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Inconsistant search results when looking for system settings [workaround provided]


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When I first get into Alfred, I believed within a year, you can directly reach system preference (now system settings) by typing out the keywords, such as "wallpaper", "accessibility", etc, and they DO show the corresponding icon. Perhaps it was because the system update I went from Monterey(12.-) to Ventura(13.-), the search results has been messed up. For instance, I can no longer search for "wallpaper" directly, and "security" has missing icon when showed, while "accessibility" remains just fine.(pics showed below)

 

I believe there could be some easy quick fix for this bug!

 

 

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@cookie Welcome to the forum :)

 

This is a known issue in macOS Ventura - essentially an unfinished feature by Apple - where only some of the System Settings are accessible by search, and some open the incorrect Settings panel.

 

We've published a workflow that works around that issue, and allows you to open all System Settings to the correct panel, and with icons:

https://www.alfredapp.com/blog/tips-and-tricks/open-system-settings-in-ventura/

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@cookie This would be a question for Apple as the bug is in their software, not in Alfred. Even with Apple's poor track record of fixing issues after a main release, I'm surprised that this wasn't fixed in a later Ventura update. 

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