Hao Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Hi -- since a couple weeks ago Alfred cannot find file on my computer anymore. It can still find a few folders (e.g. typing 'd will show "Documents" in the results), but not other folders or any individual files. Please help! Link to comment
deanishe Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/indexing/ Link to comment
Hao Posted August 31, 2021 Author Share Posted August 31, 2021 Starting Diagnostics... File: 'MyTodoList' Path: '/Users/haochen/Repos' ----------------------------------------------------------- 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: MyTodoList Other Names: Content Type: public.folder Last Used: 2020-07-20 22:24:28 +0000 ----------------------------------------------------------- Check mdls file metadata... ❌ macOS metadata missing essential items kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2020-07-20 22:24:28 +0000 kMDItemFSCreationDate = 2020-07-20 22:23:43 +0000 kMDItemFSCreatorCode = "" kMDItemFSFinderFlags = 0 kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = 0 kMDItemFSInvisible = 0 kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 0 kMDItemFSIsStationery = 0 kMDItemFSLabel = 0 kMDItemFSName = "MyTodoList" kMDItemFSNodeCount = 7 kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = 20 kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = 501 kMDItemFSSize = 7 kMDItemFSTypeCode = "" ----------------------------------------------------------- ❌ Troubleshooting failed Link to comment
deanishe Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/indexing/#rebuild Link to comment
Hao Posted September 4, 2021 Author Share Posted September 4, 2021 I tried that but still doesn't work...the rebuild index button turns grey after clicking. Then nothing changes Link to comment
deanishe Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 7 hours ago, Hao said: I tried that but still doesn't work...the rebuild index button turns grey after clicking It takes several hours to rebuild the metadata index: it has to scan every file on your machine. Link to comment
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