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Yes, I had always done all of those steps, that's why I was confused why it's still happening or why I need to regularly reindex. Thanks again!

Thank you so much. So the re-indexing instructions there I found when I had the same issue before and followed. But then regularly things would disappear. Today I went to implement this (I've been travelling) and suddenly the file does show in Alfred. Do you know what causes that? When I had submitted the ticket, I hadn't been finding the file for hours... Thanks again!

I know this is probably posted but couldn't find what I'm looking for... Every once in awhile I suddenly can't find files on Alfred. I don't know if my index rebuilding isn't done right or what, but files in this folder used to be found by Alfred (as recently as last week), but suddenly it can't: Starting Diagnostics... File: 'Reading the Bible.docx' Path: '/Users/antonypaul/Google Drive/AP/Service/Lessons & Presentations' ----------------------------------------------------------- Check file cache database... ✅ File cache integrity is ok ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if file is readable... ✅ Alfred has permissions to read this file. Unix Permissions: 420 Underlying Type: NSFileTypeRegular Extended Attributes: ( "com.apple.quarantine" ) ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if volume '/' is indexed by macOS... ✅ Indexing is enabled on this drive ----------------------------------------------------------- Check direct file metadata... ⚠️ Direct metadata is missing, this file is likely not indexed by macOS Display Name: Other Names: Content Type: Last Used: ----------------------------------------------------------- Check mdls file metadata... ❌ macOS metadata missing essential items kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = (null) kMDItemFSCreationDate = (null) kMDItemFSCreatorCode = "" kMDItemFSFinderFlags = (null) kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = (null) kMDItemFSInvisible = 0 kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = (null) kMDItemFSIsStationery = (null) kMDItemFSLabel = (null) kMDItemFSName = (null) kMDItemFSNodeCount = (null) kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = (null) kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = (null) kMDItemFSSize = (null) kMDItemFSTypeCode = "" ----------------------------------------------------------- ❌ Troubleshooting failed What am I doing wrong?! THank you.

Just to be safe, though, I've also done what you just instructed. Thanks so much for all your helpfulness.

Hey Vero and all who have been helping! So, yesterday night I went to rebuild Spotlight through the MacOS options. I added my Google Drive to be ignored and then removed it from the ignore to rebuild. It seems that this has (, for now,) fixed the issue! Thanks again!

Thanks, I'll take a look. The thing is I've always been using Alfred with Google Drive set up the way that it is, and there's never been a problem. And, also, it's finding other files in that very same folder, just not that file. 😕 Edited to add: Also, in case it makes any difference, I've setup Google Drive to mirror. Below is another file from the same folder's troubleshooting log. So every Google Drive file is already on my computer, it's not in the cloud. Can't thank you enough for the help. Starting Diagnostics... File: 'Nehemiah 2-3.docx' Path: '/Users/*********/Google Drive/AP/Writing, Sermons, Talks & Lectures' ----------------------------------------------------------- Check file cache database... ✅ File cache integrity is ok ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if file is readable... ✅ Alfred has permissions to read this file. Unix Permissions: 420 Underlying Type: NSFileTypeRegular Extended Attributes: ( "com.apple.lastuseddate#PS", "com.apple.metadata:kMDLabel_o7iugit4qdikmi5bwpzag4e6vy", "com.apple.quarantine" ) ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if volume '/' is indexed by macOS... ✅ Indexing is enabled on this drive ----------------------------------------------------------- Check direct file metadata... ✅ Direct metadata available Display Name: Nehemiah 2-3 Other Names: Nehemiah 2-3.docx Content Type: org.openxmlformats.wordprocessingml.document Last Used: 2023-08-16 02:43:57 +0000 ----------------------------------------------------------- Check mdls file metadata... ✅ Metadata contains required items _kMDItemDisplayNameWithExtensions = "Nehemiah 2-3.docx" kMDItemAlternateNames = ( "Nehemiah 2-3.docx" ) kMDItemAuthors = ( "/******" ) kMDItemContentCreationDate = 2023-08-16 02:43:57 +0000 kMDItemContentCreationDate_Ranking = 2023-08-16 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2023-08-16 02:43:57 +0000 kMDItemContentType = "org.openxmlformats.wordprocessingml.document" kMDItemContentTypeTree = ( "org.openxmlformats.wordprocessingml.document", "org.openxmlformats.openxml", "public.data", "public.item", "public.composite-content", "public.content" ) kMDItemDateAdded = 2023-08-16 02:43:57 +0000 kMDItemDisplayName = "Nehemiah 2-3" kMDItemDocumentIdentifier = 0 kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2023-08-16 02:43:57 +0000 kMDItemFSCreationDate = 2023-08-16 02:43:57 +0000 kMDItemFSCreatorCode = "MSWD" kMDItemFSFinderFlags = 16 kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = (null) kMDItemFSInvisible = 0 kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 1 kMDItemFSIsStationery = (null) kMDItemFSLabel = 0 kMDItemFSName = "Nehemiah 2-3.docx" kMDItemFSNodeCount = (null) kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = 20 kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = 501 kMDItemFSSize = 25222 kMDItemFSTypeCode = "WXBN" kMDItemInterestingDate_Ranking = 2023-08-16 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemKind = "Microsoft Word Document" kMDItemLastUsedDate = 2023-08-16 02:43:57 +0000 kMDItemLastUsedDate_Ranking = 2023-08-16 00:00:00 +0000 kMDItemLogicalSize = 25222 kMDItemPhysicalSize = 28672 kMDItemUseCount = 1 kMDItemUsedDates = ( "2023-08-15 05:00:00 +0000" ) kMDItemUserCreatedDate = ( "2023-08-16 02:43:57 +0000" ) kMDItemUserCreatedUserHandle = ( 501 ) ----------------------------------------------------------- Check file is in search scope... ✅ File exists within Alfred's default search scope ----------------------------------------------------------- Check MDQuery file search... ✅ macOS returned a match for this file in your search scope. File Search Results for search scope ( "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users/******/Google Drive/AP/Writing, Sermons, Talks & Lectures/Nehemiah 2-3.docx" ) File Search Results for ~/ ( "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users//******/Google Drive/AP/Writing, Sermons, Talks & Lectures/Nehemiah 2-3.docx" ) File Search Results for / ( "[0] /System/Volumes/Data/Users//******/Google Drive/AP/Writing, Sermons, Talks & Lectures/Nehemiah 2-3.docx" ) ----------------------------------------------------------- ✅ Troubleshooting passed

