Will not find Parallels Desktop application

[dwak]

I installed Alfred 1.2 from the App Store.  Then realized that the newest versions were not being installed via the App Store, so I deleted the App Store version and installed Alfred v2 from the web site.

 

Current setup:

  * Alfred 2.8.3 (435)

  * OS X 10.11.3

 

So the bug is:  I have Parallels Desktop installed (normal install; app is located at /Applications/Parallels Desktop.app).  When searching with Alfred it will not find Parallels Desktop.  Typing "par" locates only "Parental Controls".  Typing "parallel" just prompts me to search the web.  Ditto "parallels desktop".

 

I checked Spotlight.  Spotlight finds the app if I type "par" or "parallel" just fine.  To be on the safe side I rebuilt the Spotlight metadata index yesterday, which resulted in no change to Spotlight's ability to locate Parallels, nor in Alfred's inability to locate the app.

 

I also checked several other apps that are installed.  Alfred found all of them without incident.

 

I use Parallels quite a bit and it's awfully frustrating to have to switch to spotlight or Launchpad to open it when I'm used to opening everything via Alfred.

Edited April 28, 2016 by dwak

[dwak]

RESOLVED

 

I moved the Parallels Desktop.app out of /Applications, and then moved it back.  Now Alfred sees it just fine.

Weird.

[FroZen_X]

You can always reindex "Rebuild OS X Metadata" when something like this happens.

Sometimes something weird is going on haha ^^

 

Check here when you have the Problem again: https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/indexing/