Since my Mac air updated to Ventura I can not use the spotlight function. I’ve tried all the classic tricks of completly shutting down and restarting Anna checking my spotlight system settings but I can not find a solution. Any help? Thanks
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 11.4
What does it mean that you can't use it? Does it not appear when you press Command-space? Does it appear but not show search results? Something else?
Does it work in Safe Mode?
Did you reset the Spotlight index? (only useful if Spotlight appears but does not show the expected results)
In Terminal, paste this line:
sudo mdutil -E /
type your password as requested and press enter (there is no feedback as you type the password).
Give some time to reindex.
What does it mean that you can't use it? Does it not appear when you press Command-space? Does it appear but not show search results? Something else?
Does it work in Safe Mode?
Did you reset the Spotlight index? (only useful if Spotlight appears but does not show the expected results)
In Terminal, paste this line:
sudo mdutil -E /
type your password as requested and press enter (there is no feedback as you type the password).
Give some time to reindex.
Restart in Safe Mode, and test.
If it works in Safe Mode, we can be sure that there is some third party software conflict.
Please run Etrecheck and post its full report here. Use the "additional text" button and paste the report into the text box.
Thank you for the detailed reply.
When I say can’t use it I mean when I click on the spotlight search icon or press command - space it does nothing. So no search box appears. This has only happened since the update.
Any ideas why?
Ventura broke spotlight
