spotlight

Hi folks, I'm just writing to ask whether anyone has had an issue with Mojave where certain file types disappear from Spotlight content searches when double-clicked? For me this has been happening with Mojave 10.14.3, 10.14.4 and 10.14.5, mainly with RTF, text, HTML and Web Archive files... RTF...

Hi i have download alfred 3 and launchbar 6 , they are trial and i'm tring ,i like both but alfred 3 is amazing may i know where does alfred 3 and launchbar 6 store their database? do they have their personal database or do they use (both) spotlight database? and is there a way to clean/empty...

If I search hercules in Spotlight, looking for this file: _hercules-3.07-snowleopard.dmg it does NOT find it! Even if I enter name:hercules it won't find it. How come? In my Spotlight preferences, everything is checked off. (I'm running 10.13.5 on a MacBk Pro)

Since a few days ago Spotlight (no changes on the system as far as I remember) has been acting up: when I reboot, everything works fine. Then, after a few minutes just some files/folders disappear. Give it a few more minutes and another search and no files/folders can be found. For some reason...

hi just wondering when I do a search on spotlight search does this sync to iCloud So if I look up Ben Stiller on iPad will the same results appear on spotlight on both devices and match or will each device give me separate results for this search

i noticed the the "recents" folder only had things that were like a week old. also, certain files (mostly working with audio + DAW files) just never show up in spotlight searches. creating a smart folder also didnt help to find things that were created more recently. im still on 10.14.1...

My new MacBook Pro 2018 8 core on Mojave has some issues generating a proper Spotlight database. I tried the obvious methods of excluding the drive, re-including it, and the terminal commands for rebuilding Spotlight. Additionally I ran Disk Utility First Aid twice, which automatically restarted...

Good morning/afternoon! For some reason, my spotlight search function on my iPad Pro 11” is no longer working. Swiping down from homepage prompts the search box, typing anything in however does not produce any results, apps or otherwise. I’ve restarted the device once without any success at all...

I like to have at least 4 Desktops constantly open on my mac. Whenever I use spotlight they get rearranged and the Desktop that contains the app that I have opened through spotlight is moved to be next to the Desktop from which I started the search. This is extremely annoying and gets confusing...

Hi, In the past, I have been able to use Spotlight (usually via Finder) to search the contents of Numbers spreadsheet files. It is one of the most useful features to me of using a Mac. However, I've noticed today that it is no longer searching the contents of ALL the Numbers spreadsheets I...

I could swear I did this before, but now it appears to not work. I have over 100 MS Word files, and I don't want to have to open each one individually to look for various phrases or words. Can't I just search at the folder level, and have it look inside each of those documents without having to...

Hi, Would greatly appreciate any help with this: I'm using High Sierra 10.13.6 on a 2013 Macbook Pro. Spotlight is not working as it should do: whenever I search for a file it doesn't find it. These are non-library files, just standing pages documents and pdf documents that are on the desktop...

Hello! Yeserday everything worked, today opened my Mac Mini and Finder finds nothing. I use it every day to catalogue and find image files. Did no changes yesterday, no updates as much as I know. Before, when I used "Search This Mac" by putting image file's name into top right search box, it...

Hi I'm on mid-2015 MB Pro, OS 10.13.5. Spotlight and Finder Search aren't working well. Can't find text in Word docs. This is important for my work. Anyway to reset Spotlight? Any testing to tell why it and Finder Search aren't working right? Can going into SafeBoot help spot things...

I received an email this AM which, according to the timestamp in the Finder when doing a Spotlight search was 8:04...but the time was 8:01 when I checked. The Mac's time is correct; 8:01. And the internal date on the email is correct (i.e., in the past). So why does Spotlight (and Finder, I...

Hi! Anyone know if there's a way to force Spotlight to index the contents of the /Users/Shared folder? I tried sudo mdutil -i on /Users/Shared but that didn't work. I also tried adding and removing the folder to the Spotlight Privacy exclusion list in System Settings. Didn't work either.

I'm trying to find an important file on my iMac, but Spotlight won't find it. I've tried several things, but to no avail. It's an important file concerning my wife's prescription records and it would take me hours to recreate it. I recently installed Xfinity's wonderful new Gateway router...

Hello, Spotlight is not working when I press command + spacebar. Resetting keyboard defaults did nothing. This command also did nothing: sudo chmod 755 /System/Library/CoreServices/Search.bundle/Contents/MacOS/Search; killall SystemUIServer The magnifying glass on the menu bar at the top of...

Hi, I'm setting up a list of smart folders which will search inside my sample library folder called 'Samples'. Each Smart Search Criteria has some conditions, i.e. Name matches 'Bass' Duration is more than 2 seconds Any (Are true) Wav Aiff Rex All works fine. But I was wondering, my...

I'm installing Pro Tools, a resource-intensive Digital Audio Workstation app, and one of the optimization tips calls for turning off Spotlight so it won't be indexing in the background. I'd rather not do that because it breaks my find/search functionality. If I set up a separate user account...