No web content in Yosemite spotlight searches.

I am only getting local information from my mac book pro when I try a spotlight search. I am not getting any web content from bing or wikipedia at all.

I also assume you have a working internet connection and all categories ticked in SystemPrefrences/Spotlight/Search Results. (i'm not teasing here, just double checking)
Is the little triangle coming up in the menu bar as soon as an app uses location services on your machine? like weather in notifications for instance.
Also: In Safari, what search engine have you selected? I find spotlight behaves erratically when Google is selected as default search engine in Safari.

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I was having the same problem with both hyperlinks and buttons in one particular file -- "Invalid URL for Web Content Overlay." It seems to only be a problem in files where I had a link or button previously, and then deleted the object. When I create a new object and create a link or button, it's as though the old link is still lingering somewhere in the file! However, none of the old links is listed in the hyperlinks panel before I create a new one.
This occurred while I was teaching a DPS class, using the Adobe courseware (sight unseen by any proofreader, I believe). In one of the exercise files, the steps for the student to create hyperlinks and buttons had already been done, so I deleted the hyperlinks. (I think I deleted the text frames that contained them, but I'm not sure.) I never had a problem with it UNTIL I downloaded the Overlay Creator/Folio Builder dated June 19 (v21, I think).
In the same file, I also had problems with a NAVTO link, . I don't think there were any NAVTO links in any earlier version of the file, at least none that I ever created or deleted.
I've coded HTML since the days when the only available tool was Notepad, so I'm sure that I used correct URLs (and none redirected). Even the URLs in the deleted objects were correct; I only deleted them so the exercise could be done again.

Does Spotlight Search HTML Files?

I have a folder full of HTML files I just imported to my MacBook about a week ago. They have been backed up by my Time Capsule. But when I search for keywords in the contents of them, they do not show up. The file names will show up, but none of the contents (which are mainly text). I have tried to force Spotlight to search only the folder that contains the files, but it does not seem to be searching the HTML files.
Are HTML file contents excluded from Spotlight searches? I seem to have a number of webpages that come in Spotlight for keyword searches that appear to be the result of searching the file contents. So is there a trick to this? Is there some way I can force Spotlight to index this folder? Just not sure why it seems to search the contents of some HTML files and not others.

Are HTML file contents excluded from Spotlight searches?
No, HTML files are not excluded.
Open System Preferences > Spotlight, under Search Results tab is Webpages checked?
If yes, download a new html file and see if Spotlight finds it. If yes, then it could be a permissions issue with the files you imported. Do a Get Info and compare permissions between the new and old files.
You can reset your permissions on all your files similar to Disk Utility using the Recovery Drive. See instructions here:
Use OS X Recovery Disk Assistant to reset Your files and folder permissions
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Why are my Spotlight searches getting slower and slower?

My Spotlight searches were becoming slower and slower. I solved the problem by downloading OnyX , running the disc optimization application under the "automation" section and resetting the Spotlight index. When I rebooted my G4, Spotlight re-indexed my computer contents. My Spotlight searches are now very quick again.

You have probably answered your own problem in a way....
As you save more and more files to your computer Spotlight has more and more information and files to run through, when these are indexed Spotlight then has a sort of record for what you are searching for so when you indexed spotlight it then didn't have to do so much work.

Spotlight search no longer searches the web?

Spotlight search was the best in Mavericks - it searched the web. Yosemite no longer searches the web.
Settings has no spot to add the web search.
I have to open Safari to do a web search - good grief.
It was temporarily removed from iOS7 and restored after popular demand.
I hope this happens with Yosemite. Please.

After searching help on spotlight and clicking on show me Bing search in preferences, the addition preferences showed up and the web searches began happening. The preferences did not go all the way to 21 when I first looked at them and scrolled down. The web search was definitely not included because so few results were returned as opposed to the identical search now. I'm not sure why the preferences for Bing search were omitted when I first review preferences prior to doing the search of help.
It appears to now be searching the web and have the ability to include web searches optionally.

