Post #921663

2026-03-28 13:56 UTC

Does Spotlight constantly break for everyone else? I feel like every week or so I have to force a re-index or it refuses to show me apps anymore for inexplicable reasons.

Replies (5)

@stephenrobles@mastodon.social 2026-03-28 14:17

@charliemchapman I’ve been doing a quick CMD 1,2,3 or 4 recently and it helps get past some of these bugs

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@__mbh__@mastodon.social 2026-03-28 14:23

@charliemchapman i updated to macOS 26.4 recently, and have blamed that for no longer being able to launch apps via Spotlight… dunno if thats coincidental 🤷‍♂️

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@huntercmeyer@mastodon.social 2026-03-28 14:27

@charliemchapman I’ve also had lots of problems with it. Everytime I hear people talk about how great the new Spotlight is I get jealous that mine isn’t working 🤣

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@mrudokas@mastodon.social 2026-03-28 14:32

@charliemchapman As with everything these days, it only was good on the WWDC slides. 26.4 seems improved for me — finds apps, but now theres is strange ~5s delay before finding a document.

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@fbartho@mastodon.social 2026-03-28 20:51

@charliemchapman I only reliably use Spotlight for launching Applications. Everything else has always been glitchy or broken for me since 2009 I only search for stuff *inside* applications.

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