Macbook Pro not searching in finder or settings

Over the past couple of months, I have been unable to search files I know are on my computer in the finder. I have attempted to test this by typing in part of document names and full document names, and it will pull up a bunch of irrelevant files that don't match the search terms at all.


This is also happening when I go into Settings. When I type "Displays" I assume the display panel would come up, but it doesn't bring it up at all.


This has been incredibly frustrating and doesn't make sense. Anyone know what may be causing this?

Posted on Jan 10, 2025 7:54 AM

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Posted on Jan 10, 2025 8:01 AM

ereiten88 wrote:

Over the past couple of months, I have been unable to search files I know are on my computer in the finder. I have attempted to test this by typing in part of document names and full document names, and it will pull up a bunch of irrelevant files that don't match the search terms at all.

This is also happening when I go into Settings. When I type "Displays" I assume the display panel would come up, but it doesn't bring it up at all.

This has been incredibly frustrating and doesn't make sense. Anyone know what may be causing this?


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Jan 10, 2025 8:01 AM in response to ereiten88

ereiten88 wrote:

Over the past couple of months, I have been unable to search files I know are on my computer in the finder. I have attempted to test this by typing in part of document names and full document names, and it will pull up a bunch of irrelevant files that don't match the search terms at all.

This is also happening when I go into Settings. When I type "Displays" I assume the display panel would come up, but it doesn't bring it up at all.

This has been incredibly frustrating and doesn't make sense. Anyone know what may be causing this?


Rebuild the shared Spotlight index on your Mac

Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support


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