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Re: Spotlight not as smart

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<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?

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    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
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