Spotlight won't index most Apple apps

ΙΚΑΡΟΣ wrote:

If I search through spotlight most preinstalled Apple app won't find it because they don't seem to get indexed. Eg Automator, Terminal, Maps etc. There are some other Apple apps (Numbers, Pages, Keynote) where everything works as it should.

I have already done a reindexes through system preferences and one through terminal (sudo mdutil -Ea /) but same results .

Any ideas?

Verify your Spotlight settings...results checked

If all that looks in order—Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support

use the HD method

If no insight or resolve—

it begs the question what is this..(?)

Uninstall all third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/VPN/Anti-Virus —and compare your results.

all known to cause issues on the macOS