AllanN Posted October 27, 2022 Share Posted October 27, 2022 @Vero That worked! See my screenshot of my find and the output from the troubleshoot on the same file that I posted about last. Starting Diagnostics... File: 'ALFRED TEST SCREEN.png' Path: '/Users/allannygren/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/ALFRED TEST' ----------------------------------------------------------- Check file cache database... ✅ File cache integrity is ok ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if file is readable... ✅ Alfred has permissions to read this file. Unix Permissions: 420 Underlying Type: NSFileTypeRegular Extended Attributes: ( "com.apple.macl", "com.apple.metadata:kMDItemIsScreenCapture", "com.apple.metadata:kMDItemScreenCaptureGlobalRect", "com.apple.metadata:kMDItemScreenCaptureType", "com.dropbox.attributes:screenshot", "com.dropbox.attrs" ) ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if volume '/' is indexed by macOS... ✅ Indexing is enabled on this drive ----------------------------------------------------------- Check direct file metadata... ✅ Direct metadata available Display Name: ALFRED TEST SCREEN Other Names: ALFRED TEST SCREEN.png Content Type: public.png Last Used: 2022-10-20 15:47:51 +0000 ----------------------------------------------------------- Check mdls file metadata... ✅ Metadata contains required items _kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions = "ALFRED TEST SCREEN.png" kMDItemAlternateNames = ( "ALFRED TEST SCREEN.png" ) kMDItemBitsPerSample = 32 kMDItemColorSpace = "RGB" kMDItemComment = "Screenshot" kMDItemContentCreationDate = 2022-10-20 15:47:51 +0000 kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking = 2022-10-20 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2022-10-20 15:47:51 +0000 kMDItemContentType = "public.png" kMDItemContentTypeTree = ( "public.png", "public.image", "public.data", "public.item", "public.content" ) kMDItemDateAdded = 2022-10-21 17:40:33 +0000 kMDItemDisplayName = "ALFRED TEST SCREEN" kMDItemDocumentIdentifier = 154392 kMDItemFileItemID = "__fp/MWRlZDBiZjItMzdhZS00ZTJkLWIyMmEtNzVmODJjZTM2N2Vh/__fp/fs/docID(154392)" kMDItemFilename = "ALFRED TEST SCREEN.png" kMDItemFileProviderID = "com.getdropbox.dropbox.fileprovider" kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2022-10-20 15:47:51 +0000 kMDItemFSCreationDate = 2022-10-20 15:47:51 +0000 kMDItemFSCreatorCode = "" kMDItemFSFinderFlags = 16 kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = (null) kMDItemFSInvisible = 0 kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 1 kMDItemFSIsStationery = (null) kMDItemFSLabel = 0 kMDItemFSName = "ALFRED TEST SCREEN.png" kMDItemFSNodeCount = (null) kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = 20 kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = 501 kMDItemFSSize = 148091 kMDItemFSTypeCode = "" kMDItemHasAlphaChannel = 1 kMDItemImageIsScreenshot = 1 kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking = 2022-10-20 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemIsDownloading = 0 kMDItemIsScreenCapture = 1 kMDItemIsShared = 0 kMDItemIsUploaded = 0 kMDItemIsUploading = 1 kMDItemKind = "PNG image" kMDItemLastUsedDate = 2022-10-20 15:47:51 +0000 kMDItemLastUsedDate_Ranking = 2022-10-20 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemLogicalSize = 148091 kMDItemOrientation = 1 kMDItemPhysicalSize = 151552 kMDItemPixelCount = 860848 kMDItemPixelHeight = 1384 kMDItemPixelWidth = 622 kMDItemProfileName = "LG HDR 4K" kMDItemResolutionHeightDPI = 144 kMDItemResolutionWidthDPI = 144 kMDItemScreenCaptureGlobalRect = ( 2675, 133, 311, 692 ) kMDItemScreenCaptureType = "selection" kMDItemUseCount = 2 kMDItemUsedDates = ( "2022-10-20 06:00:00 +0000" ) kMDItemUserOwned = 0 ----------------------------------------------------------- Check file is in search scope... ✅ File exists within Alfred's default search scope ----------------------------------------------------------- Check MDQuery file search... ✅ macOS returned a match for this file in your search scope File Search Results for search scope ( "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users/allannygren/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/ALFRED TEST/ALFRED TEST SCREEN.png" ) File Search Results for ~/ ( "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users/USERNAME/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/ALFRED TEST/ALFRED TEST SCREEN.png" ) File Search Results for / ( "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users/USERNAME/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/ALFRED TEST/ALFRED TEST SCREEN.png" ) ----------------------------------------------------------- ✅ Troubleshooting passed Link to comment
