Files do not appear when entering correct file names

[wangyijie]

Dear Alfred Team,

 

Hello, first of all, thanks for delivering the brand new Alfred 4! Well, I've been experiencing quite a weird problem since Alfred 3, which still exists in Alfred 4.

Now I have a folder which contains audio files with names as 'II-01', 'II-02', etc.

 

 

When I enter 'II' or 'ii' in file search mode, the files appear as expected.

 

 

What's strange is, when I add the '-', which follows the 'II' in the file names, all files in the list disappear, as if there's no matching in the whole computer; the only exception being 'II-01' — it always shows.

 

 

However, if I enter '-' with a number instead of 'II-' with a number, they will appear as usual.

 

 

Please look into it, thank you!

Edited June 5, 2019 by wangyijie

[wangyijie]

Sorry I mistakenly posted the bug issues here but don’t know how to move it to Bug Report thread

[deanishe]

@wangyijie No problem. I’ll move it for you.

[Andrew]

@wangyijie The files should be found. To make sure, I created a folder on my desktop, created some files with those names, and Alfred finds them fine typing 'ii-

 

The first thing to try is a full reindex, take a look at step 4 of the troubleshooting guide:

https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/indexing/

 

I'm moving this thread to Discussion and help. @ me in your reply  

 

Cheers,

Andrew

[wangyijie]

@Andrew Hello Andrew, thanks for the help. OK I tried the same thing with Spotlight and got the same result, so it seems that the problem lies with Spotlight. Then I tried re-indexing but the problem stays. Now I'm sure the problem doesn't come from Alfred but Spotlight; but do you have any suggestions about that? 

[wangyijie]

@deanishe Thanks for the help, deanishe

[Andrew]

@wangyijie Try copying a couple of those files to the desktop, waiting a few moments, and seeing if they are found.

[wangyijie]

@Andrew 

 

I tried:

1) copying the whole folder to the desktop,

2) changing the folder name from Chinese to English,

3) changing changing the number in the file name,

but the problem remains.

 

However, when I tried deleting 'II' from a file name, the file was instantly found. So it's got to be something with the 'II' ...

 

[wangyijie]

@Andrew

 

Some updates:

 

I tried creating a new folder on the desktop then copying a couple of files (from the original folder) into it, they all showed up in Spotlight and Alfred. Once I tried copying all the files (only the files, not the folder) into the new folder and replacing the previously mentioned files, the problem came back.

 

I'm sorry to bother you with Spotlight questions but this is really frustrating ...

Edited June 6, 2019 by vitor
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