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Q: Spotlight copy paste URL truncated on first try

This one is hard to reproduce, but I run across it often.

 

Use case:

I often need to copy a url from a google meeting invite into a spotlight search to spawn the video conference for the event.

 

System:

MBP 13 Mid 2013

OS X 10.11.4

Chrome 50.0.2661.86 (64-bit). But it happened with older ones too

 

Steps to recreate; only happens intermittantly -

1. Open google event detail in Chrome, at calendar.google.com

2. Mouse select url from meeting detail

3. Command-C to copy URL

4. Command-Space to launch Spotlight bar

5. Command-V to paste URL

  ** URL is truncated in the search bar. Last two? digits are missing

6. Clear Spotlight search

7. Command-V to paste URL again. This time it works fine.

 

Has anyone else encountered this? I suspect it's a bug.

Posted on May 9, 2016 11:23 AM

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Q: Spotlight copy paste URL truncated on first try

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  • by Rysz,

    Rysz Rysz May 9, 2016 12:30 PM in response to Randoms
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    iTunes
    May 9, 2016 12:30 PM in response to Randoms

    Do you get the same results when you Comman+A (select all), or triple-click on the address?

     

    You can report bugs directly to Apple via this link: http://www.apple.com/feedback/

  • by Randoms,

    Randoms Randoms May 9, 2016 12:57 PM in response to Rysz
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    Mac OS X
    May 9, 2016 12:57 PM in response to Rysz

    I've not tried that.

     

    However, note that I don't need to re-copy the url to get it to work. I only need to re-paste. In essence, the first time I paste the url, a couple characters are missing from the end of the URL. From that point on, pasting works fine.

  • by Rysz,

    Rysz Rysz May 9, 2016 3:04 PM in response to Randoms
    Level 7 (20,475 points)
    iTunes
    May 9, 2016 3:04 PM in response to Randoms

    You're correct that I missed that distinction...

    Do you experience the same issue when you paste the address directly into Chrome, or Safari Address / Search Field, rather than going thru Spotlight?

     

    I have not seen this issue reported by others. Report it to Apple.