Vero Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 Thank you to those who've been able to give us additional information so far. We've put a new Alfred 5.0.4 b2093 out a few moments ago, which includes an easier way to reset your Search Scope to a pre-defined scope. For users where Alfred's Default search scope isn't returning the expected files, please click the "Reset..." button in Features > Default Results and select "Reset to Applications and Home". If this doesn't work, try the "Reset to Full Disk" scope. @AllanN Could you please set your scope to "Reset to Applications and Home" and let me know whether you're seeing the results you expect? Thanks for your help! Alan He 1 Link to comment
Softov Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 With my Alfred 4 the resetting didn't work, but clearing the list and dragging in the HD did the trick. Thanks! Link to comment
swiss-mike Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 @Vero with the new version, after moving the Dropbox files, the standard search scope does NOT find them, the "Reset to Apps and Home" DOES find them Thanks for following up - not sure if other users will know where to look when they lose their files, but at least you are providing an easy fix Appreciate the help and speed of reactivity Link to comment
lobodpav Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 (edited) @Vero Updated to 5.0.4 [20930]. With Alfred Reset to either Full Disk or Application and Home, I can find files within Dropbox. With Alfred Reset to Alfred Defaults, I CANNOT find files within Dropbox. This is the successful diagnostics: Starting Diagnostics... File: 'Test.md' Path: '/Users/pavel/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox' ----------------------------------------------------------- Check file cache database... ✅ File cache integrity is ok ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if file is readable... ✅ Alfred has permissions to read this file. Unix Permissions: 420 Underlying Type: NSFileTypeRegular Extended Attributes: ( "com.dropbox.attrs" ) ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if volume '/' is indexed by macOS... ✅ Indexing is enabled on this drive ----------------------------------------------------------- Check direct file metadata... ✅ Direct metadata available Display Name: Test.md Other Names: Content Type: net.daringfireball.markdown Last Used: ----------------------------------------------------------- Check mdls file metadata... ✅ Metadata contains required items _kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions = "Test.md" kMDItemContentCreationDate = 2022-10-27 08:21:46 +0000 kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking = 2022-10-27 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2022-10-27 08:21:46 +0000 kMDItemContentType = "net.daringfireball.markdown" kMDItemContentTypeTree = ( "net.daringfireball.markdown", "public.plain-text", "public.text", "public.data", "public.item", "public.content" ) kMDItemDateAdded = 2022-10-28 13:51:11 +0000 kMDItemDisplayName = "Test.md" kMDItemDocumentIdentifier = 49730 kMDItemFileItemID = "__fp/YWQ0OGVkZDYtZGIwYS00MTBkLTk3NjMtZjY0NjYzMzVkMGFm/__fp/fs/docID(49730)" kMDItemFilename = "Test.md" kMDItemFileProviderID = "com.getdropbox.dropbox.fileprovider" kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2022-10-27 08:21:46 +0000 kMDItemFSCreationDate = 2022-10-27 08:21:46 +0000 kMDItemFSCreatorCode = "" kMDItemFSFinderFlags = 0 kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = (null) kMDItemFSInvisible = 0 kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 0 kMDItemFSIsStationery = (null) kMDItemFSLabel = 0 kMDItemFSName = "Test.md" kMDItemFSNodeCount = (null) kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = 20 kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = 501 kMDItemFSSize = 4512 kMDItemFSTypeCode = "" kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking = 2022-10-27 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemIsDownloading = 0 kMDItemIsShared = 0 kMDItemIsUploaded = 1 kMDItemIsUploading = 0 kMDItemKind = "Markdown Document" kMDItemLogicalSize = 4512 kMDItemPhysicalSize = 8192 kMDItemUserOwned = 0 ----------------------------------------------------------- Check file is in search scope... ✅ File exists within Alfred's default search scope ----------------------------------------------------------- Check MDQuery file search... ✅ macOS returned a match for this file in your search scope File Search Results for search scope ( "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users/pavel/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/Test.md" ) File Search Results for ~/ ( "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users/pavel/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/Test.md" ) File Search Results for / ( "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users/pavel/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/Test.md" ) ----------------------------------------------------------- ✅ Troubleshooting passed This is the failed diagnostics: Starting Diagnostics... File: 'Test.md' Path: '/Users/pavel/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox' ----------------------------------------------------------- Check file cache database... ✅ File cache integrity is ok ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if file is readable... ✅ Alfred has permissions to read this file. Unix Permissions: 420 Underlying Type: NSFileTypeRegular Extended Attributes: ( "com.dropbox.attrs" ) ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if volume '/' is indexed by macOS... ✅ Indexing is enabled on this drive ----------------------------------------------------------- Check direct file metadata... ✅ Direct metadata available Display Name: Test.md Other Names: Content Type: net.daringfireball.markdown Last Used: ----------------------------------------------------------- Check mdls file metadata... ✅ Metadata contains required items _kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions = "Test.md" kMDItemContentCreationDate = 2022-10-27 08:21:46 +0000 kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking = 2022-10-27 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2022-10-27 08:21:46 +0000 kMDItemContentType = "net.daringfireball.markdown" kMDItemContentTypeTree = ( "net.daringfireball.markdown", "public.plain-text", "public.text", "public.data", "public.item", "public.content" ) kMDItemDateAdded = 2022-10-28 13:51:11 +0000 kMDItemDisplayName = "Test.md" kMDItemDocumentIdentifier = 49730 kMDItemFileItemID = "__fp/YWQ0OGVkZDYtZGIwYS00MTBkLTk3NjMtZjY0NjYzMzVkMGFm/__fp/fs/docID(49730)" kMDItemFilename = "Test.md" kMDItemFileProviderID = "com.getdropbox.dropbox.fileprovider" kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2022-10-27 08:21:46 +0000 kMDItemFSCreationDate = 2022-10-27 08:21:46 +0000 kMDItemFSCreatorCode = "" kMDItemFSFinderFlags = 0 kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = (null) kMDItemFSInvisible = 0 kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 0 kMDItemFSIsStationery = (null) kMDItemFSLabel = 0 kMDItemFSName = "Test.md" kMDItemFSNodeCount = (null) kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = 20 kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = 501 kMDItemFSSize = 4512 kMDItemFSTypeCode = "" kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking = 2022-10-27 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemIsDownloading = 0 kMDItemIsShared = 0 kMDItemIsUploaded = 1 kMDItemIsUploading = 0 kMDItemKind = "Markdown Document" kMDItemLogicalSize = 4512 kMDItemPhysicalSize = 8192 kMDItemUserOwned = 0 ----------------------------------------------------------- Check file is in search scope... ✅ File exists within Alfred's default search scope ----------------------------------------------------------- Check MDQuery file search... ❌ macOS failed to return a match for this file in your search scope File Search Results for search scope ( ) File Search Results for ~/ ( "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users/pavel/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/Test.md" ) File Search Results for / ( "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users/pavel/Library/CloudStorage/Dropbox/Test.md" ) ----------------------------------------------------------- ❌ Troubleshooting failed Edited October 28, 2022 by lobodpav Link to comment
AllanN Posted October 28, 2022 Share Posted October 28, 2022 @Vero Upgraded to the new alfred beta. I did do the "Reset to Applications and Home" and did get the results that I was expecting. Seems like that is a winner for the time being. Link to comment
AdamK Posted December 9, 2022 Share Posted December 9, 2022 (edited) Wanted to echo that "Reset to Applications and Home" was required for dropbox files to show up again (~/Library/CloudStorage) even when explicitly listed. Edited December 9, 2022 by AdamK Link to comment
Airwreck Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Thank you Vero! The reset to Macintosh HD only helped fix mine as well! It was getting so frustrating... Link to comment
