solved [SOLVED] Unable to locate apps using Alfred

[Lidarius]

I just upgraded to Alfred 4 and installed it then uninstalled Alfred 3. I am unable to find my applications folder. I had read through some other previous issues reported back in October and I was able to fix the issue by adding system/volumes but read that this was not the right solution so I removed that. Here is the default search scope and a copy of the metadata for the particular app I am looking for. 

 

/Applications/Anaconda-Navigator.app

Internal File Metadata
======================

 Display Name: Anaconda-Navigator
    Alt Names: Anaconda-Navigator.app
    File Type: com.apple.application-bundle
     Comments: 
     Keywords: 
    Last Used: 2019-12-29 18:31:47 +0000

Raw mdls File Metadata
======================

_kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions      = "Anaconda-Navigator.app"
_kMDItemEngagementData                 = {length = 13, bytes = 0x090000004069dbc14100020101}
_kMDItemRenderData                     = {length = 11, bytes = 0x090000000012dcc1410016}
kMDItemAlternateNames                  = (
    "Anaconda-Navigator.app"
)
kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier              = "com.anaconda.io"
kMDItemContentCreationDate             = 2019-12-23 00:37:48 +0000
kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking     = 2019-12-23 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemContentModificationDate         = 2019-12-23 00:37:48 +0000
kMDItemContentModificationDate_Ranking = 2019-12-23 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemContentType                     = "com.apple.application-bundle"
kMDItemContentTypeTree                 = (
    "com.apple.application-bundle",
    "com.apple.application",
    "public.executable",
    "com.apple.localizable-name-bundle",
    "com.apple.bundle",
    "public.directory",
    "public.item",
    "com.apple.package"
)
kMDItemDateAdded                       = 2019-12-23 00:37:48 +0000
kMDItemDateAdded_Ranking               = 2019-12-23 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemDisplayName                     = "Anaconda-Navigator"
kMDItemDocumentIdentifier              = 0
kMDItemFSContentChangeDate             = 2019-12-23 00:37:48 +0000
kMDItemFSCreationDate                  = 2019-12-23 00:37:48 +0000
kMDItemFSCreatorCode                   = ""
kMDItemFSFinderFlags                   = 0
kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon                 = (null)
kMDItemFSInvisible                     = 0
kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden             = 1
kMDItemFSIsStationery                  = (null)
kMDItemFSLabel                         = 0
kMDItemFSName                          = "Anaconda-Navigator.app"
kMDItemFSNodeCount                     = 1
kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID                  = 20
kMDItemFSOwnerUserID                   = 501
kMDItemFSSize                          = 289168
kMDItemFSTypeCode                      = ""
kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking         = 2019-12-29 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemKind                            = "Application"
kMDItemLastUsedDate                    = 2019-12-29 18:31:47 +0000
kMDItemLastUsedDate_Ranking            = 2019-12-29 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemLogicalSize                     = 289168
kMDItemPhysicalSize                    = 299008
kMDItemSupportFileType                 = (
    MDSystemFile
)
kMDItemUseCount                        = 7
kMDItemUsedDates                       = (
    "2019-12-28 06:00:00 +0000",
    "2019-12-29 06:00:00 +0000"
)
 

Edited December 29, 2019 by Lidarius

[Lidarius]

I just noticed that this is a shortcut to the application. When I search for others applications it is fine but not for this one application. here is the correct metadata

 

/usr/local/anaconda3/Anaconda-Navigator.app

Internal File Metadata
======================

 Display Name: Anaconda-Navigator
    Alt Names: Anaconda-Navigator.app
    File Type: com.apple.application-bundle
     Comments: 
     Keywords: 
    Last Used: 2019-12-29 18:31:47 +0000

Raw mdls File Metadata
======================

_kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions      = "Anaconda-Navigator.app"
_kMDItemEngagementData                 = {length = 13, bytes = 0x090000004069dbc14100020101}
_kMDItemRenderData                     = {length = 11, bytes = 0x090000000012dcc1410016}
kMDItemAlternateNames                  = (
    "Anaconda-Navigator.app"
)
kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier              = "com.anaconda.io"
kMDItemContentCreationDate             = 2019-12-23 00:37:48 +0000
kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking     = 2019-12-23 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemContentModificationDate         = 2019-12-23 00:37:48 +0000
kMDItemContentModificationDate_Ranking = 2019-12-23 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemContentType                     = "com.apple.application-bundle"
kMDItemContentTypeTree                 = (
    "com.apple.application-bundle",
    "com.apple.application",
    "public.executable",
    "com.apple.localizable-name-bundle",
    "com.apple.bundle",
    "public.directory",
    "public.item",
    "com.apple.package"
)
kMDItemDateAdded                       = 2019-12-23 00:37:48 +0000
kMDItemDateAdded_Ranking               = 2019-12-23 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemDisplayName                     = "Anaconda-Navigator"
kMDItemDocumentIdentifier              = 0
kMDItemFSContentChangeDate             = 2019-12-23 00:37:48 +0000
kMDItemFSCreationDate                  = 2019-12-23 00:37:48 +0000
kMDItemFSCreatorCode                   = ""
kMDItemFSFinderFlags                   = 0
kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon                 = (null)
kMDItemFSInvisible                     = 0
kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden             = 1
kMDItemFSIsStationery                  = (null)
kMDItemFSLabel                         = 0
kMDItemFSName                          = "Anaconda-Navigator.app"
kMDItemFSNodeCount                     = 1
kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID                  = 20
kMDItemFSOwnerUserID                   = 501
kMDItemFSSize                          = 289168
kMDItemFSTypeCode                      = ""
kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking         = 2019-12-29 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemKind                            = "Application"
kMDItemLastUsedDate                    = 2019-12-29 18:31:47 +0000
kMDItemLastUsedDate_Ranking            = 2019-12-29 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemLogicalSize                     = 289168
kMDItemPhysicalSize                    = 299008
kMDItemSupportFileType                 = (
    MDSystemFile
)
kMDItemUseCount                        = 7
kMDItemUsedDates                       = (
    "2019-12-28 06:00:00 +0000",
    "2019-12-29 06:00:00 +0000"
)
 

[Lidarius]

SOLVED by adding the following to my search scope

 

/user/local/anaconda3

 

I am assuming since this was a cask install using Home-brew Alfred was unable to locate this one file. 

[vitor]

20 hours ago, Lidarius said:

I am assuming since this was a cask install using Home-brew Alfred was unable to locate this one file. 

 

The anaconda cask installs to HOMEBREW_PREFIX, which is (by default) /usr/local; Alfred’s default search scope has HOMEBREW_CELLAR, which is (again, by default) /usr/local/Cellar.

Alfred does find most cask installs, but that’s because most of those install (once again, by default) to /Applications. In practice it’s more complex than that because casks can install much more than apps, but that’s the general idea.