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Slow Spotlight

My searches in Spotlight are extremely slow at returning results or does not even show anything at all.

I can be waiting for minutes on end and still nothing shows up.

Spellings are correct.


Can't understand what the issue could be.

Mac mini, macOS 10.14

Posted on Jan 10, 2020 11:23 AM

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Posted on Jan 10, 2020 11:53 AM

_iShaun wrote:

My searches in Spotlight are extremely slow at returning results or does not even show anything at all.
I can be waiting for minutes on end and still nothing shows up.
Spellings are correct.

Can't understand what the issue could be.



How to rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support


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Jan 10, 2020 11:53 AM in response to _iShaun

_iShaun wrote:

My searches in Spotlight are extremely slow at returning results or does not even show anything at all.
I can be waiting for minutes on end and still nothing shows up.
Spellings are correct.

Can't understand what the issue could be.



How to rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support


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