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Cmd-Space to launch Spotlight Stopped Working

Stopped working for days. I did some research and thought maybe it was multiple monitors and sharing keyboard and mouse with another Mac. Today, still not working, so I put Spotlight back in the Menu Bar and now the shortcut works. I think maybe I may have turned it off when all this started -- we'll see when I get back to multiple monitors.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Jul 3, 2023 5:06 AM

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Posted on May 13, 2024 11:51 AM

This solved it for me- unplugged my external monitor, moved spotlight to the center of my MB's screen, plugged monitor back in and spotlight showed up as expected.


Wonder if when other people restarted / safe reboot it just reset where spotlight shows, not that there was anything actually "wrong".

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Cmd-Space to launch Spotlight Stopped Working

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