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can you view spotlight search history?

Is it possible to view what spotlight has searched for on a certain date? I know how to view Safari history, but wondered if there was a way to see what Spotlight had searched for on a certain date - I think someone was on my computer on a day I wasn't here, so I'd like to see if anything was looked at.

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on Mar 8, 2016 7:21 AM

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Posted on Mar 8, 2016 8:17 AM

Spotlight doesn't work that way, (you can only exclude items it searches for)

If you are worried you can arrange your Finder windows :

User uploaded file

To show :

User uploaded file

Or, create a Smart Folder : Finder > File > New Smart Folder :

& set the search to :

User uploaded file

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can you view spotlight search history?

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