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  1. 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
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    • dualboot macos multiboot os 10 os x spotlight spotlight search spotlight separate settings spotlight settings
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Early Intel Macs
  2. 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
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    • macbook safari search bar spotlight spotlight search
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: macOS
  3. sregreb

    iPad Spotlight search without keyboard

    I’m running the latest IOS 13.1 Public Beta. When using the attached Smart Keyboard I use CMD+Space to pull up spotlight search. How do I pull up spotlight search without the keyboard? I used to be able to swipe down from the top and access it that way. What am I missing?
    • sregreb
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    • spotlight search
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: iOS 13
  4. L

    spotlight search disappearing

    hi, for some reason sometimes when i use spotlight search, i start typing in what I'm looking for and it just quits/dissapears. I keep trying and it just keeps doing it. Any ideas? 10.12.6
  5. H

    iPhone Spotlight search returns only partial results

    UPDATE: Called Apple tech support. Just "Reset all Settings", it fixed the problem.... Running iOS 12 on XS Max 512GB, can't search Notes effectively. Will return some results but not all. Doesn't matter if I use Siri or just type query into box at the top. Spotlight Search is effectively...
    • hansbakken
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    • bug ios12 spotlight search
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iOS 12
  6. D2Rhino

    Spotlight search not returning *some* apps

    When I use spotlight search to search for apps, most apps are shown, but Twitter, Soundhound, and the iOS Calendar app are never shown, even when I specifically search for them. Any ideas? IPad Pro 9.7”, iOS 11.2. Thanks!
    • D2Rhino
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    • ios11 spotlight search
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: iOS 11
  7. Q

    Security Update 2017-001 - Safari & Spotlight Search crashing

    Ever since I updated my MacBook, I can't open Safari without it crashing, can't even click on a link. Something's also up with Spotlight Search, it keeps appearing and disappearing and it's sort of driving me nuts. Does anyone know a fix for this yet? I hate it. Also, my battery is draining FAST.
  8. A

    I'm lost... no wait it's lost (my folder)

    I'm new to the mac anything so be kind... I selected a whole bunch of stuff and created a folder with the selection. I cannot find the folder. when I search in spotlight I can find it. How do I find it otherwise? I saved five of them and obviously cannot remember two of the names now because...
    • ayede
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    • created find folders select spotlight search
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: MacBook Air
  9. N

    Finder search does not find results!

    Recently my search results do not return when I used the search in Finder. I have already checked my spotlight preferences and everything is selected. It is also doing the same thing in my outlook (will not return search results). This is so frustrating.
  10. sregreb

    Spotlight search text entry not working, CMD-Tab icons mixed up

    I have a 12.9 IPad Pro with Apple Smart Keyboard running the latest non-beta software. Sometimes when I pull up spotlight search with CMD-Space or with a downward finger swipe, I am unable to type a thing in the search field. Keyboard input is ignored. I can usually fix it by going to another...
    • sregreb
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    • smart keyboard spotlight search
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: iPad
  11. preston-seismic

    Yosemite Spotlight Search Cache

    Hello, I was wondering if anyone here may be able to help me out. I have a network drive that has been formatted to HFS+ with several thousand files, mostly sound effects. When I search via Spotlight for things either on the computer the network drive is attached to or using the "Connect to...
  12. SuperKerem

    iPad Pro - Something I Noticed

    I was watching some videos about the iPad Pro today, and noticed that the Spotlight Search layout was slightly changed from iOS 9.1 (version the iPad Pro shipped with) to iOS 9.2 onwards. Yes, I know this is quite insignificant but I'm still curious to see which layout you guys prefer :) (I...
    • SuperKerem
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    • ios ios 9 ipad ipad pro pro search spotlight spotlight search
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: iPad
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