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I am so frustrated with Spotlight.
When I search my computer using Spotlight, Spotlight will bring up results, and before I can click on file, the results completely disappear, then reappear, then disappear, then reappear.
Is this normal?
Is there something I need to do to stop this?
Thanks
Kim

Greetings.
Kim could solve this problem in another thread as a side effect of fixing a related problem that affected searching in Mail, and has asked me to post the solution here. I don’t frequent this forum, but I’m pretty sure the solution is well known here, maybe just not that it could have a bearing on the weird behavior Kim was observing.
Open /Applications/Utilities/Terminal, type the following command, and press <Return> (you can copy the command here and paste it in Terminal):
sudo mdutil -E -i on /
The -E option tells Spotlight to delete any already existing index data (so that it’s rebuilt from scratch all over again). The -i on option ensures that indexing is enabled. Finally, the ‘/’ at the end means "apply this command to the startup disk".
After entering the previous command in Terminal, you’ll be prompted for your administrator password. Just type it blindly (you won’t see any feedback of the keystrokes while you type it) and then press <Return>.
For best results, quit Mail and don’t play too much with your disk while Spotlight does its job -- i.e. avoid files being created/modified/deleted, mail being downloaded, etc.

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