charlie-brise Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 On 10/27/2022 at 7:34 PM, Vero said: @AllanN Thanks for sharing your results! Could you please do the following: Navigate to Alfred's Preferences > Features > Default Results In the Search Scope section, uncheck macOS Applications and Folder in Home Clear out your search scope (you can do this by selecting them all, then using backspace) Drag in your MacintoshHD so that you see / as the only item in your search scope This is what your search scope should now look like: Then try to find some files in the usual way in Dropbox, and let me know how you get on Yippieh! It works! Thanks a lot Shall I check again macOS Applications folder and Folder in Home or leave it unchecked? Link to comment
Vero Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 1 hour ago, charlie-brise said: Shall I check again macOS Applications folder and Folder in Home or leave it unchecked? No need to check the Applications folder as it's included in the / scope already. Link to comment
charlie-brise Posted February 10, 2023 Share Posted February 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Vero said: No need to check the Applications folder as it's included in the / scope already. But I cannot open the Dropbox folder directly ... ;( Any suggestions? Link to comment
charlie-brise Posted March 7, 2023 Share Posted March 7, 2023 Simple solution (from Vero ;): simply typing "Dropbox" shows the app (with the subtext /Applications/Dropbox.app) and choosing this result opens the Dropbox folder. Sometimes it's so simple ... Link to comment
joshuahardee Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 On 10/28/2022 at 7:47 AM, Vero said: Thank you to those who've been able to give us additional information so far. We've put a new Alfred 5.0.4 b2093 out a few moments ago, which includes an easier way to reset your Search Scope to a pre-defined scope. For users where Alfred's Default search scope isn't returning the expected files, please click the "Reset..." button in Features > Default Results and select "Reset to Applications and Home". If this doesn't work, try the "Reset to Full Disk" scope. @AllanN Could you please set your scope to "Reset to Applications and Home" and let me know whether you're seeing the results you expect? Thanks for your help! Hi Vero, I am on macOS Monterey 12.6.4 (21G526) (14" M1 MBP) and Alfred 5.0.6 (2110) and with the new dropbox location... Unfortunately, I am only able to get dropbox result when selecting the "Reset to Full disk" option. When selecting the "Reset to Alfred Defaults" dropbox results do not show... I have tried all the troubleshooting steps by searching the forums (metadata rebuild, etc). Yes, I am happy I get result with "Full Disk" but do not want to keep it on full disk or give Alfred full disk access. Is this just a bug with Monterey? Any ides? I appreciate your time and support. Link to comment
Vero Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 9 hours ago, joshuahardee said: Yes, I am happy I get result with "Full Disk" but do not want to keep it on full disk or give Alfred full disk access. Is this just a bug with Monterey? Any ides? This isn't giving Alfred any further disk access than usual, you're simply telling Alfred to use / as your search scope rather than a more refined scope. This mirrors more closely what Spotlight does (as Spotlight isn't very selective in what it presents, it just searches *everything* indexed) Yes, this is a macOS bug, not specific to Monterey, also affects the newer Ventura. It particularly seems to affect users who have migrated their Mac using the macOS Migration Assistant or a Time Machine from a Mac configuration where files were in the "old" locations and are now in a new location. Something in the underlying macOS structure isn't reflecting this correctly, resulting in the metadata not returning results when it should. Setting the scope to / (aka Full Disk scope) works around that macOS issue. You may find in a future update of macOS, paths resolve themselves and you can return to the narrower search scope, otherwise when you next fresh-install macOS without migrating, you'll likely find the issue disappears completely. Hope this is helpful insight - but in short, nothing to worry about in using Full Disk as your scope Cheers, Vero joshuahardee 1 Link to comment
joshuahardee Posted April 8, 2023 Share Posted April 8, 2023 4 hours ago, Vero said: Hope this is helpful insight - but in short, nothing to worry about in using Full Disk as your scope Cheers, Vero Thanks! I appreciate you insight and support! Cheers! Link to comment
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