[SOLVED] New applications NOT showing in search

[jenz]

Hi folks,

For the past month, or months (not entirely sure how long), new applications don't show up in the Alfred Search.

All applications added to system prior to this issue arising, show up fine.

The applications are immediately findable using Spotlight. But not at all in Alfred. 

I've not changed any settings to cause this. The search scope includes Applications by default, and that can't be turned off.

I tried the "reload" command, to update the application cache. That made no difference.

Do you have any suggestions?

Thanks,

 

Jonathan

Edited November 24, 2016 by jenz

[Vero]

@jenz Could you please take a look at the Indexing troubleshooting page? You may need to reindex your Mac so that it re-builds a fresh index.

 

https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/indexing/

 

Be sure to check the "Delete ./Spotlight-V100" checkbox when it pops up. Once this has completed (it can take up to an hour), type "reload" again and see whether your apps are cropping up again

 

Let us know how you get on.

 

Cheers,
Vero

[jenz]

Hi Vero,

When I click the reindex button, as suggested, it does not prompt me for my password. So it results in a permission denied error.

login: -4.3.46: Permission denied

 

[Process completed]

 

Any suggestions?

[jenz]

I've initiated the rebuild from within Spotlight itself, by adding main HDD to privacy, and then removing it again. Will see how that goes with regard to Alfred.

[jenz]

Well, it turns out the reason Alfred was not showing many of the applications (especially those recently installed, for some reason) is that `/Applications` was not in the Search Scope. I am not sure how it was removed from there, but such is life.

 

This has me wondering, however, why /Applications needs to be in that list when Applications is already included (ticked, without means to un-tick) in the Essentials list? Does that not automatically incorporate /Applications into the search scope, rendering a separate entry in the Search Scope settings redundant?

[Vero]

@jenz /Applications/ is part of Alfred's default search scope, so you may have accidentally removed it at some point.

 

The top section of the preferences is for the file types you want to include, while the lower section is the search scope for the files. Both are essential to telling Alfred what results to show you

 

Cheers,
Vero