In OS Yosemite the search function in Mail, Finder, Spotlight- does not work

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16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048 MB
OS Yosemite,
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Mail Versión 8.1 (1993)
In OS Yosemite the search function in Mail, Finder, Spotlight… does not work. Messages or documents with the search criteria are there and one could find them manually, but the search function fails to find them. Following advice from Apple Support (728965377):
1. I applied an Apple protocol for adware removal (Remove unwanted adware that displays pop-up ads and graphics on your Mac); I had none, because I had formally utilized a similar protocol that I had found in Internet, actually an app that implemented automatically Apple's adware removal protocol.
2. I rebuild the post boxes in Mail (Mail (Yosemite): Reconstruir buzones); It took a while but it functioned properly
3. I re-install the System (OS X Yosemite: Reinstalar OS X); It took about 4 hours but there was no problem whatsoever with the installation.
Afterwards I searched for messages in Mail, and documents in Finder and Spotlight, without any difficulty. The search function in all of them was working properly. But the next time that I needed to search messages or documents, an hour later or so, the problem reappear and a couple of new issues occurred:
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2. after reading an e-mail in Mail or copying an address, this is seeing as a floating object in the finder and over every application. There is no logical way to get rid of the floating object and neither copying or deleting or cutting it. It is not a big issue but nonetheless bothersome.
3. In Mail, messages with Flag or in VIP contacts cannot be seen in the appropriate folders, only in the Incoming mail folder, together with other messages. It seems to me, this issue is part of same search function problem.
4. The preview function within Mail does not show the attached documents to a message, whether it is in the IN, OUT or Draft boxes.

Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad and start typing the name.
The title of the Console window should be All Messages. If it isn't, select
SYSTEM LOG QUERIES ▹ All Messages
from the log list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar at the top of the screen.
Click the Clear Display icon in the toolbar. Then try again to re-index Spotlight. Select any messages that appear in the Console window. Copy them to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message by pressing command-V.
The log contains a vast amount of information, almost all of which is irrelevant to solving any particular problem. When posting a log extract, be selective. A few dozen lines are almost always more than enough.
Please don't indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Please don't post screenshots of log messages—post the text.
Some private information, such as your name or email address, may appear in the log. Anonymize before posting.

Yosemite: Saved search from Spotlight does not work the same

Hi,
I have various Logic Pro folders throughout my computer and want to create a Saved Search that brings all and only the Logic project files together into one place.
There's a couple of catches: the Logic file extension has changed over the years with the various application updates.
It would be nice to create a Smart Folder/Saved Search with something like File Extension:logic OR File Extension:logicx OR File Extension:lso
However if you just add these search criteria as separate lines, it appears they are "AND" filters so nothing shows up at all.
I seem to remember older versions of Smart Folders allowing you to have much more control over boolean search parameters.
After a bit of online investigation I discovered that you can do some more complex searches using Spotlight and then save it as a Smart Folder or Saved Search.
In Spotlight I used:
Kind:Logic -.0 -(crashed) -.cst -.pst -.prf -.patch -.logikcs
This cleaned out all the extra unneeded files and backups that are associated with Logic and just displayed only my desired .logic, logicx and .lso files.
Awesome! Then I saved it as a Saved Search in the sidebar.
Which doesn't work. Or at least the extra flags don't work. All I am seeing is the Kind:Logic again.
This is how the Spotlight search translates across into the Saved Search window (I can scroll across to see the extra flags). Any good ideas or workable solutions? Thx!

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fromObject in the code above is a key (String) that I retrieve from the OrderedHashtable and clone it using the code above.No. How could that code possibly clone a String? Where are you telling it what the new String's contents should be?
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How do I move the spotlight search window out of the freaking way in Yosemite??????????

The spotlight search window is Yosemite is obtrusive. How can I get the old spotlight behavior back in Yosemite? Spotlight windows used to be on the side and out of the way. Now spotlight is completely worthless, if it is going block what I am working on. I don't need a luanchpad app. OS X is a multitask environment and spotlight kills the ability to multitask. My desktop and laptop computers are not tablets, so why is spotlight limiting their abilities.

There are lots of useful things you can do with spotlight. My most common uses are: (a) an app launcher, and (b) a quick calculator, (c) a search tool. Each of you probably have others.
When I'm using it as an app launcher, the pop-up window in the middle of the screen is not an issue. I type a few keys and it's gone. For example, "CMD-Spacebar S A Return" launches safari.
When I'm using it as a calculator the pop-up window is often annoying because it obscures the data I want to do calculations on. I have to remember all the numbers I want to type in. Could I just use the calculator app? Of course, but this wasn't an issue previously.
When I'm using it as a search tool the pop-up window is usually not a problem but sometimes obscures information I want to see
Bottom line based on my use cases is that I prefer the pop-up out of the way in the corner.

