Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Spotlight not as smart Date: 13 Oct 2015 18:58:58 GMT Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <131020151032023167%henry@att.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net joQtoqI2YA2pANLjzGa/SgrQLjxj6Ueunp7f8iY65+S6ROJsQg Cancel-Lock: sha1:O309nFECNS/s0WOhB/SdHgufosY= sha1:O1woV6vWwRGQp0aQWuqiHNSI0Yk= User-Agent: NewsTap/5.0 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.apps:32625 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? With Spotlight, in general, after you type the app name out and launch it the first time, it should take fewer keys (you won't have to type as much of the name) to do it the next time. Is that not happening for you? -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR