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how do i remove spotlight preferences from spotlight index?

how do i remove spotlight preferences from spotlight index? I'm all the time getting spotlight preferences as a result when I am trying to open spotify and it is very annoying.

MacBook, macOS 10.14

Posted on Dec 3, 2019 5:40 AM

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Posted on Dec 12, 2019 7:39 AM

The simplest fix is to uncheck System Preferences in the Spotlight Search Results panel. Then you can type "spot" in the Spotlight panel without invoking the Spotlight preferences on a return. After this change, a better search would be "spotify" to make it the first hit.

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how do i remove spotlight preferences from spotlight index?

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