garyh Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 I thought this was kind of peculiar - Alfred seems to search ".service" files by default with only the essentials in the default scope (Preferences/Contacts). Do I have some strange workflow I forgot about? or am I missing something about .service files? Link to comment
Vero Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 @garyh This file type shouldn't be included in default results. The best place to start is by using the File Troubleshooter, so that you can see what metadata is being returned for that particular file: https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/indexing/ If you share it here, as well as your Default Results preferences (including any file types you've included via the "Advanced..." button in the Default Results prefs) we'll help you work out what's happening Cheers, Vero Link to comment
garyh Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share Posted March 10, 2022 Ah, what a cool feature! I didn't know this existed 😃 Check direct file metadata... ✅ Direct metadata available Display Name: gpg-agent.service Other Names: Content Type: com.apple.service-application Last Used: ----------------------------------------------------------- Check mdls file metadata... ✅ Metadata contains required items _kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions = "gpg-agent.service" kMDItemContentCreationDate = 2021-12-20 21:20:48 +0000 kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking = 2021-12-20 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2021-12-20 21:20:48 +0000 kMDItemContentModificationDate_Ranking = 2021-12-20 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemContentType = "com.apple.service-application" kMDItemContentTypeTree = ( "com.apple.service-application", "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 = 2022-03-02 16:39:00 +0000 kMDItemDateAdded_Ranking = 2022-03-02 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemDisplayName = "gpg-agent.service" kMDItemDocumentIdentifier = 0 kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2021-12-20 21:20:48 +0000 kMDItemFSCreationDate = 2021-12-20 21:20:48 +0000 kMDItemFSCreatorCode = "" kMDItemFSFinderFlags = 0 kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = (null) kMDItemFSInvisible = 0 kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 0 kMDItemFSIsStationery = (null) kMDItemFSLabel = 0 kMDItemFSName = "gpg-agent.service" kMDItemFSNodeCount = (null) kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = 80 kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = 501 kMDItemFSSize = 223 kMDItemFSTypeCode = "" kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking = 2021-12-20 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemKind = "Application" kMDItemLogicalSize = 223 kMDItemPhysicalSize = 4096 kMDItemSupportFileType = ( MDSystemFile ) It looks like Finder/macOS thinks this is an application based on "kMDItemKind"? 🤔 My default results are just "Applications, Preferences, Contacts" Link to comment
Vero Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 @garyh Can you please provide the full output from the troubleshooter? Cheers, Vero Link to comment
garyh Posted March 10, 2022 Author Share Posted March 10, 2022 6 hours ago, Vero said: @garyh Can you please provide the full output from the troubleshooter? Cheers, Vero Sure thing! Starting Diagnostics... File: 'gpg-agent.service' Path: '/usr/local/Cellar/gnupg/2.3.4/share/doc/gnupg/examples/systemd-user' ----------------------------------------------------------- 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: gpg-agent.service Other Names: Content Type: com.apple.service-application Last Used: ----------------------------------------------------------- Check mdls file metadata... ✅ Metadata contains required items _kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions = "gpg-agent.service" kMDItemContentCreationDate = 2021-12-20 21:20:48 +0000 kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking = 2021-12-20 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2021-12-20 21:20:48 +0000 kMDItemContentModificationDate_Ranking = 2021-12-20 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemContentType = "com.apple.service-application" kMDItemContentTypeTree = ( "com.apple.service-application", "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 = 2022-03-02 16:39:00 +0000 kMDItemDateAdded_Ranking = 2022-03-02 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemDisplayName = "gpg-agent.service" kMDItemDocumentIdentifier = 0 kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2021-12-20 21:20:48 +0000 kMDItemFSCreationDate = 2021-12-20 21:20:48 +0000 kMDItemFSCreatorCode = "" kMDItemFSFinderFlags = 0 kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = (null) kMDItemFSInvisible = 0 kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 0 kMDItemFSIsStationery = (null) kMDItemFSLabel = 0 kMDItemFSName = "gpg-agent.service" kMDItemFSNodeCount = (null) kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = 80 kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = 501 kMDItemFSSize = 223 kMDItemFSTypeCode = "" kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking = 2021-12-20 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemKind = "Application" kMDItemLogicalSize = 223 kMDItemPhysicalSize = 4096 kMDItemSupportFileType = ( MDSystemFile ) ----------------------------------------------------------- Check file is in search scope... ✅ File exists within Alfred's default search scope ----------------------------------------------------------- ✅ Troubleshooting passed Link to comment
Vero Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 @garyh Thanks for providing more details. I'm not familiar with .service files, are they normally considered apps in macOS? If so, what's happening is that macOS is just treating the .service files as apps (as you can see from the ContentTypeTree) and including them in your results. You have a few options: - You can exclude the single .service app by dragging it to Spotlight's Privacy tab. You should then type "reload" into Alfred to refresh the application cache and remove it - You could exclude an entire folder within Cellar if these results are not relevant and/or there are multiple .service files showing in your results. Again, clear cache after adding them to Spotlight Privacy - If .service files aren't supposed to be apps, you'll need to do a little research to work out how to correct the type Hope this helps Link to comment
garyh Posted March 11, 2022 Author Share Posted March 11, 2022 Thanks @Vero! I think these are not supposed to be Applications (they're part of homebrew packages for macOS) so I'll have to figure out something with #3 since they seem to be everywhere Link to comment
viviel Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 On 3/12/2022 at 12:34 AM, garyh said: Thanks @Vero! I think these are not supposed to be Applications (they're part of homebrew packages for macOS) so I'll have to figure out something with #3 since they seem to be everywhere Has the problem been solved? I've had this problem for a long time Link to comment
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