Hi there, thanks for your reply! Yes, I did all of these things referenced in the help page already. And, yes, I did migrate to this new Mac! When I first migrated Alfred wasn't finding anything, so that's why I had already gone to the help pages and done everything in that link, and it solved most things. What I had deleted was: File: 'Parable of the Sower.docx' Path: '/Users/**********/Google Drive/AP/Writing, Sermons, Talks & Lectures' Also of note: - I added "Google Drive" manually to the list of folders to make sure Alfred can find - Other documents IN the same folder are found by Alfred As mentioned, everything that's in the help page you linked I had already done. Thanks so much for all your help!

Hi there, I recently switched over to a Mac Studio. I noticed that a Word file that I had saved was not coming up with Alfred. I reindexed MacOS Metadata. When that did not work, I deleted .spotlight-V100 folder and rebooted. It still didn't fix it. It's driving me crazy, and it makes me paranoid about what other things it won't find when I'm searching. lol I am on Alfred 5.1.2 [2145] I am on an Apple M2 Max device with Ventura 13.5 Help? :) The bug report is here: Starting Diagnostics... File: '[deleted here] Path: '[deleted here] ----------------------------------------------------------- Check file cache database... ✅ File cache integrity is ok ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if file is readable... ✅ Alfred has permissions to read this file. Unix Permissions: 420 Underlying Type: NSFileTypeRegular Extended Attributes: ( "com.apple.lastuseddate#PS", "com.apple.metadata:kMDLabel_o7iugit4qdikmi5bwpzag4e6vy", "com.apple.quarantine" ) ----------------------------------------------------------- Check if volume '/' is indexed by macOS... ✅ Indexing is enabled on this drive ----------------------------------------------------------- Check direct file metadata... ⚠️ Direct metadata is missing, this file is likely not indexed by macOS Display Name: Other Names: Content Type: Last Used: ----------------------------------------------------------- Check mdls file metadata... ❌ macOS metadata missing essential items kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = (null) kMDItemFSCreationDate = (null) kMDItemFSCreatorCode = "" kMDItemFSFinderFlags = (null) kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = (null) kMDItemFSInvisible = 0 kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = (null) kMDItemFSIsStationery = (null) kMDItemFSLabel = (null) kMDItemFSName = (null) kMDItemFSNodeCount = (null) kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = (null) kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = (null) kMDItemFSSize = (null) kMDItemFSTypeCode = "" ----------------------------------------------------------- ❌ Troubleshooting failed