Resolved Spotlight results in Chinese american

[macrumorsprofile]

Hi

How do I get Spotlight show American English dictionary search results? I have tried everything I've read online. Please see how my settings are in the pictures. Thanks so much if you can help with this!

 

[jerwin]

The dictionary app has its own preferences, but spotlight may not abide by those...

see also

http://www.macworld.com/article/1140559/spotlightdictionary.html

 

[macrumorsprofile]

The dictionary app has its own preferences, but spotlight may not abide by those...

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see also

http://www.macworld.com/article/1140559/spotlightdictionary.html

Thanks for your reply. I just read the linked article. Unfortunately I have already done just what it suggests, and without help. See attached picture for reference. The thing is I dont want to see Chinese results. Im only interested in English and spanish results.

 

[jerwin]

type
defaults read com.apple.DictionaryServices
in the terminal, and post the results?

Mine reads

Typhon:~ jeremy$ defaults read com.apple.DictionaryServices

{

DCSDictionaryPrefs = {

"com.apple.dictionary.NOAD" = {

pronunciation = 0;

version = 1;

};

"com.apple.dictionary.Wikipedia" = {

"com.apple.Dictionary.onlineDictionary.networkNoticeShown" = 1;

"language-da" = 0;

"language-de" = 0;

"language-en" = 1;

"language-es" = 0;

"language-fi" = 0;

"language-fr" = 0;

"language-it" = 0;

"language-ja" = 0;

"language-ko" = 0;

"language-nl" = 0;

"language-no" = 0;

"language-pl" = 0;

"language-pt" = 0;

"language-ru" = 0;

"language-sv" = 0;

"language-zh/cn/Hans" = 0;

"language-zh/tw/Hant" = 0;

"other_languages" = "";

version = 1;

};

};

DCSServiceWindowType = 1;

}

So if the top entry is Chinese (com.apple.dictionary.zh_CN-en.OCD) , perhaps that's your culprit. Does changing your region change what spotlight uses as its dictionary?

 

[macrumorsprofile]

type
defaults read com.apple.DictionaryServices
in the terminal, and post the results?

Mine reads

Typhon:~ jeremy$ defaults read com.apple.DictionaryServices

{

DCSDictionaryPrefs = {

"com.apple.dictionary.NOAD" = {

pronunciation = 0;

version = 1;

};

"com.apple.dictionary.Wikipedia" = {

"com.apple.Dictionary.onlineDictionary.networkNoticeShown" = 1;

"language-da" = 0;

"language-de" = 0;

"language-en" = 1;

"language-es" = 0;

"language-fi" = 0;

"language-fr" = 0;

"language-it" = 0;

"language-ja" = 0;

"language-ko" = 0;

"language-nl" = 0;

"language-no" = 0;

"language-pl" = 0;

"language-pt" = 0;

"language-ru" = 0;

"language-sv" = 0;

"language-zh/cn/Hans" = 0;

"language-zh/tw/Hant" = 0;

"other_languages" = "";

version = 1;

};

};

DCSServiceWindowType = 1;

}

So if the top entry is Chinese (com.apple.dictionary.zh_CN-en.OCD) , perhaps that's your culprit. Does changing your region change what spotlight uses as its dictionary?

Thanks so much. This was the reason.