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mielouisedk Author

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.apps

Hi,

When I search in spotlight it now shows .app behind all apps, how do I do so it dosent shows that? It was a mistake I maked in the settings, but somehow I dont remember how

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 13.1

Posted on Jan 11, 2023 11:40 AM

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VikingOSX

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Posted on Jan 11, 2023 11:47 AM

Finder Settings > Advanced > [ ] Show all filename extensions.

That will drop the .app extensions in Spotlight.

Spotlight will be more focused on applications if you used the following syntax:

kind:app

because just typing ap causes Spotlight to scan all of its Search categories for a string matching "app" including document contents. Not very efficient.

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