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  1. !!!

    This is getting ridiculous

    This morning I had to restart my Mac because my NVMe drive locked up when I tried to access a file. Not my NVMe drive's fault, it works just fine on older systems. After my restart, go figure, ****ing Spotlight stopped working! I go to a folder, search the folder, and all I get are the file...
  2. G

    Spotlight search by relevance and kMDItemKeyphraseLabels

    All my text files (PDFs, .docx, .pages, etc.) have Spotlight metadata and file extended attributes for kMDItemKeyphraseLabels, kMDItemKeyphraseConfidences, kMDItemKeyphraseVersion. These can be displayed as part of the output from either: mdls <file path> xattr -l <file path> Has anyone...
    • gilby101
    • Thread
    • metadata spotlight xattr
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: macOS
  3. D

    Help Apple Improve Search Privacy Issue

    I just noticed that the "Help Apps Improve Search" setting was enabled on my iOS and macOS devices, even though I never turned it on. According to Apple, they collect search data in a way that does not personally identify users. However, many of my Spotlight searches within my locally saved...
    • dialogos
    • Thread
    • privacy search spotlight
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: iOS 18
  4. haralds

    Sequoia Spotlight missing in Action!

    Spotlight constantly forgets where Apps and files are. I have reset it several times (Onyx, Command Line, Dragging into the Private folder and removing it from there,) but quickly it again reverts to just showing Safari items. Has anybody else seen it? Has anybody found a permanent fix?
  5. J

    EasyFind Versus Find Any File

    I am tired of Finder's less than friendly approach / results for finding remnant files from deleted applications in the ~/Library folder and sub-folders. Finder misses a ton of stuff!! I have read that EasyFind and Find Any File seem to be the preferred options for a number of reasons...
    • JoelBC
    • Thread
    • file search finder finder alternative spotlight
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: Mac Apps
  6. Boneslasher

    Search field in System Settings app not working after update to 15.1

    Hello, Two days ago I have updated my M3 Max MBP from 14.7 to 15.1. Everything seems to be working smoothly except for one thing: the search field in the System Settings app returns no result, whatever I type. At least this was what I saw yesterday morning. Today, typing the first letter of my...
    • Boneslasher
    • Thread
    • apple silicon m3 max macos sequoia search field spotlight system settings update
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: macOS Sequoia (15)
  7. G

    Spotlight indexing enabled for all volumes after 15.1 update

    I turn off Spotlight indexing for many of my volumes, in particular my non-TM backup, movie stores, virtual machines. But, after the 15.1 update, Spotlight indexed was enabled for ALL volumes. A bit of a surprise. I have now disabled indexing and deleted the .Spotlight folders. Something to...
  8. J

    Spotlight issue on network share

    I have searched hi and lo to figure this out. Hoping against hope that someone can point out what the issue is. I have a simple network (iMac - ethernet 10g - Mac Mini) The MacMini has two external disk enclosures attached with one enclosure using JBOD and a few disks. Media_1 is an 18TB HDD...
  9. M

    Spotlight & Smart Folders Broken

    I need some help with a 2018 MacBook Air. 1.6 GHz Dual Core Intel i5. 8 GB RAM on Sonoma 14.4.1. A few weeks ago Spotlight & Smart Folders tied to an External Drive started having issues. I noticed that recent files added to folders in the hard drive weren’t appearing in Smart Folders as they...
  10. techfreak23

    Removing Touch Bar from Spotlight results

    mac mini 2018 running 13.4.1 using a magic keyboard 2 with number pad and a magic trackpad 2. I recently installed an app called Barrier to be able to use my mac keyboard and trackpad to control my PC. Since then I have been using spotlight to pull it up quickly but the stupid Touch Bar option...
  11. S

    MB 1,1-7,1 The Oddities of Spotlight & Dual Booting Certain Mac OS Versions

    Sorry if this is the wrong forum to post this kind of question in. If it is better suited elsewhere, feel free to move it. Hello, everyone! I have a question wrt Spotlight's settings. I actually triple boot 3 different versions of Mac OS on a 2010 unibody macbook: Snow Leopard, El Capitan, and...
    • signer-ink-beast
    • Thread
    • dualboot macos multiboot os 10 os x spotlight spotlight search spotlight separate settings spotlight settings
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Early Intel Macs
  12. Pigstick21

    iPhone Document Scan not Spotlight Searchable

    Just started to use my iPhone (15+) to scan documents (using the Scan Documents option in Files), save to iCloud and then open on my MacMini. It seemed to work really well. However, I have found that .pdf contents are not searchable by Spotlight when I do this. If I open Preview and then scan...
  13. RazorBackXX

    Using Spotlight to do all my safari searching possible?

    is this possible with raycast or Alfred or even spotlight? I love the spotlight & im sick of opening safari, call me lazy sure but I wanna know if its possible to type in what I want to look for in spotlight then press enter or whatever button is programmed & then take me to a list of searches...
    • RazorBackXX
    • Thread
    • macbook safari search bar spotlight spotlight search
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: macOS
  14. howdytom

    Please delete my post

    Please delete my post
  15. B

    How to disable web search in Spotlight? (MacOS Sonoma 14.0)

    I hate web search in Spotlight. I hate the concept, I don't want to see it, I have never and will never use it so it just gets in the way. If I want to search on the web, I'll open a browser and search there. See image 1, where an intrusive suggestion to search on the web is the first...
  16. nxt3

    Hide Apple Maps search results from Spotlight

    If I’m searching for a place in Spotlight, it will show Apple Maps search results. Is there a way to hide these results? I don’t have the app installed but it doesn’t seem to make a difference.
    • nxt3
    • Thread
    • ios spotlight
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: iOS 17
  17. purdnost

    Unable to Toggle Settings from Spotlight

    I have been seeing videos of users toggling settings from Spotlight. Typing “Settings,” for example, brings up a list of settings that can be toggled. Likewise, typing specific settings like “Bluetooth“ should also work, but I just get a link that opens the setting from the Settings app, there...
    • purdnost
    • Thread
    • ios 17 search settings spotlight
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: iOS 17
  18. P

    When I type search bar opens

    I have tried everything from new/changing web browsers to restoring default keyboard shortcuts. I feel like its malware but when I scan the scans come back clean. I feel like it is also a simple fix in my settings that I somehow changed by accident. it is driving me crazy. here are pictures of...
  19. danev375

    Curious if your Mac OS version's Spotlight search returns results from within Library/Preferences?

    Recently searched for a file known to be in ~/Library/Preferences/ (while in OS 10.15), and got no results. Same in 10.11. (But worked in 10.6.) Files within other "system" folders can be located, and results were always set to "include System Files" and "Visible OR Invisible" and standard...
    • danev375
    • Thread
    • spotlight spotlight index system
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: macOS
  20. C

    External drive indexes, but then seems to lose 90% of the search-ability of the index.

    Hi all, Anyone experienced spotlight indexing (just fine) but after a short period of time, seemingly rolling back the index and say 250 folders where pulling in a search, its now only pulling 2 folders? Setup: M2 MacMini 512GB HD with 16GB ram with Samsung 870 QVO 4 TB SATA (also tried with...
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