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After upgrading to Sequoia, Spotlight doesn't show Apps [solved]

Well, like I said in subject. Only native mac os apps show up using Spotlight and none of installed by user. I've tried many solutions but only that one worked for me. I decided to share it as I didn't find that one before.


Solution which I got from Apple suppret and it worked for me. In Terminal type these 3 commands:

sudo mdutil -Eai off [press Enter]

sudo mdutil -Eai on [press Enter]

mdutil -as [press Enter]

Now, restart computer and wait for magic to happen, it will take 20-40minutes. You can preview the progress by clicking on Spotlight. I've left my computer for the time of this operation and didn't touch anything. Now I've got all apps properly indexed.

Posted on Nov 23, 2024 11:45 AM

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Nov 23, 2024 3:21 PM in response to czaras

czaras wrote:

Well, like I said in subject. Only native mac os apps show up using Spotlight and none of installed by user. I've tried many solutions but only that one worked for me. I decided to share it as I didn't find that one before.

Solution which I got from Apple suppret and it worked for me. In Terminal type these 3 commands:
sudo mdutil -Eai off [press Enter]
sudo mdutil -Eai on [press Enter]
mdutil -as [press Enter]
Now, restart computer and wait for magic to happen, it will take 20-40minutes. You can preview the progress by clicking on Spotlight. I've left my computer for the time of this operation and didn't touch anything. Now I've got all apps properly indexed.


Verify your setting that Applications is checked...





ref: Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac

Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support


After upgrading to Sequoia, Spotlight doesn't show Apps [solved]

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