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Re: Spotlight not as smart

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On 2015-10-13, Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> On 2015-10-13, <henry@att.net> <henry@att.net> wrote:
>> In article <d852jiFp75pU1@mid.individual.net>, Jolly Roger
>><jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>>
>>> <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?
>>> 
>>> 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?
>>
>> No. These are apps that I've launched several times and I thought
>> Spotlight would learn them faster than it has so far.
>
> That doesn't seem normal - though I am still running Yosemite here at
> the moment and haven't messed with it in El Capitan much. 
>
> Have you taken a look at your system and console logs to see if any
> Spotlight (mds) errors are being logged?
>
> Have you tried forcing Spotlight to re-index the startup volume with
> this command (you'll need to allow the index to be built again, which
> can take a long time depending on the speed of your system and how large
> your startup drive is)?:
>
> sudo mdutil -E /

You can also try logging out and back in, or restarting the computer. If
the issue is a temporary condition, that might reset it.

And it would also be handy to know if you create a brand-new OS X user
account (System Preferences > Accounts) and log into it if Spotlight has
the same problem there.

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JR

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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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