Chilichiller Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Hi... after switching from Alfred v1 to v2 I have issues with finding files while these files are found using Spotlight. I studied and tested all points at the specific help site for search issues (http://support.alfredapp.com/kb:indexing) and tested also to manually rebuild the index with sudo rm -R /.Spotlight-V100 sudo mdutil -i on / sudo mdutil -E / No success. I cannot find any of my files using the whitespace, the "find" or the "open" command. Setting in the preferences are the default settings with "Include folders in home folder" checked. Any idea what can be wrong? Best, Martin Link to comment
Andrew Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Hi... after switching from Alfred v1 to v2 I have issues with finding files while these files are found using Spotlight. I studied and tested all points at the specific help site for search issues (http://support.alfredapp.com/kb:indexing) and tested also to manually rebuild the index with sudo rm -R /.Spotlight-V100 sudo mdutil -i on / sudo mdutil -E / No success. I cannot find any of my files using the whitespace, the "find" or the "open" command. Setting in the preferences are the default settings with "Include folders in home folder" checked. Any idea what can be wrong? Best, Martin Could you check your OS X Spotlight privacy preferences to see if any folders are listed in there. Also, grab this little tool and drag one of the files which isn't being found into it: http://cachefly.alfredapp.com/tools/AlfredMetadataTool_v1.0.zip and let me know the outcome Cheers, Andrew [moving to the help subforum] Link to comment
Chilichiller Posted June 20, 2013 Author Share Posted June 20, 2013 Could you check your OS X Spotlight privacy preferences to see if any folders are listed in there. Also, grab this little tool and drag one of the files which isn't being found into it: http://cachefly.alfredapp.com/tools/AlfredMetadataTool_v1.0.zip and let me know the outcome Cheers, Andrew [moving to the help subforum] Thanks for the quick help. There was one single folder in the privacy options of spotlight, which I temporarily removed now. Actually no file at all is found (so I assume the reason it is not the metadata of a specific file), but I picked one of the files and here comes the output of your tool: /Volumes/Macintosh_HD/Users/pollow/python.m Internal File Metadata ====================== Display Name: python.m Alt Names: File Type: public.objective-c-source Comments: Keywords: Last Used: Raw mdls File Metadata ====================== kMDItemContentCreationDate = 2013-01-05 18:59:30 +0000 kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2013-01-05 19:05:02 +0000 kMDItemContentType = "public.objective-c-source" kMDItemContentTypeTree = ( "public.objective-c-source", "public.source-code", "public.plain-text", "public.text", "public.data", "public.item", "public.content" ) kMDItemDateAdded = 2013-01-05 18:59:30 +0000 kMDItemDisplayName = "python.m" kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2013-01-05 19:05:02 +0000 kMDItemFSCreationDate = 2013-01-05 18:59:30 +0000 kMDItemFSCreatorCode = "MATL" kMDItemFSFinderFlags = 0 kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = 0 kMDItemFSInvisible = 0 kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 0 kMDItemFSIsStationery = 0 kMDItemFSLabel = 0 kMDItemFSName = "python.m" kMDItemFSNodeCount = 2824 kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = 20 kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = 501 kMDItemFSSize = 2824 kMDItemFSTypeCode = "MATF" kMDItemKind = "MATLAB Code" kMDItemLogicalSize = 2824 kMDItemPhysicalSize = 4096 Best, Martin Link to comment
Chilichiller Posted June 20, 2013 Author Share Posted June 20, 2013 A possible reason is maybe that I do have a unusual configuration of my home folder, as I do have the system an a SSD and the home folder symlinked on a hard drive (Macintosh_HD). This console snippet make that clear: macbookpro:Users pollow$ pwd /Users macbookpro:Users pollow$ ls -la pollow lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 34 10 Nov 2012 pollow -> /Volumes/Macintosh_HD/Users/pollow Best, Martin Link to comment
Andrew Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Thanks for the quick help. There was one single folder in the privacy options of spotlight, which I temporarily removed now. Actually no file at all is found (so I assume the reason it is not the metadata of a specific file), but I picked one of the files and here comes the output of your tool: /Volumes/Macintosh_HD/Users/pollow/python.m Internal File Metadata ====================== Display Name: python.m Alt Names: File Type: public.objective-c-source Comments: Keywords: Last Used: Raw mdls File Metadata ====================== kMDItemContentCreationDate = 2013-01-05 18:59:30 +0000 kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2013-01-05 19:05:02 +0000 kMDItemContentType = "public.objective-c-source" kMDItemContentTypeTree = ( "public.objective-c-source", "public.source-code", "public.plain-text", "public.text", "public.data", "public.item", "public.content" ) kMDItemDateAdded = 2013-01-05 18:59:30 +0000 kMDItemDisplayName = "python.m" kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2013-01-05 19:05:02 +0000 kMDItemFSCreationDate = 2013-01-05 18:59:30 +0000 kMDItemFSCreatorCode = "MATL" kMDItemFSFinderFlags = 0 kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = 0 kMDItemFSInvisible = 0 kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 0 kMDItemFSIsStationery = 0 kMDItemFSLabel = 0 kMDItemFSName = "python.m" kMDItemFSNodeCount = 2824 kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = 20 kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = 501 kMDItemFSSize = 2824 kMDItemFSTypeCode = "MATF" kMDItemKind = "MATLAB Code" kMDItemLogicalSize = 2824 kMDItemPhysicalSize = 4096 Best, Martin Ah, source files are ignored by default as they introduce significant noise into the results. You can show source files in the file search again by un-ticking Source Files in the Don't Show section of Alfred's Features > File Search > Search preferences... but a better way of searching for source files is to setup a workflow (file filter) for this specifically. That way, you can keep the default results super fast and clean, and specifically target source files when you need to. Take a look at the "File filter from keyword and open" template from the [+] button in the workflow prefs. Let me know if you need help with that Cheers, Andrew Link to comment
Andrew Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 A possible reason is maybe that I do have a unusual configuration of my home folder, as I do have the system an a SSD and the home folder symlinked on a hard drive (Macintosh_HD). This console snippet make that clear: macbookpro:Users pollow$ pwd /Users macbookpro:Users pollow$ ls -la pollow lrwxr-xr-x 1 root admin 34 10 Nov 2012 pollow -> /Volumes/Macintosh_HD/Users/pollow Best, Martin Ah, if you have a symlink like this, try adding the specific folders you want in your home folder to Alfred's search scope (don't just add the home folder as this will include ~/Library which can be a bit messy) Link to comment
Chilichiller Posted June 20, 2013 Author Share Posted June 20, 2013 Ah, if you have a symlink like this, try adding the specific folders you want in your home folder to Alfred's search scope (don't just add the home folder as this will include ~/Library which can be a bit messy) Yes, that works, great. Now I just have to remember to add any new folder in Alfreds Preferences. Thanks, Martin Link to comment
Andrew Posted June 20, 2013 Share Posted June 20, 2013 Yes, that works, great. Now I just have to remember to add any new folder in Alfreds Preferences. Thanks, Martin It's recursive, so if you e.g. add a folder inside ~/Documents/, you won't need to add that. Only top level home folder ones Link to comment
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