Force Quit Spotlight?

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Force Quit Spotlight?

Im having problems with spotlight...
I have accidentally hit display all before typing in my full query which so it, i guess is going to list every file on my hard drive. Ive done this a few times but in the past I've just restarted my system... but its really becoming a hassle now. Im new to macs so i may not be seeing the obvious solution (aside from not hitting the display all.

thanks

iMac G5 2.1 Ghz (iSight), Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Posted on Nov 19, 2005 12:41 PM

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Answer 1

Nov 19, 2005 12:46 PM in response to LarrySanders

Just click the close button of the Spotlight window that opens and all will stop. Then return to Spotlight and continue typing.

Francine
Schwieder

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Nov 20, 2005 10:21 AM in response to Francine Schwieder

I was never able to reach that point... I waited for roughly ten to twenty minutes before I pressed the off button. When I move my cursor to the spotlight button in the upper right hand corner I get the spinning wheel, so Im never able to expand it to quit it.

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Nov 20, 2005 10:22 AM in response to LarrySanders

thanks for your help thought... Ill just chock it up to something I need to avoid in this OS.

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Nov 20, 2005 11:11 AM in response to LarrySanders

If you are getting the spinning pizza when you move your mouse over the items on the right side of the menu bar, after starting a Spotlight search, then you are running into the problem where SystemUIServer is crashing. There are several threads discussing this problem and solutions for it. Do a Search here in the forums on "SystemUIServer" to locate them.

Francine
Schwieder

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