Vero Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 5 hours ago, wei said: I used time machine transferred macbook pro m1 monterar 12.1 If you transferred your files using Migration Assistant, you'll be encountering the Monterey bug described here. Please take a look at step 2 and update your search scope according to this: https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/indexing/monterey If you need further help, please provide all of the information outlined at the bottom of the Indexing page, as you currently haven't provided enough information about your individual setup for us to be able to help you. Link to comment
wei Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 I've tried all steps your links said, but still not work the trouble shooting result as below: Starting Diagnostics... File: '忠勇二街看板(outline).ai' Path: '/Users/taiwankiss/Documents/WEI/USPACE/停車場看板' ----------------------------------------------------------- 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: 忠勇二街看板(outline).ai Other Names: Content Type: com.adobe.illustrator.ai-image Last Used: 2022-02-12 03:45:24 +0000 ----------------------------------------------------------- Check mdls file metadata... ✅ Metadata contains required items _kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions = "忠勇二街看板(outline).ai" kMDItemContentCreationDate = 2022-02-10 16:26:33 +0000 kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking = 2022-02-10 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2022-02-10 16:26:33 +0000 kMDItemContentModificationDate_Ranking = 2022-02-10 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemContentType = "com.adobe.illustrator.ai-image" kMDItemContentTypeTree = ( "com.adobe.illustrator.ai-image", "public.image", "public.data", "public.item", "public.content" ) kMDItemDateAdded = 2022-02-10 16:26:33 +0000 kMDItemDateAdded_Ranking = 2022-02-10 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemDisplayName = "忠勇二街看板(outline).ai" kMDItemDocumentIdentifier = 0 kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2022-02-10 16:26:33 +0000 kMDItemFSCreationDate = 2022-02-10 16:26:33 +0000 kMDItemFSCreatorCode = "ART5" kMDItemFSFinderFlags = 0 kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = 0 kMDItemFSInvisible = 0 kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 0 kMDItemFSIsStationery = 0 kMDItemFSLabel = 0 kMDItemFSName = "忠勇二街看板(outline).ai" kMDItemFSNodeCount = 5877028 kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = 20 kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = 501 kMDItemFSSize = 5877028 kMDItemFSTypeCode = "PDF " kMDItemHasAlphaChannel = 0 kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking = 2022-02-12 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemKind = "Adobe Illustrator文件" kMDItemLastUsedDate = 2022-02-12 03:45:24 +0000 kMDItemLastUsedDate_Ranking = 2022-02-12 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemLogicalSize = 5877028 kMDItemOrientation = 0 kMDItemPhysicalSize = 5877760 kMDItemPixelCount = 0 kMDItemUseCount = 1 kMDItemUsedDates = ( "2022-02-11 16:00:00 +0000" ) ----------------------------------------------------------- Check file is in search scope... ✅ File exists within Alfred's default search scope ----------------------------------------------------------- ✅ Troubleshooting passed Link to comment
wei Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 (edited) I've found it's not the problem of alfred, my finder couldn't search file ,too.... after I follow the step as this link, the problem has been solvedhttps://macreports.com/monterey-mail-search-not-working-how-to-fix/ thanks !! Edited February 15, 2022 by wei Link to comment
Keridait Posted February 15, 2022 Share Posted February 15, 2022 I am not sure if I am having this issue, since I didn't migrate and I am using Alfred for my very first time. The thing is file search didn't throw any result, and after looking at this thread, one post said to uncheck Folders in Home in Search Scope, and instead to manually add the home folder to folder list. This did the trick, and it is a good workaround. But my OCD makes me to be a bit uncomfortable with this. Will reindexing fix this? Thank you very much! Link to comment
Charlie Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Hi, I have the same issue here. Just migrated from an Intel Mac to a M1. Alfred couldn't find files and folders enclosed in my Desktop folder. Spotlight works fine and the troubleshooting of Alfred passed. Link to comment
Vero Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 6 hours ago, Charlie said: I have the same issue here @Charlie Welcome to the forum. Have you read the posts above for the solution? Take a look at this thread and follow Step 2 to widen your search scope: https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/indexing/monterey This works around the bug in Apple's Migration Assistant in macOS Monterey. Cheers, Vero Link to comment
gingerbeardman Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 (edited) This has affected me also, migrating from an Intel Mac mini to M1 MBP. Troubleshooting passed all green ticks: https://pastebin.com/raw/TnsWG2mi Widening the scope works. Is it recommended to leave that in place? It's not a great experience as it returns way to many matches. I did a deep reindex just for kicks, will see what it's like once it has finished. Edited June 9, 2022 by gingerbeardman Link to comment
gingerbeardman Posted June 9, 2022 Share Posted June 9, 2022 Just checking back in here... My deep reindex took a very long time, most of the working day. But after that everything is working as expected. I no longer need to use / to widen the scope, and instead use the default scope folders. Link to comment
JohnK_SF Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Thanks to this article I was able to fix the issues with searching for files on external volumes, however, there are some specifics and other steps I had to accomplish to get everything to work and show metadata as expected. Here are the steps I had to go through as a final fix. NOTE: My issue was specifically for volumes created with OWC SoftRAID where I was unable to search for files either in Finder or Alfred and none of the metadata would show up in the preview window in Finder. This kept applications like Final Cut Pro from being able to sort on metadata fields. 1. Run the Validate utility on all SoftRAID volumes. 2. Use Disk Utility to run the Repair option. This step gave me an error prior to running the Validate step. 3. Run the Alfred script for search issues. NOTE: This does NOT delete the Spotlight indexes on removable media for some reason. 4. Add the SoftRAID volumes to the Spotlight Privacy tab and let the mds_stores process finish (>1hr on a 12TB volume) 5. Remove the SoftRAID volumes from the Spotlight Privacy tab and let the mds_stores process finish (>1hr on a 12TB volume) 6. Add the /Volume path to the Alfred search list. Running the search test previously gave an error of the path missing. 7. Confirm search results for a specific file on the SoftRAID volume along with visible metadata. Issue solved. Link to comment
rdj Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 On 11/4/2021 at 11:06 AM, rdj said: Both my old and new Macs were 12.0.1 Apple Silicon. Well, I got a new MacBook, and here I find myself again. Stuff in my home folder shows up in Spotlight. If I set my search scope to '/' in Alfred, it can find it. But if I have search scopes in either the general settings or if I use a workflow that applies a search scope, suddenly no files in my home folder can be found. If I make the scope /Users, things in /Users/Shared can be found, and my user folder itself can be found, but things inside my user folder cannot be found. I used macOS Migration Assistant on macOS Ventura 13.4 It looks like last time, the solution involved some combination of patience, creating a new user, and reindexing, so I guess that's what I will try. Would be great if Alfred could detect this condition and suggest a fix or something. It's a very frustrating set of seemingly contradictory behaviors. Link to comment
rdj Posted June 16, 2023 Share Posted June 16, 2023 19 hours ago, rdj said: reindexing What eventually worked for me this time was Alfred Settings > Advanced > Build macOS Metadata > Delete .Spotlight-V100 Folder > Reboot. Link to comment
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