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Alfred relies on the same macOS metadata index as Spotlight. As such, it's important for you to let Spotlight run on your Mac to maintain an index of the files on it.
You can add Tags or Spotlight Comments to help you search for files based on these tags.
To reliably ignore node_modules files, they should be added to Spotlight Privacy.
If Alfred can't find the files you're looking for, take a look at these steps to troubleshoot the issue.
Troubleshooting page for occasions where Alfred isn't finding your Contacts, or is finding duplicates.
Want to use Cmd + Space as your Alfred hotkey? Find out how to make this hotkey combo available to Alfred.
How to rebuild your Mac's index for older versions of Alfred
Take a look at the Google Drive workflow, how to set it up, build your index and use this very helpful workflow.
Alfred 5 is supported on macOS 10.14+, in order to take advantage of Apple's latest technologies.
Apple announced OS X Yosemite today. Don't worry, Alfred is here to stay - and continues to grow beautifully.
James Bull shares his favourite workflows and how he keeps his Shopify team busy!
Choose your Alfred theme, and change Large Type and other appearance settings
Here's how you can take a look at the metadata for a file to find out what it contains. This can help you establish why a file isn't appearing in your Alfred results.
If you find that when pressing Cmd + Space, the first typed characters are missing from your query or the Alfred window doesn't appear the first time, there is most likely interference with the hotkey.
View your contacts' details in Alfred. You can email or call a contact, launch a map to find their address and more.
Today, we released Alfred 2.8, which includes improvements to a number of features.
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Over the past few months, the Alfred community (that's you!) have created some truly brilliant workflows. We've dug up a few more gems for you to download and enjoy!
Have you ever noticed the subtle change in subtext of a result in Alfred when you type a search term and press the Ctrl, Alt or Cmd key? Action modifiers are like tiny superpowers!
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With macOS Sierra's release just around the corner, we wanted to share a few tips to get you up and running with Alfred as quickly as possible on a new version of Apple's operating system.
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Alfred 5.6 Released: Improvements and fixes to Workflows and more
"Alfred" is a registered trademark of Running with Crayons Ltd. ©2025 Running with Crayons Ltd. All rights reserved.