Home folder non-searchable in macOS Ventura

[hpiwzqda]

Hello,

 

I've updated from macOS Mojave 10.14.6 to macOS Ventura 13.5.1. After the Spotlight has finished indexing I:

• wasn't able to find a file inside a home folder in Alfred
• was able to find a file inside a home folder in Spotlight itself

 

Diagnostics:

 

Starting Diagnostics...

File: 'web_mount.command'
Path: '/Users/alex/Desktop/VM/VirtualBox/VM'

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Check file cache database...

✅ File cache integrity is ok

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Check if file is readable...

✅ Alfred has permissions to read this file.

Unix Permissions: 493
Underlying Type: NSFileTypeRegular
Extended Attributes: (
    "com.apple.lastuseddate#PS"
)

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Check if volume '/' is indexed by macOS...

✅ Indexing is enabled on this drive

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Check direct file metadata...

✅ Direct metadata available

Display Name: web_mount
 Other Names: web_mount.command
Content Type: com.apple.terminal.shell-script
   Last Used: 2023-08-20 13:46:06 +0000

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Check mdls file metadata...

✅ Metadata contains required items

_kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions  = "web_mount.command"
_kMDItemEngagementData             = {length = 11, bytes = 0x0900000080c748c5410002}
kMDItemAlternateNames              = (
    "web_mount.command"
)
kMDItemContentCreationDate         = 2012-11-08 08:28:33 +0000
kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking = 2012-11-08 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemContentModificationDate     = 2023-08-20 09:59:18 +0000
kMDItemContentType                 = "com.apple.terminal.shell-script"
kMDItemContentTypeTree             = (
    "com.apple.terminal.shell-script",
    "public.shell-script",
    "public.script",
    "public.source-code",
    "public.plain-text",
    "public.text",
    "public.data",
    "public.item",
    "public.content"
)
kMDItemDateAdded                   = 2023-08-19 16:25:18 +0000
kMDItemDisplayName                 = "web_mount"
kMDItemDocumentIdentifier          = 0
kMDItemFSContentChangeDate         = 2023-08-20 09:59:18 +0000
kMDItemFSCreationDate              = 2012-11-08 08:28:33 +0000
kMDItemFSCreatorCode               = ""
kMDItemFSFinderFlags               = 16
kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon             = (null)
kMDItemFSInvisible                 = 0
kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden         = 1
kMDItemFSIsStationery              = (null)
kMDItemFSLabel                     = 0
kMDItemFSName                      = "web_mount.command"
kMDItemFSNodeCount                 = (null)
kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID              = 20
kMDItemFSOwnerUserID               = 501
kMDItemFSSize                      = 479
kMDItemFSTypeCode                  = ""
kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking     = 2023-08-20 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemKind                        = "Terminal shell script"
kMDItemLastUsedDate                = 2023-08-20 13:46:06 +0000
kMDItemLastUsedDate_Ranking        = 2023-08-20 00:00:00 +0000
kMDItemLogicalSize                 = 479
kMDItemPhysicalSize                = 4096
kMDItemUseCount                    = 14
kMDItemUsedDates                   = (
    "2023-08-09 07:00:00 +0000",
    "2023-08-19 21:00:00 +0000"
)

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Check file is in search scope...

✅ File exists within Alfred's default search scope

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Check MDQuery file search...

❌ macOS did not return a match for this file in your search scope. Try resetting Alfred's Preferences > Features > Default Results > Search Scope > Reset... to "Reset to Full Disk"

File Search Results for search scope (
)

File Search Results for ~/ (
)

File Search Results for / (
    "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users/alex/Desktop/VM/VirtualBox/VM/web_mount.command"
)

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❌ Troubleshooting failed
 

As you can see the macOS Ventura indexes the user's home folder as "/System/Volumes/Data/Users/alex" in Spotlight, but Alfred is searching in the "/Users/alex" folder. Folders are not a symlink to each other.

 

When I use "Reset to Full Disk", then search starts working again.

 

Maybe it's a bug in macOS Ventura because searching for any file in a Finder produces no results. When I reset the search scope to "This Mac", then I see results.

 

Alfred version: Alfred 5.1.2 Build 2145, Wednesday 2nd August 2023

Edited August 21, 2023 by aik099

[qohelet]

I have the same issue and had to reset Search Scope to Full Disk in order to be able to find anything.

Looks like everything is indexed under "/System/Volumes/Data/Users/" and not "/Users/"

Edited August 21, 2023 by qohelet

[hpiwzqda]

26 minutes ago, qohelet said:

I have the same issue and had to reset Search Scope to Full Disk in order to be able to find anything.

Looks like everything is indexed under "/System/Volumes/Data/Users/" and not "/Users/"

@qohelet, Do you also have a direct search problem in Finder, as above described?

 

Maybe it's a bug in macOS Ventura because searching for any file in a Finder produces no results. When I reset the search scope to "This Mac", then I see results.

 

 

Edited August 21, 2023 by aik099

[hpiwzqda]

@qohelet, also please answer this:

1. what macOS version do you have (mine is macOS Ventura 13.5.1)?
2. what Mac model do you have (mine is MacBookPro10,1)? you can detect it by running 

   system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep 'Model Identifier'

   command in the Terminal;

3. have you installed macOS natively or using Open Core Legacy Patcher (or similar) means?

Thank you.

[qohelet]

Looks like the issue is known, I solved rebuilding the spotlight index from recovery following this: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254848225?answerId=259026449022#259026449022

 

Anyway:

1. Same 13.5.1

2. MacBookPro18,4

3. Natively

[hpiwzqda]

10 hours ago, qohelet said:

Looks like the issue is known, I solved rebuilding the spotlight index from recovery following this: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/254848225?answerId=259026449022#259026449022

 

Anyway:

1. Same 13.5.1

2. MacBookPro18,4

3. Natively

@qohelet, That was exactly what I needed. Now the problem is solved.

 

Wasn't a problem with Alfred after all. Now I've changed Alfred search settings back to home folder and everything works again.