Alfred search on network volume not working, though Spotlight is

[dirtrider]

I have a Synology share mounted on my Mac. I enabled a Spotlight index via

mdutil -i on /Volumes/filecabinet/

Spotlight searches are now working as expected on that volume, but Alfred searches are not. I am using a file filter workflow for searching document contents. I am pretty certain the workflow is configured properly, because if I temporarily add a local volume to the Scope, I get the search results I expect. The "in" built-in search method is also not working on this volume.

 

I figured this was a Catalina incompatibility with Alfred 3.x, so I upgraded my Alfred and Powerpack -- still no dice.

 

Any ideas on this?

 

Catalina 10.15.2

Alfred 4.0.7

[vitor]

Welcome @dirtrider,

 

Have you tried the troubleshooting steps?

Edited January 2, 2020 by vitor

[dirtrider]

Thanks @vitor. I had not seen that guide and the Catalina troubleshooting doc it links to, but, yeah, I had tried all of those steps.

 

Spotlight works fine on the target volume. Alfred searches work as expected on local volume.

 

Any help appreciated.

[dirtrider]

Any ideas on this?

Can anyone confirm that full text search within files on remote mounts works?

[dp_ucsd]

I have this same problem.  Files on local drives found by Spotlight and Alfred.  But files on mounted drives are found by Spotlight but *NOT* Alfred.  

 

Already tried the Troubleshooting as recommended above by Vitor.

 

macOS 10.15.5

Alfred 4.0.9 

[Vero]

@dp_ucsd Could you please update to Alfred 4.1, go to Help > Troubleshooting > Run Troubleshooting, and drag in a few files from your mounted drive?

 

Please paste the output here so that we can take a look at what might be missing for Alfred to search your mounted drive.

 

Cheers,
Vero

[dp_ucsd]

Where/how do I update to 4.1?  Within the app, "Check for updates" says "You are already using Alfred 4.0.9 [1144]" and merely shows the Change log regarding previous versions.  If I go to alfredapp.com and choose "Download Alfred 4", it downloads Alfred_4.0.9_1144.dmg, which by the filename I assume is still that same version.

[vitor]

1 minute ago, dp_ucsd said:

Where/how do I update to 4.1?

 

There’s a dropdown on the bottom of the Updates tab in Alfred Preferences. Change it from updates to pre-releases.

[dp_ucsd]

here is the Troubleshooting output:

 

Starting Diagnostics...

File: 'pathways.png'
Path: '/Users/dap/from MBP/awip/BG circuits'

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check file cache database...

✅ File cache integrity is ok

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check if file is readable...

✅ Alfred has permissions to read this file.

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check file is in search scope...

✅ File exists within Alfred's default search scope

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check if volume '/' is indexed by macOS...

✅ Indexing is enabled on this drive

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check direct file metadata...

⚠️ Direct metadata is missing, this file is likely not indexed

Display Name: 
 Other Names: 
Content Type: 
   Last Used: 

-----------------------------------------------------------

Check mdls file metadata...

❌ Metadata missing essential items

-----------------------------------------------------------

❌ Troubleshooting failed
 

[dp_ucsd]

(and, BTW, the Search Scope includes '~/from MBP/awip')

[thirstylizard]

there is an ongoing discussion on the Alfred forum here but I did not see any solution

 

I just experience the same issue on Synology NAS (DS 918+). I am running Monterey 12.1 on M1 Mac Mini and Alfred 4.6.1. I believe the macOS , Alfred and DSM of Synology are all most up to date but not on beta. 

 

I have included the screenshots showing Alfred and Spotlight search result as well as the Alfred troubleshooting result plus metadata of the file (just an example)

[vitor]

Welcome @thirstylizard,

 

Making a duplicate post lowers the chance of fixing your issue because the people going through it might not see it. Please keep posts focused. I’ll merge the threads.