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Spotlight not working

  • 28-05-2007 10:42am
    #1
    setanta5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 348 ✭✭


    As it says in the title, spotlight in my menu bar returns no results. I'm running OSX 10.4.9 and all is up to date on my machine, ( a 2.33 15" MBP) but when i type anything, even document names exactly as they are recorded, into the spotlight, nothing happens. Its frustrating as i had changed from windows and fell in love with spotlight searching as it used to nearly have the result i wanted before i had finished typing.

    Incidentally if i open finder and type into the spotlight section on the finder window, it works exactly how i would expect it to. Can anyone help me with this?


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  • #2
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,693 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    Have tried re-indexing? The easiest way to do this is to go to System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy and add your HD to the Privacy pane. Leave it there for a few seconds and then remove it, spotlight will then re-index.

    If this doesn't work, check your disk with Disk Utility. Also, try removing the com.apple.spotlight.plist file from the home / library / preferences folder.


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