rpornmon Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 I cannot find images files using Alfred with begin search with a space bar. I have followed in the troubleshooting instruction and the issue still persists. Basic info: Hardware: M1 Pro MacBook Pro 14-inch, 2021 Software: macOS Monterey 12.6.5 (up-to-date) Alfred Version: Alfred 5.0.6 Build 2110, Tuesday 13th December 2022 Besides the troubleshooting steps I mentioned before (rebuilding macOS metadata index), I have restarted my Mac and reinstalled Alfred. The issue persisted for longer than a month now. I recently tested and found that only the image files (.png, .jpeg, and .heic) were not found when I pressed `space bar` to search for file, but showed up when I typed their names directly as if I were looking for an application (images attached). When looking up using the same query on Spotlight, all files appear in the result. Output from troubleshooting steps: Starting Diagnostics... File: '2023-03-17_KinshipM_AncientAFR.png' Path: '/Users/rpornmon/GraduateSchool/OchoaLab/duffy_project/result' ----------------------------------------------------------- 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.lastuseddate#PS", "com.apple.quarantine" ) ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if volume '/' is indexed by macOS... ✅ Indexing is enabled on this drive ----------------------------------------------------------- Check direct file metadata... ✅ Direct metadata available Display Name: 2023-03-17_KinshipM_AncientAFR.png Other Names: Content Type: public.png Last Used: 2023-03-20 15:12:40 +0000 ----------------------------------------------------------- Check mdls file metadata... ✅ Metadata contains required items _kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions = "2023-03-17_KinshipM_AncientAFR.png" kMDItemBitsPerSample = 32 kMDItemColorSpace = "RGB" kMDItemContentCreationDate = 2023-03-17 17:10:25 +0000 kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking = 2023-03-17 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2023-03-17 17:10:25 +0000 kMDItemContentModificationDate_Ranking = 2023-03-17 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemContentType = "public.png" kMDItemContentTypeTree = ( "public.png", "public.image", "public.data", "public.item", "public.content" ) kMDItemDateAdded = 2023-03-17 17:10:25 +0000 kMDItemDateAdded_Ranking = 2023-03-17 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemDisplayName = "2023-03-17_KinshipM_AncientAFR.png" kMDItemDocumentIdentifier = 0 kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2023-03-17 17:10:25 +0000 kMDItemFSCreationDate = 2023-03-17 17:10:25 +0000 kMDItemFSCreatorCode = "" kMDItemFSFinderFlags = 0 kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = 0 kMDItemFSInvisible = 0 kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 0 kMDItemFSIsStationery = 0 kMDItemFSLabel = 0 kMDItemFSName = "2023-03-17_KinshipM_AncientAFR.png" kMDItemFSNodeCount = 76652 kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = 20 kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = 501 kMDItemFSSize = 76652 kMDItemFSTypeCode = "" kMDItemHasAlphaChannel = 1 kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking = 2023-03-20 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemKind = "PNG image" kMDItemLastUsedDate = 2023-03-20 15:12:40 +0000 kMDItemLastUsedDate_Ranking = 2023-03-20 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemLogicalSize = 76652 kMDItemOrientation = 0 kMDItemPhysicalSize = 77824 kMDItemPixelCount = 1000000 kMDItemPixelHeight = 1000 kMDItemPixelWidth = 1000 kMDItemProfileName = "Generic RGB Profile" kMDItemUseCount = 1 kMDItemUsedDates = ( "2023-03-20 04:00:00 +0000" ) ----------------------------------------------------------- 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/rpornmon/GraduateSchool/OchoaLab/duffy_project/result/2023-03-17_KinshipM_AncientAFR.png" ) File Search Results for ~/ ( "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users/rpornmon/GraduateSchool/OchoaLab/duffy_project/result/2023-03-17_KinshipM_AncientAFR.png" ) File Search Results for / ( "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users/rpornmon/GraduateSchool/OchoaLab/duffy_project/result/2023-03-17_KinshipM_AncientAFR.png" ) ----------------------------------------------------------- ✅ Troubleshooting passed Link to comment
Stephen_C Posted April 22, 2023 Share Posted April 22, 2023 I think the first question is this: In Alfred Preferences → Features → Default Results do you have Images checked under Extras? (Although I have to say that I can still find image files without that checked.) Stephen Link to comment
rpornmon Posted April 22, 2023 Author Share Posted April 22, 2023 8 hours ago, Stephen_C said: I think the first question is this: In Alfred Preferences → Features → Default Results do you have Images checked under Extras? (Although I have to say that I can still find image files without that checked.) Stephen Yes! I tried unchecking the `Images` under `Extras`, and images no longer show up when I search directly without space bar. It doesn't solve the main issue that images don't show up when I press space bar though. Link to comment
Vero Posted August 3, 2023 Share Posted August 3, 2023 @rpornmon Could you please take the following steps? Ensure you're using Alfred 5.1.2 In Alfred's Features > Default Results preferences, click "Reset..." in the bottom right of the Search Scope and set it to "Reset to Full Disk" Search for an image with the spacebar prefix and ensure that you scroll down if there are more results than the number visible. Can you now see your images? Please give as much details as possible so that we can help you further Link to comment
rpornmon Posted August 3, 2023 Author Share Posted August 3, 2023 11 hours ago, Vero said: @rpornmon Could you please take the following steps? Ensure you're using Alfred 5.1.2 In Alfred's Features > Default Results preferences, click "Reset..." in the bottom right of the Search Scope and set it to "Reset to Full Disk" Search for an image with the spacebar prefix and ensure that you scroll down if there are more results than the number visible. Can you now see your images? Please give as much details as possible so that we can help you further Hi Vero, Thank you so much. I already updated to Alfred 5.1.2 before I sent an additional email yesterday, and the issue still persisted. I followed the steps, and I added the screenshot for when I looked up the image file. Both files have the same name and are in the same folders but have different file type. Looking up with the same entry only shows the pdf file in the result but not the jpeg. Spotlight, on the other hand, shows both. Link to comment
Vero Posted August 4, 2023 Share Posted August 4, 2023 @rpornmon Could you please provide your Diagnostics file, which you can get by typing "?diagnostics" into Alfred? You can then email them to our info@ address and include a reference back to this thread. Please also include the File Troubleshooter output for a couple of files you're unable to return in the results. Link to comment
Vero Posted August 8, 2023 Share Posted August 8, 2023 @rpornmon Thanks for sending your Diagnostics file across. I can see that you've specifically checked images to be excluded from results in Features > File Search > Don't Show. If you uncheck images from the exclusion list, they'll be included in your results when using the "open" keyword / spacebar trick. Link to comment
rpornmon Posted August 8, 2023 Author Share Posted August 8, 2023 @Vero Wow, that was such an oversight from me. There's no way I didn't notice that until you brought it up. Thank you so much. RP Link to comment
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