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Mac Basics: Using Spotlight Search
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Thanks Gary. Really helpful tutorial. I actually find Spotlight very unreliable and intermittent. Sometimes the Spotlight doesn't even show when requested using command + space. More often, Spotlight does not show any options when an entry is made in the Spotlight "bubble". For instance, typing " Mai" does not bring up any options to select. I really like Spotlight, particularly for launching Apps, but I find it's unreliability frustrating. Thanks Mick
Thanks Gary. Very helpful as ever. At one point after I bought a new computer when I found Spotlight was very slow I discovered it was also searching all my TimeMachine backups. This was easy enough to fix but it was puzzling while it lasted.
@Will Please can you advise how you knew SL was searching within TimeMachine, and how did you cure it. It could be the reason my SL is very slow. Thanks Mick
Your "Basics" series is incredibly helpful. Every one including this "spotlight" review contains tips that I find immediately helpful. I am always impressed at what you have discovered, and how much I have missed by doing things the same way without analyzing my actions to see if they could be improved or made more efficient (keyboard shortcuts, finding calendar entries, seeing document content etc). It's a must for mid-range users.