemDateAdded = 2018-10-16 23:51:34 +0000 kMDItemDateAdded_Ranking = 2018-10-16 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemDisplayName = "Emacs.app" kMDItemExecutableArchitectures = ( "x86_64" ) kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2018-10-16 23:51:34 +0000 kMDItemFSCreationDate = 2018-10-16 23:49:32 +0000 kMDItemFSCreatorCode = "" kMDItemFSFinderFlags = 0 kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = (null) kMDItemFSInvisible = 0 kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 1 kMDItemFSIsStationery = (null) kMDItemFSLabel = 0 kMDItemFSName = "Emacs.app" kMDItemFSNodeCount = 1 kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = 80 kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = 0 kMDItemFSSize = 109294186 kMDItemFSTypeCode = "" kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking = 2018-10-30 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemKind = "Application" kMDItemLanguages = ( English ) kMDItemLastUsedDate = 2018-10-30 20:40:22 +0000 kMDItemLastUsedDate_Ranking = 2018-10-30 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemLogicalSize = 109294186 kMDItemPhysicalSize = 50900992 kMDItemUseCount = 7 kMDItemUsedDates = ( "2018-10-22 07:00:00 +0000", "2018-10-24 07:00:00 +0000", "2018-10-29 07:00:00 +0000", "2018-10-30 07:00:00 +0000" ) kMDItemVersion = "26.1.50" Link to comment
Vero Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 This is puzzling, as the Quit command and the Apps search request the icon in exactly the same way from macOS. So far, we've established that all users experiencing this issue are on macOS Mojave and have upgraded from a previous OS. Alfred doesn't have "fallback" icons for apps, so an icon is being returned by macOS to Alfred, but it's the incorrect default Application icon rather than the unique icon for the app. @breadncup @rocklobster As we're unable to replicate this issue, could you please try the following and report back on your results? Things to try: Switch to the Alfred Default theme, which uses smaller icon, to see whether there might be some corruption resulting in the wrong icon being provided on a theme with certain icon sizes. Drag the applications for which you have issues to your Home folder's Applications folder (temporarily), wait a moment to let macOS reindex the file in a completely new location, then type "reload" into Alfred so that the app cache is forced to refresh. Does the correct icon now appear? As I mentioned in an earlier post, if you have any sym-linking of apps, or any other non-standard setup on your Mac, please let us know as this may play an unexpected part in this. We have a theory relating to a combination of changing to the Mojave APFS (new File System), a possible change in case sensitivity during that upgrade, and a bug/corruption in the macOS metadata index, which is causing odd issues leading to you not seeing the correct icons when searching for applications. When using the Quit keyword, the information is fed from a different part of macOS, which may be slightly different (and correct) whereas the macOS metadata index isn't correct. It's very difficult for us to troubleshoot this, given we've been unable to replicate it and it only seems to affect a handful of users, so the more information you can share, the more likely we can get to the bottom of this niggling Mojave bug! Cheers, Vero Link to comment
Vero Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 @breadncup @rocklobster As well as what I've suggested above, please make sure you update to Mojave 10.14.1 when you get a moment, as one user reported the issue disappeared for him after updating to it (which could be coincidental, or could be a fix on Apple's part behind the scenes) Cheers, Vero Link to comment
DanielDD Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 (edited) Dear Vero, As I discussed here, I have the same problem with Alfred. This problem started when I updated from 10.14.0 to 10.14.1. 3 hours ago, Vero said: Things to try: Switch to the Alfred Default theme, which uses smaller icon, to see whether there might be some corruption resulting in the wrong icon being provided on a theme with certain icon sizes. Drag the applications for which you have issues to your Home folder's Applications folder (temporarily), wait a moment to let macOS reindex the file in a completely new location, then type "reload" into Alfred so that the app cache is forced to refresh. Does the correct icon now appear? As I mentioned in an earlier post, if you have any sym-linking of apps, or any other non-standard setup on your Mac, please let us know as this may play an unexpected part in this. I tried 1 and 2 and it didn't work. I have a standard Mac setup, so I guess 3. does not apply me. Cheers, Daniel Edited November 5, 2018 by DanielDD Link to comment
breadncup Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 7 hours ago, Vero said: @breadncup @rocklobster As well as what I've suggested above, please make sure you update to Mojave 10.14.1 when you get a moment, as one user reported the issue disappeared for him after updating to it (which could be coincidental, or could be a fix on Apple's part behind the scenes) Cheers, Vero @Vero, Thank you for your help, but I erase the macbook and re-install Mojave in the fresh condition. So, I'm not able to reproduce the issue anymore. If I could reproduce the issue, I will post with new thread. Thanks, Link to comment
bruno Posted November 22, 2018 Share Posted November 22, 2018 I have the same issue. I'm on a brand new MBP, 10.14.1. Link to comment
Vero Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 @bruno Is it a brand new MacBook Pro? Or did you restore from a Time Machine or other backup? It could very well be a permissions issue caused by restoring a previous backup. Cheers, Vero Link to comment
clepore Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 I am also having the same issue after I upgraded from High Sierra to Mojave (where apps that were installed before the update show the generic icon). I have noticed that some apps updated themselves and now their real icons show in the Alfred.app window. This is on my MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015). On my brand new macbook air retina, all of the icons show up as normal. Link to comment
rahult Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Same here upgraded from High Sierra to Mojave and no application icons show up in alfred. Link to comment
Vero Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 @clepore @rahult Thanks for reporting this. Out of interest, how long ago did you upgrade to Mojave? How much has your Mac been switched on/logged in since? We're still trying to get to the bottom of this; We find that either users report that the issue has resolved itself, or we don't hear back from them. As such, it's tricky to establish what's going on and what (if anything) is needed for a resolution. Our best guess is that there's a maintenance period after upgrading to Mojave where macOS feeds the default icon to Alfred instead of the actual apps' icons - which is out of our control. Could you please set a reminder to check again in a couple of days, and come back to us with whether or not the icons have come back by themselves? It'd be really helpful regardless of what's happened! Cheers, Vero Link to comment
clepore Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 (edited) I updated to Mojave about a week after it was released, around the beginning of October. That computer has only been restarted once or twice. As of today, some of the icons are still missing, but I'll try another restart and see what happens. Edited November 29, 2018 by clepore grammar/spelling Link to comment
Vero Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 @clepore Has the Mac been switched on and logged in? I'm less wondering whether restarts help, and more theorising that macOS may need some idle time to process something in the background. Let me know how you get on Cheers, Vero Link to comment
clepore Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Yeah, the upgraded mac is one I use every day for work and has been logged in/out at least once a day. Link to comment
clepore Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 Now that I'm checking this morning, it seems that most of the icons are slowly coming back, so it might be some slow, progressive script on apple's side like you think. I'm still missing a few native and third party icons, but it seems 75% of the icons have started showing up over the past week. Link to comment
bruno Posted November 29, 2018 Share Posted November 29, 2018 @Vero I have a brand new machine, did not restore, just started using it. Installed Alfred via brew cask. Link to comment
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