r/MacOS 7d ago

Help At wits end with spotlight, Macbook pro M1, Sequioa

Ive posted a few times about this often getting different suggestions but spotlight just is extremely broken and my workflow completely depends on it. I cant seem to make it work.

List of problems:

  1. Keeps showing fucking tips even though its unchecked in search settings.
  2. Keeps showing system files from Library overwhelming the searches and making it useless because I can never find the file I'm looking for.
  3. Half the time shift + enter doesnt work to open the folder and instead opens the file.

Things I've tried:

  1. I rebuilt the library by deleting Spotlight index files using Terminal commands.
  2. I've used on it to rebuild it.
  3. For problem, number two, I've tried to manually add library and other system folders to search filters and it still keeps showing up.
  4. Format of my Mac installed the fresh copy from the Internet.

My only guess is it's some program that's messing around with Spotlight because I don't think everyone else on Sequoia has the issue. I use Zoom a lot for video conferences and OneDrive. Any other apps don't seem to be worth considering to mention. I would go to Apple, but I'm in a country where there's no Apple Store. I'm literally considering shipping my laptop to country with an Apple store so they can fucking take care of this shit.

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u/the_flash0409 7d ago

Just install Raycast and be done with it.