Catalina: Can't find applications

[akivaatwood]

unless they have be launched from the applications folder first

 

Once I launch an app from the folder Alfred will know about it.

 

Catalina 10.15.1

 

Alfred 4.0.5

Edited November 2, 2019 by akivaatwood

[akivaatwood]

Turning off SIP solved the problem

 

Not an optimal solution though

Edited November 4, 2019 by akivaatwood

[vitor]

Welcome @akivaatwood,

 

Have you tried the troubleshooting steps?

 

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• First, ensure you're using Alfred 4.0.4+
• Next, go to Features > Default Results > Search Scope and click "Reset" to refresh the search scope.
• Finally, type "reload" into Alfred to refresh the application cache

 

[sfdukester]

I have tried all of these options - nothing works - only thing that I can get to show up in Alfred (using build 1124 v 4.0.6) are contacts.    Even when I type in Calculator or Dictionary they don't show up.    I have reset/reloaded several times and nothing.     This is one of the functionalities I like in Alfred and would like to know how to resolve. 

Edited November 16, 2019 by sfdukester
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[Vero]

@sfdukester Have you rebuilt your Mac's index by going to Alfred's Advanced preferences > Rebuild macOS Metadata?

 

Once that process completes (it can take up to an hour), type "reload" into Alfred to refresh the application cache.

 

Cheers,
Vero

[sfdukester]

@vero  Thanks - however when I try this - the iTerm session, after putting in my password, I get the following:

 

Requesting metadata reindex...

 

/:

Error: Index is already changing state.  Please try again in a moment.

 

You can see the progress of the reindexing by performing a search in Spotlight

 

Press any key to finish...

 

[sfdukester]

@VeroI did an uninstall and fresh install of Alfred4 with no resolution.    I ran the Re-index and now I'm getting this error:

 

Error: unable to perform operation.  (-400)

Error: unknown indexing state.

 

 

PLEASE help me get this resolved.

Edited November 19, 2019 by sfdukester

[Andrew]

@sfdukester this error is coming from macOS, not Alfred (More specifically, coming from the macOS Metadata Server). I've had a quick look on Google for the -400 error and it leads me to this page:

 

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/368054/spotlight-doesnt-show-applications

 

The top response on that page is a more thorough version of what Alfred's script is doing anyway, so should likely help you out!

 

Cheers,

Andrew