andersb71 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Hi newbie here: Can't Alfred search for files on an external harddrive? Spotlight does, but Alfred seems unable to.. (Using Yosemite) Link to comment
RodgerWW Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 1: Open Alfred Preferences 2: In left column, click on "Default Results" 3: On right side look for "Search Scope" and there is a "+" button at the top of the list ... click that. 4: Select the drive (or volumes, or folders) etc, to add to the list in "Search Scope" As long as Spotlight has indexed the external, it will show up now in Alfred's results when you do a standard search starting with SPACE. andersb71 1 Link to comment
andersb71 Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 Thanks so much!! Really appreciate it. one thing though; I normally don't use a SPACE when I want to open apps or URL's etc using Alfred and Spotlight seems to find files without using a SPACE, why is there a need for this in Alfred? thanks again, Anders Link to comment
RodgerWW Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 This is primarily to keep the results fast and accurate. The behaviour CAN be changed: Again, you will need to open Alfred's Prefs, and click on the 'Features' button at the top, then select the 'Default Results' at the left: Now, You will see on the right that only the "Essentials" are selected. Beside 'Extras' check the items that you want Alfred to find (without having to hit SPACE first): like "Folders". Also note, that with the "Advanced" button beside the extras list, once opened, will allow you to drag individual file types into the well. Let's say you ONLY have movie files on an external ... you can simply drag your M4V/MP4/MKV/AVI/MOV etc files into that to add the filetype to the Extras. Now, if you want to leap RIGHT IN ... fair warning ... just select the "Unintelligent - Search all file types" box ... Alfred states this is not recommended, but if you find your results slow and muddled, you can always de-select the option. Link to comment
andersb71 Posted October 22, 2014 Author Share Posted October 22, 2014 Amazing, thank you very much! Link to comment
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