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
I usually write a blog post about once a week. The latest post can be viewed here: An Interesting Time: Where it will go, who really knows, but it's going to be an interesting time. (posted 2025-12-28 at 19:06:07). Warning: mysqli_connect(): MySQL server has gone away in /Library/WebServer/Documents/Owen2/Inc/Footer.inc.php on line 59
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