This might fix the Spotlight search if the usual rebuild doesn't work. This is often shown when search works in some accounts, but not others, on the same machine
Remove these files and folders from the local library... Preferences > com.apple.spotlight.mdwrite.plist Preferences > com.apple.spotlight.plist Preferences > com.apple.spotlightknowledge.plist. Caches > com.apple.spotlight Application Support > com.apple.spotlight
My latest blog post: Problematic Ideas: Some people will read this and think, what's the problem here? (posted 2025-08-30). Warning: mysqli_connect(): MySQL server has gone away in /Library/WebServer/Documents/Owen2/Inc/Footer.m.inc.php on line 51
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