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Spotlight not working as expected in Ventura

Hello.


I used to be able to search for (say) a PDF in Spotlight and then open the PDF straight from Spotlight by simply clicking on the Spotlight search result, or pressing Return while the search result was highlighted.


It no longer seems to work. Instead, I have to scroll down to the bottom of the Spotlight results and select "Show in Finder" before I can open the file. Is it just me?

MacBook Air, macOS 13.2

Posted on Apr 10, 2023 11:39 AM

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Posted on Apr 10, 2023 11:41 AM

BGCooper wrote:

Hello.

I used to be able to search for (say) a PDF in Spotlight and then open the PDF straight from Spotlight by simply clicking on the Spotlight search result, or pressing Return while the search result was highlighted.

It no longer seems to work. Instead, I have to scroll down to the bottom of the Spotlight results and select "Show in Finder" before I can open the file. Is it just me?



The current stable release of Ventura including bug fixes, security updates is macOS Ventura 13.3.1 - I would start there


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Apr 10, 2023 11:41 AM in response to BGCooper

BGCooper wrote:

Hello.

I used to be able to search for (say) a PDF in Spotlight and then open the PDF straight from Spotlight by simply clicking on the Spotlight search result, or pressing Return while the search result was highlighted.

It no longer seems to work. Instead, I have to scroll down to the bottom of the Spotlight results and select "Show in Finder" before I can open the file. Is it just me?



The current stable release of Ventura including bug fixes, security updates is macOS Ventura 13.3.1 - I would start there


Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support


Spotlight not working as expected in Ventura

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