SPOTLIGHT SEARCH - search web

SPOTLIGHT SEARCH - search web
i use spotlight search a lot - normally to 'search web' and very often 'search wikipedia'
the last month or so it crashes whilst I'm typing and returns to home screen !
it's no big deal.. it's so fast to swipe down and start typing again.. but it's happening more frequently now
something I can change or do in settings ? or just a bug ? any suggestions welcome, much appreciated

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Spotlight search web frozen safari links

When i use spotlight search on iOS to search the web, after clicking on the web search link it opens safari in google search results page. The links (be they the search resul links to websites, or the 'web, images, videos, etc' tab links, appear static and do not react to any finger taps in the screen. The only way to het a link to work is to refresh the page, amd search manually. But from spotlight search, all i get is a static screen similar to as if it was a screenshot image, posing as a search result page.

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I can't type in the Spotlight Search of Yosemite

I recently downloaded Yosemite. So far it was great, but i can't use my Spotlight Search somehow... I know its not the country problem of availability because my sister can use hers. So what's wrong with my spotlight search? The box shows up but i just can't type anything inside... PLEASE HELP ANYBODY

For some reason there is no box to type your search into. It used to be tucked in the upper right corner. Now a big window appears in the middleof the screen that looks like a Help area. It seems there is an invisible box next to the magnifying glass symbol, where it says "Spotlight Searc". You need to type over top of that (don't think "Spotlight Search" even goes away when you do so.

Spotlight: Search in content working on substrings

If you search for content with Spotlight, you have to type the search phrase from the beginning, i.e. searching for files containing the word homework you could search for home or homework but not for work.
Capitalization is important. So homeWork can be searched by home, homework and work but not by ork.
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Hello JSam23,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
If Spotlight isn't bringing up expected search results, you can reindex Spotlight so it knows where those files are located. Take a look at the information below on how you can do this.
I do want to forewarn you though, that reindexing Spotlight, especially your entire hard drive, can take time depending on how full the hard drive is. This can result in your computer seeming slow, or the fans running at a higher speed than normal.
From the Apple () menu, choose System Preferences.
Click Spotlight.
Click the Privacy tab.
Drag a folder or an entire volume (your hard drive) to the list.
If prompted for confirmation, click OK.
Remove the item or volume you just added to the list by clicking it and then clicking the minus ("-") button.
Close Spotlight preferences.
Spotlight will re-index the contents of the folder or volume.
Spotlight: How to re-index folders or volumes - Apple Support
Cheers,
Alex H.

Spotlight searching on hosted Web sites

As usual, Spotlight searching on Web sites hosted on OS X Server is yet again the ******* child of OS X Server's Web hosting, with zero documentation or information on how to configure and use it. Take a look at the implementation on my site here:
http://www.newslink.com/.spotlight
Apple's documentation says only that "you can customize the template.spotlight file" but that's it. Zip, zero, zilch, nada, as far as how to configure it or what you can configure. So I'm left with very cryptic popup menus including:
kMDItemTextContent
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==
!=
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<div class="jive-quote">
and so on.
My company's employees (want to be able to) use this functionality to search our Web site very frequently throughout the day. But it's like banging your head against the wall to figure out how to work this search feature!
Can anyone point me in the right direction? I want to be able to search easily, without cryptic codes, and ideally be able to see the results sorted by date, relevance, file size and so on, like you can do so easily with EVERY other Web site in the ENTIRE WORLD.
I apologize for sounding frustrated. But here Apple proclaims to have server software practically written by God himself and then it's a clusterf* to try and make it work, especially with no documentation about very critical features like simply searching a Web site.
Thank you tremendously for any help or guidance.
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[email protected]
[email protected]

Besides the (errh) strong feelings and wording:
*Same here.*
My WebServer directory with a lot of PDF files simply makes Apache crash:
+05.12.07 17:21:08 ReportCrash[232] Formulating crash report for process httpd[147]+
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HT201285 Why can you no longer search the web from the spotlight search bar?

I just upgraded to iOS.7 and the spotlight search no longer searches the web. Why would that be?

Rubies over wrote:
Why would that be?
Ask Apple. Nobody here would know.

I JUST UPGRADED TO OS X YOSEMITE. WHEN I TRY TO DO A SPOTLIGHT SEARCH ALL I GET IS A WINDOW TELLING ME ABOUT SPOTLIGHT SEARCH. THERE IS NO WAY TO INPUT A SEARCH QUERY.

I JUST UPGRADED TO OS X YOSEMITE. WHEN I TRY TO DO A SPOTLIGHT SEARCH, ALL I GET IS A WINDOW TELLING ME ABOUT SPOTLIGHT SEARCH. THERE IS NO WAY TO INPUT A SEARCH QUERY IN THIS WINDOW. ANY HELP RESOLVING THIS ISSUE WILL BE APPRECIATED.

There is no search box in the window.
Just type the search query after magnifying glass icon.

No web content in Yosemite spotlight searches.

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