Chris Alvin Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Hi all, I have been using Alfred 4.1 Build 1167. Since I updated to macOS Big Sur Public Beta (20A5343j), some previous-installed apps are not appearing in search results. These apps CAN be opened from launchpad, or searched with spotlight. I also tried clearing application cache, rebuilding macOS Metadata, gave it some time and "reload". Still nothing unfortunately. However, if I individually re-install these apps (replacing from the Applications folder works as well), they then appear in the search results. Any ideas? Thanks a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vero Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 @Chris Alvin Welcome to the forum. If you're using Alfred 4.1, go to Alfred's preferences > Help > Troubleshooting and run the File Search Troubleshooting, dragging in some of the files you can't locate. This will give you more information on whether the metadata for these files is complete, and if they're correctly included in Alfred's index. Share some of the results from the apps that aren't found and we'll take a look. Cheers, Vero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Alvin Posted August 15, 2020 Author Share Posted August 15, 2020 @Vero Hi thanks for the prompt reply! One of the apps missing from search is Microsoft Word. I navigated into the Applications folder and dropped it into the troubleshooter as you mentioned. Here are the results: Quote Starting Diagnostics... File: 'Microsoft Word.app' Path: '/Applications' ----------------------------------------------------------- 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 available Display Name: Microsoft Word Other Names: Microsoft Word.app Content Type: com.apple.application-bundle Last Used: 2020-08-12 08:41:28 +0000 ----------------------------------------------------------- Check mdls file metadata... ✅ Metadata contains required items _kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions = "Microsoft Word.app" kMDItemAlternateNames = ( "Microsoft Word.app" ) kMDItemAppStoreCategory = "Productivity" kMDItemAppStoreCategoryType = "public.app-category.productivity" kMDItemCFBundleIdentifier = "com.microsoft.Word" kMDItemContentCreationDate = 2020-06-15 07:00:00 +0000 kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking = 2020-06-15 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2020-08-12 08:38:29 +0000 kMDItemContentModificationDate_Ranking = 2020-08-12 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" ) kMDItemCopyright = "© 2020 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved." kMDItemDateAdded = 2020-08-14 12:28:30 +0000 kMDItemDateAdded_Ranking = 2020-08-14 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemDisplayName = "Microsoft Word" kMDItemDocumentIdentifier = 0 kMDItemExecutableArchitectures = ( "x86_64" ) kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2020-08-12 08:38:29 +0000 kMDItemFSCreationDate = 2020-06-15 07:00:00 +0000 kMDItemFSCreatorCode = "" kMDItemFSFinderFlags = 0 kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = (null) kMDItemFSInvisible = 0 kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 1 kMDItemFSIsStationery = (null) kMDItemFSLabel = 0 kMDItemFSName = "Microsoft Word.app" kMDItemFSNodeCount = 1 kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = 0 kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = 0 kMDItemFSSize = 1975133015 kMDItemFSTypeCode = "" kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking = 2020-08-12 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemKind = "Application" kMDItemLastUsedDate = 2020-08-12 08:41:28 +0000 kMDItemLastUsedDate_Ranking = 2020-08-12 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemLogicalSize = 1975133015 kMDItemPhysicalSize = 2108661760 kMDItemUseCount = 1 kMDItemUsedDates = ( "2020-08-11 16:00:00 +0000" ) kMDItemVersion = "16.40" ----------------------------------------------------------- ✅ Troubleshooting passed Looks fine to me, would you mind take a look as well? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightmann Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 My Alfred has the same issue. Some files can not be searched (but spotlight works). When I duplicate them (in the same folder), the copy can be researched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Ball Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 I also have this issue. Alfred finds some apps but not others and doesn't find any files. For the applications that can't be found it appears to be missing metadata: Starting Diagnostics... File: 'dosbox.app' Path: '/Applications' ----------------------------------------------------------- Check file cache database... ✅ File cache integrity is ok ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if file is readable... ✅ Alfred has permissions to read this file. ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if volume '/' is indexed by macOS... ✅ Indexing is enabled on this drive ----------------------------------------------------------- Check direct file metadata... ✅ Direct metadata available Display Name: DOSBox Other Names: Content Type: com.apple.application-bundle Last Used: 2020-03-12 11:31:29 +0000 ----------------------------------------------------------- Check mdls file metadata... ❌ macOS metadata missing essential items kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2020-03-12 11:31:29 +0000 kMDItemFSCreationDate = 2020-03-12 11:31:29 +0000 kMDItemFSCreatorCode = "" kMDItemFSFinderFlags = 0 kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = 0 kMDItemFSInvisible = 0 kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 0 kMDItemFSIsStationery = 0 kMDItemFSLabel = 0 kMDItemFSName = "dosbox.app" kMDItemFSNodeCount = 1 kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = 20 kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = 501 kMDItemFSSize = 1 kMDItemFSTypeCode = "" ----------------------------------------------------------- ❌ Troubleshooting failed Another with the same: Starting Diagnostics... File: 'Google Chrome.app' Path: '/Applications' ----------------------------------------------------------- Check file cache database... ✅ File cache integrity is ok ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if file is readable... ✅ Alfred has permissions to read this file. ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if volume '/' is indexed by macOS... ✅ Indexing is enabled on this drive ----------------------------------------------------------- Check direct file metadata... ✅ Direct metadata available Display Name: Google Chrome Other Names: Content Type: com.apple.application-bundle Last Used: 2021-02-26 10:35:22 +0000 ----------------------------------------------------------- Check mdls file metadata... ❌ macOS metadata missing essential items kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2021-02-26 10:35:22 +0000 kMDItemFSCreationDate = 2019-12-14 03:29:08 +0000 kMDItemFSCreatorCode = "" kMDItemFSFinderFlags = 1024 kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = 1 kMDItemFSInvisible = 0 kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 0 kMDItemFSIsStationery = 0 kMDItemFSLabel = 0 kMDItemFSName = "Google Chrome.app" kMDItemFSNodeCount = 2 kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = 0 kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = 0 kMDItemFSSize = 2 kMDItemFSTypeCode = "" ----------------------------------------------------------- ❌ Troubleshooting failed Slightly different for file (rather than application): Starting Diagnostics... File: 'Change of contact details.gsheet' Path: '/Users/steve/Google Drive' ----------------------------------------------------------- Check file cache database... ✅ File cache integrity is ok ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if file is readable... ✅ Alfred has permissions to read this file. ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if volume '/' is indexed by macOS... ✅ Indexing is enabled on this drive ----------------------------------------------------------- Check direct file metadata... ⚠️ Direct metadata available, but content type may be incorrect Display Name: Change of contact details.gsheet Other Names: Content Type: dyn.ah62d4rv4ge80s65kqzw1k Last Used: 2021-01-27 07:16:14 +0000 ----------------------------------------------------------- Check mdls file metadata... ❌ macOS metadata missing essential items kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2021-01-27 07:16:14 +0000 kMDItemFSCreationDate = 2021-01-27 07:16:14 +0000 kMDItemFSCreatorCode = "" kMDItemFSFinderFlags = 0 kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = 0 kMDItemFSInvisible = 0 kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 0 kMDItemFSIsStationery = 0 kMDItemFSLabel = 0 kMDItemFSName = "Change of contact details.gsheet" kMDItemFSNodeCount = 176 kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = 20 kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = 501 kMDItemFSSize = 176 kMDItemFSTypeCode = "" ----------------------------------------------------------- ❌ Troubleshooting failed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vero Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 @Steve Ball Once you've established that the metadata is missing, you can follow the steps in the troubleshooting guide: https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/indexing/#troubleshooting Most likely, once you've reindexed your Mac by carefully following step 5, your files should be found. Cheers, Vero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Ball Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Hi Vero, thanks for that. I have followed the steps carefully, including doing an alfred 'reload' about rebuilding the indices but I have the same issue. Are there further troubleshooting steps I can take? Thanks, Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vero Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 @Steve Ball Given you've asked the same question by email, please follow the instructions I've provided in my email as I don't wish to duplicate support queries. Let us know how you get on. Cheers, Vero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vero Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Thread update: Rebuilding the index eventually resolved the latest user's issue. Always follow the steps here in details, including granting Terminal Full Disk Access first: https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/indexing/#rebuild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Ball Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 (edited) [Admin note: We do not recommend blindly running commands found on the internet. Make sure that you understand the commands you're running and the impact they can have on your Mac.] I followed the instructions around rebuilding the index without luck. Vero helped diagnose that it was the underlying Spotlight indexing that was at fault and that while my Spotlight searches were broken Alfred was going to have the same issues. I googled for "fix broken spotlight" and basically tried every suggestion I could find. One of them worked after also rebooting. The commands I tried: sudo mdutil -E / sudo /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -kill -seed -lint -r -f -v -dump -domain local -domain system -domain user -domain network killing SystemUIServer via Activity Monitor rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.Spotlight.plist sudo mdutil -i on / Checking that /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.Spotlight.plist and /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist were present and uncorrupted sudo mdutil -Ea sudo mdutil -ai off sudo mdutil -ai on Edited March 3, 2021 by Vero Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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