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Spotlight window disappearing before search can happen

Spotlight has stopped working consistently on my iMac (OSX 10.12). I usually summon it with a keyboard shortcut, it appears, but after I have typed a few characters it simply disappears and rarely allows me to finish a search. What can I do to fix this?

iMac, macOS Sierra (10.12.6)

Posted on Oct 16, 2018 12:16 PM

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Try going to System Preferences/Spotlight/Search Results and uncheck Bookmarks & History.


See if anything here helps.


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Spotlight search always quits itself when typing.

Posted on Oct 16, 2018 7:19 PM

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Nov 3, 2018 12:40 PM in response to mackim2

There is an "Apple recommended" answer in this other discussion: Re: Why does the spotlight window randomly close after typing a few specific characters? (yes, there are several discussions about that since Apple forums still do not have merging capabilities thus making users and Apple staff work harder.. sigh).


Hopefully, they will release a bug fix soon but do not hold your breath.

Spotlight window disappearing before search can happen

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