spotlight won't search iCloud anymore?

I used to be able to find files on my computer or on iCloud with spotlight, getting worse, possibly not working at all since I updated to Sequoia (without doing homework, sounds like I should have delayed doing so!)

Is there a way to get spotlight to search iCloud for my files?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 15.1

Posted on Dec 7, 2024 10:09 AM

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Posted on Dec 8, 2024 2:57 PM

Philip Champion wrote:

That was my experience before, and title search worked well, at least for recent files, until recently, but not finding anything on iCloud now. I have to search manually

Rebuild the index.

Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support


If I let a search sit long enough, it eventually finds things in iCloud Drive that are not in Desktop & Documents.

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Dec 8, 2024 2:57 PM in response to Philip Champion

Philip Champion wrote:

That was my experience before, and title search worked well, at least for recent files, until recently, but not finding anything on iCloud now. I have to search manually

Rebuild the index.

Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support


If I let a search sit long enough, it eventually finds things in iCloud Drive that are not in Desktop & Documents.

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