spotlight not returning anything. Search is fine within the finder window.

i've looked at the forum, clicking on and off via spotlight preferences in system settings and checked the folder preferences.

I'm on 2020 Macbook Pro M1 Ventura 13.0.1

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Aug 10, 2023 6:56 AM

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Posted on Aug 10, 2023 7:03 AM

tallkelly wrote:

i've looked at the forum, clicking on and off via spotlight preferences in system settings and checked the folder preferences.
I'm on 2020 Macbook Pro M1 Ventura 13.0.1


Did you try rebooting the machine...


Did you try relaunch Finder

>System Settings>Force Quit>Finder >Relaunch


—Your 13.0.1 was the original macos release back in June 2022


—The current stable release of Ventura including bug fixes, security updates is macOS Ventura 13.5

I would start there if no resolve.


Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support




Uninstall all third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/VPN/Anti-Virus

all known to cause issues on the macOS


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Aug 10, 2023 7:03 AM in response to tallkelly

tallkelly wrote:

i've looked at the forum, clicking on and off via spotlight preferences in system settings and checked the folder preferences.
I'm on 2020 Macbook Pro M1 Ventura 13.0.1


Did you try rebooting the machine...


Did you try relaunch Finder

>System Settings>Force Quit>Finder >Relaunch


—Your 13.0.1 was the original macos release back in June 2022


—The current stable release of Ventura including bug fixes, security updates is macOS Ventura 13.5

I would start there if no resolve.


Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support




Uninstall all third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/VPN/Anti-Virus

all known to cause issues on the macOS


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