Xavez Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 iCloud files that someone shares with me via for example Pages or Numbers, don’t show up in Alfred. Is this a known issue, and are there manageable workarounds? Link to comment
Vero Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 @Xavez Welcome to the forum! In order for us to help you work out whether this should show up in Alfred or not, we'll need some more details, as I'm not sure how shared iCloud files are stored/indexed. First, I'd recommend going through the steps on the Indexing Troubleshooting page. You'll be able to establish whether the files actually reside on your Mac and are found by Spotlight, and if so, whether you need to add any paths to your search scopes. https://www.alfredapp.com/help/troubleshooting/indexing/ Once you'e established the above, if you need further help, please post your findings here Cheers, Vero Link to comment
Xavez Posted September 12, 2017 Author Share Posted September 12, 2017 Unfortunately, it seems that spotlight does not find these files either . . . Link to comment
Xavez Posted September 18, 2017 Author Share Posted September 18, 2017 @Vero I have gone through the troubleshooting steps. When I check in terminal, I see this: Link to comment
Vero Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 @Xavez This info isn't particularly useful in establishing where and what the file is. We'll also investigate this further to establish how iCloud shared files are treated by macOS, but in the meantime, could you please download the Metadata Tool here, and drag one of your iCloud files to it: https://cachefly.alfredapp.com/tools/AlfredMetadataTool_v1.1.zip Copy the results into your reply here so that we can see what kind of metadata information is provided about the file, its location and type, etc Cheers, Vero Link to comment
Xavez Posted September 18, 2017 Author Share Posted September 18, 2017 (edited) Sure thing I’ve replace my username with a generic "username" and the file’s name is "filename" /Users/username/Library/Mobile Documents/com~apple~SharedDocs/com~apple~Numbers:_fa365d835965f062bd6fd595a5bf5b55/1ABACA5F-1CAA-41F4-8C33-8C101EC1F85C/filename.numbers Internal File Metadata ====================== Display Name: filename Alt Names: File Type: com.apple.iwork.numbers.numbers Comments: Keywords: Last Used: 2017-09-11 14:15:39 +0000 Raw mdls File Metadata ====================== _kMDItemOwnerUserID = 501 com_apple_iwork_SheetNames = ( "Sheet 1" ) com_apple_iwork_TableNames = ( "Project/personen", "Projecten vs beloftes" ) kMDItemContentCreationDate = 2016-10-05 09:15:25 +0000 kMDItemContentModificationDate = 2017-01-18 09:42:56 +0000 kMDItemContentType = "com.apple.iwork.numbers.numbers" kMDItemContentTypeTree = ( "com.apple.iwork.numbers.numbers", "public.composite-content", "public.directory", "public.spreadsheet", "public.item", "com.apple.iwork.numbers.numbers", "public.content", "com.apple.package" ) kMDItemDateAdded = 2017-01-18 09:43:06 +0000 kMDItemDisplayName = "filename" kMDItemFonts = ( "Helvetica-Light", HelveticaNeue, BentonSans, "Helvetica-Oblique", Helvetica, "Helvetica-Bold", "BentonSans-Regular" ) kMDItemFSContentChangeDate = 2017-01-18 09:42:56 +0000 kMDItemFSCreationDate = 2016-10-05 09:15:25 +0000 kMDItemFSCreatorCode = "" kMDItemFSFinderFlags = 8208 kMDItemFSHasCustomIcon = (null) kMDItemFSInvisible = 0 kMDItemFSIsExtensionHidden = 1 kMDItemFSIsStationery = (null) kMDItemFSLabel = 0 kMDItemFSName = "filename.numbers" kMDItemFSNodeCount = 6 kMDItemFSOwnerGroupID = 20 kMDItemFSOwnerUserID = 501 kMDItemFSSize = 146916 kMDItemFSTypeCode = "" kMDItemIsApplicationManaged = 1 kMDItemKind = "Numbers-spreadsheet" kMDItemLastUsedDate = 2017-09-11 14:15:39 +0000 kMDItemLogicalSize = 146916 kMDItemPhysicalSize = 167936 kMDItemSupportFileType = ( MDSystemFile ) kMDItemUseCount = 1 kMDItemUsedDates = ( "2017-09-10 22:00:00 +0000" ) kMDItemUserModifiedDate = ( "2017-06-07 15:12:29 +0000", "2017-07-28 09:33:22 +0000", "2017-07-28 09:35:49 +0000", "2017-09-11 14:15:53 +0000" ) kMDItemUserModifiedUserHandle = ( 501, 501, 501, 501 ) Edited September 18, 2017 by Xavez Link to comment
Andrew Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 @Xavez The file you dropped in to the metadata tool is different to the alias' you show in terminal. Is this what you are seeing when you drop one of the .alias files in, or are you dragging a different file in? Alfred should find the file you dropped in as long as ~/Library/Mobile Documents/ is in Alfred's Features > Default Results > Search Scope, which it is by default. Link to comment
Xavez Posted September 18, 2017 Author Share Posted September 18, 2017 @Andrew that’s what I see when I drag one of the .alias files in. Note that you need two people to test this: Person A creates a file in Numbers, and shares it via the iCloud file sharing function of Numbers with person B Person B, opens the file in Numbers on their computer: the file shows up in iCloud drive. Finder calls it an "Alias", and in Terminal it looks like I posted in the screenshot earlier. The result is: person A can find the file via Alfred, but person B cannot find the file via Alfred. Link to comment
Andrew Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 @Xavez I just noticed in the metadata that it's marked as a system file which Alfred ignores by default. Try this workflow with keyword 'ishare' which should find system files in the shared folder. I've tested it and it seems to work as expected: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6vmv9ofusqzb6gh/Search Shared iCloud.alfredworkflow?dl=0 Cheers, Andrew Xavez 1 Link to comment
Andrew Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 It's worth adding that this may very well be a bug in macOS, as there is no reason for the target files to be marked as system - this prevents them from showing in Spotlight too. Note that this workflow operates directly on the actual shared files. I don't think the alias files are relevant in this case, in fact, I didn't even see where they were. Cheers, Andrew Link to comment
Xavez Posted September 18, 2017 Author Share Posted September 18, 2017 @Andrew that works, great! Apple is doing some funky stuff with this iCloud thing :-) Link to comment
Xavez Posted September 26, 2017 Author Share Posted September 26, 2017 FYI, this is fixed when you use High Sierra. Link to comment
Jon S Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 All, Thak you SO much. I had this exact issue, was able to locate this post fairly quick, and installed the workflow as suggested and BAM... back up and running and able to see these shares. It's great support/community like this that keeps me coming back to this tool. Keep up the good work (please....keep it up). Link to comment
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