Hello all! Long time listener, first time poster...
I was looking through my Spotlight Preference Pane and noticed at the bottom of the list there was a blank #16 category. I tried deleting the Spotlight preferences but that didn't make it go away. Is that a problem? Anyone know what this 16th category is and/or why it's there?
Thanks for your help!
--Jeffrey
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
I also had this problem with a blank #16th category on my Macbook Pro.
I noticed it after I had uninstalled Xcode. Deleting the Spotlight p.list or editing it made no difference.
On my iMac (on which I had never installed Xcode, and with 15 categories in Spotlight preferences, also running Lion) i noticed under Macintosh HD there were 5 folders: Applications, Library, System, Users, Downloads; and 1 alias: User Guides and Information.
On my MBP there was an additional folder: Developer.
Not sure if this is because of an uninstall issue from Xcode, but I deleted the Developer folder and Spotlight is back to 15 categories under Spotlight preferences. 🙂
Obviously dont do this if you are still using Xcode or any other Apps dependent on the Developer folder!
Hope that helps.
I also had this problem with a blank #16th category on my Macbook Pro.
I noticed it after I had uninstalled Xcode. Deleting the Spotlight p.list or editing it made no difference.
On my iMac (on which I had never installed Xcode, and with 15 categories in Spotlight preferences, also running Lion) i noticed under Macintosh HD there were 5 folders: Applications, Library, System, Users, Downloads; and 1 alias: User Guides and Information.
On my MBP there was an additional folder: Developer.
Not sure if this is because of an uninstall issue from Xcode, but I deleted the Developer folder and Spotlight is back to 15 categories under Spotlight preferences. 🙂
Obviously dont do this if you are still using Xcode or any other Apps dependent on the Developer folder!
Hope that helps.
Why do I have a blank category in my Spotlight preferences?
