Re: Spotlight not as smart

From	<henry@att.net>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject	Re: Spotlight not as smart
Date	2015-10-13 16:38 -0700
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<131020151638221977%henry@att.net> (permalink)
References	<131020151032023167%henry@att.net> <slrnn1r1uq.27f.g.kreme@amelia.local>

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In article <slrnn1r1uq.27f.g.kreme@amelia.local>, Lewis
<g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:

> In message <131020151032023167%henry@att.net> 
>   <henry@att.net> <henry@att.net> wrote:
> > Spotlight under OS 10.11 (El Capitan) is less helpful than previous
> > versions. In the past, in most cases, I just entered the first letter
> > of the app I wanted to launch and spotlight would show it and I hit
> > return and the app launched. Now, when I type the first letter the icon
> > of the app momentarily appears in the righthand corner of spotlight,
> > and an expanded empty field appears below, as I type the second letter
> > the same thing happens, eventually after typing more letters the form
> > is filled in and only then can I press enter to launch the app. Is
> > anyone else having this problem?
> 
> Nope. If I type 'm' I get a list of apps starting with mail, messages, 
> nd mactracker. The text field shows an m in bright white and 'ail' in
> grey. Hitting return launches mail.

When I type the  letter 'm' there is a lengthy delay and eventually
Mail is displayed. I found that I can drag a disk or folder to the
Privacy tab in Spotlight's preferences and the removing it thus forcing
Spotlight to reindex that disk, which is happening now as I type this,
about 1/3 is indexed and Spotlight is already responding faster and how
it did in the past.

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Spotlight not as smart <henry@att.net> - 2015-10-13 10:32 -0700
  Re: Spotlight not as smart Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-13 18:58 +0000
    Re: Spotlight not as smart <henry@att.net> - 2015-10-13 12:48 -0700
      Re: Spotlight not as smart Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-13 20:45 +0000
        Re: Spotlight not as smart Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-13 23:54 +0000
  Re: Spotlight not as smart Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-13 22:36 +0000
    Re: Spotlight not as smart <henry@att.net> - 2015-10-13 16:38 -0700

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