Can't give Alfred Full Disc Access

[Cavan Scott]

Hi there,

New user here. I've just bought Alfred, but have fallen at the first hurdle. When I try to give it Full Disc Access, I click on the button and am taken to the correct section of settings but Alfred isn't on the list so I can't tick it. This means Alfred isn't actually searching my Mac when I try a search which makes it useless for my needs. 

Can anyone help? 

 

Thanks in advance. 

[Cavan Scott]

Just realise the same happens when I try to give it Automation privileges. Alfred isn't shown in the list. 

[Vero]

@Cavan Scott Welcome to the forum

 

To add Alfred to the Full Disk Access, please follow these instructions:

https://www.alfredapp.com/help/getting-started/permissions/#full-disk

 

You'll need to first click the padlock at the bottom and type in your user account password, so that macOS knows you are allowing these changes. 

 

Having said that, Alfred doesn't require Full Disk to search for files on your Mac, but rather to include Bookmarks, etc in your results.

 

If you're having issues with Alfred's indexed results, take a look at this guide if you're using macOS Monterey:

https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/indexing/monterey

 

Or this one if you're on an older version of macOS:

https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/indexing/

 

Let me know how you get on!

 

 

[Cavan Scott]

Hi @Vero

 

Thanks for this. 

 

Yeah, I'd already tried that, but Alfred isn't appearing in the list of applications at all.

 

 

[MevetS]

Click the "+" below the list of apps, and then navigate to Alfred and select it. It will then be added to the list and you can check the checkbox.

 

Good luck and have fun using Alfred. 🙂

Edited April 10, 2022 by MevetS

[Vero]

@Cavan Scott As @MevetS said, click the [+] to add Alfred to the list, then check the box next to the Alfred row. 

 

As for Automation, macOS will automatically request it as and when needed by the features or workflow you're using - it's not possible to manually add Alfred to Automation preemptively. 

 

Hope this helps!

 

Cheers,
Vero