Safari not being found in catalog after upgrade to Ventura

Mal Function

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Dec 27, 2022, 9:02:47 AM12/27/22

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I wonder if anyone else has had the experience / can help me understand why it should be, that since upgrading to Ventura, Quicksilver is not finding Safari in my /Applications folder? It's definitely there! I've quit Quicksilver, deleted my Catalog.plist file and relaunched QS but to no avail. Really weird. It's only finding Safari.app at System/Volumes/Preboot... - see screen shot below.

Oh, and btw, QS seem not to have recreated a Calalog.plist file in ~/Library/Application Support/Quicksilver

Nathan Henrie

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Dec 28, 2022, 10:43:47 AM12/28/22

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Possibly some relevant information here: <https://github.com/quicksilver/Quicksilver/issues/2932>

Nate

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Rob McBroom

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Jan 4, 2023, 9:54:35 AM1/4/23

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On 27 Dec 2022, at 9:02, Mal Function wrote:

I wonder if anyone else has had the experience / can help me understand why it should be, that since upgrading to Ventura, Quicksilver is not finding Safari in my /Applications folder? It's definitely there! I've quit Quicksilver, deleted my Catalog.plist file and relaunched QS but to no avail. Really weird. It's only finding Safari.app at System/Volumes/Preboot... - see screen shot below.

Looks like they moved Safari again. I didn’t even notice because I disable the default Application catalog presets and use a custom Spotlight entry that adds to the catalog based on

kMDItemContentTypeTree == 'com.apple.application'

I wonder if that should be the default now (or if Apple has an API that will show what the user sees in Finder under “Applications”).

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Mal Function

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Jan 4, 2023, 11:03:55 AM1/4/23

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Is it quick and easy for you to offer a step-by-step instruction as to how to put that custom Spotlight entry in place for mere mortals, Rob?

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Rob McBroom

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Jan 5, 2023, 10:27:57 AM1/5/23

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On 4 Jan 2023, at 11:03, Mal Function wrote:

Is it quick and easy for you to offer a step-by-step instruction as to how to put that custom Spotlight entry in place for mere mortals, Rob?

Sure!

Install the Spotlight plug-in (might need a relaunch after this)
In the Catalog prefs, click the Add Source… button at the bottom
Choose “Spotlight”
Put kMDItemContentTypeTree == 'com.apple.application' as the query
Check Ignore Removable Disks
Give it a name

I would also disable all the presets under Applications except “Running Applications & Processes”.

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Mal Function

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Jan 5, 2023, 12:53:30 PM1/5/23

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Many thanks, Rob. As expected, it works like a charm :-)

Happy new year to you and everyone else here, btw.

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