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Rebuilding the Spotlight index on M2 Max Mac not working. Finder Search remains unresponsive even after a week after rebuild start. Followed instructions at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201716

Rebuilding the Spotlight index on M2 Max Mac not working. Finder Search remains unresponsive even after a week after rebuild start. Followed instructions at Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support. Restarted several times. Tried focus on a small folder, Search still comes out blank

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 13.4

Posted on Jul 12, 2023 7:12 PM

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leroydouglas

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Posted on Jul 13, 2023 9:11 AM

bartogeerts wrote:

Rebuilding the Spotlight index on M2 Max Mac not working. Finder Search remains unresponsive even after a week after rebuild start. Followed instructions at Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support. Restarted several times. Tried focus on a small folder, Search still comes out blank

A week...(?)

Spotlight re-indexes in a matter of minutes.

Verify your Spotlight Settings

>System Settings>Siri & Spotlight verify your selections

Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac—

The best way I have experienced, above all other methods is using the Macintosh HD drag and drop method,

add it to Privacy— and then remove it to initiate the re-index.

you can see it working, add something to the search field:

ref:

Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support

If you are having a bigger issue try a SafeBoot Use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support will sort many anomalies

note:

The current stable release of Ventura including bug fixes, security updates is macOS Ventura 13.4.1c (22F770820d)

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support

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