Upgrading to Mavericks, the spotlight search is removed.

After upgrading to mavericks the spotlight search is removed from Pages, Numbers that i know of. Applications is ticked in Prefrences for Spotlight.

Hmmm,
Open Console in Utilities & see if there are any clues or repeating messages when this happens.

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Hello.. I'm seeing all my emails from all my accounts located in the "spotlight search" feature of my iPad and iPhone4. What's most troubling is, there are emails that have previously been deleted. I have confirmed over and over that all trash folders for accounts are emptied as well as all other folders.. I empty the trash very regularly. When I select an email from the list in the spotlight screen, it will take me to an in box for that email where it may or may not exist.. Often it opens another persons email all together.. The bottom line is that I can not delete these emails and it's very nerve racking... Any help is greatly appreciated. Than you..

Thank Goodness for Time Machine. I was able to restore from a recent back up.
However as a follow up I now have a glitch in that Icloud email will only restore from oldest to newest. My Icloud.com account is fine. All my email are in chronological order from newest to oldest.
With the help of support from this site I was able to confirm that the problem is not resolved by disabling mail and then enabling again or even from deleting the Icloud Email Account and then reloading. It is exactly the same.
The only way I can get yesterday's email on my devices is to load 5000 emails starting back in 2010.
I think I caused a glitch when I was restoring from Time Machine. It was late at night and it was taking a long time so I went to bed thinking it would just continue on. Well i should have taken my computer out of Sleep Mode because my Imac must have powered down somehow causing the glitch.
Although you would think that I would also have a corrupted email account on Icloud.com
who knows....... the reason why i tend to live with problems rather than correct them because i hate it when stuff like this happens when you do................

After Mavericks update spotlight search menu gone, not possible to use spotlight at all

Hello,
I updated last week to Mavericks and since the update Spotlight is completely gone.
It's not possible any more to get to the spotlight search at all. I checked the Spotlight in the preferences the keyboard short-cuts (apple default) are still enabled but nothing happens.
Even the spotlight magnifier icon in the menu bar is not there any more.
Can anybody help?

Some of your user files (not system files) have incorrect permissions or are locked. This procedure will unlock those files and reset their ownership, permissions, and access controls to the default. If you've intentionally set special values for those attributes, they will be reverted. In that case, either stop here, or be prepared to recreate the settings if necessary. Do so only after verifying that those settings didn't cause the problem. If none of this is meaningful to you, you don't need to worry about it, but you do need to follow the instructions below.
Back up all data.
Step 1
If you have more than one user, and the one in question is not an administrator, then go to Step 2.
Enter the following command in the Terminal window in the same way as before (triple-click, copy, and paste):
sudo find ~ $TMPDIR.. -exec chflags nouchg,nouappnd {} + -exec chown $UID {} + -exec chmod +rw {} + -exec chmod -N {} + -type d -exec chmod +x {} + 2>&-
This time you'll be prompted for your login password, which won't be displayed when you type it. Type carefully and then press return. You may get a one-time warning to be careful. If you don’t have a login password, you’ll need to set one before you can run the command. If you see a message that your username "is not in the sudoers file," then you're not logged in as an administrator.
The command may take several minutes to run, depending on how many files you have. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign ($) to appear, then quit Terminal.
Step 2 (optional)
Take this step only if you have trouble with Step 1, if you prefer not to take it, or if it doesn't solve the problem.
Start up in Recovery mode. When the OS X Utilities screen appears, select
Utilities ▹ Terminal
from the menu bar. A Terminal window will open. In that window, type this:
res
Press the tab key. The partial command you typed will automatically be completed to this:
resetpassword
Press return. A Reset Password window will open. You’re not going to reset a password.
Select your startup volume ("Macintosh HD," unless you gave it a different name) if not already selected.
Select your username from the menu labeled Select the user account if not already selected.
Under Reset Home Directory Permissions and ACLs, click the Reset button
Select
 ▹ Restart
from the menu bar.

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 have been using a WD Passport with Time Machine on my iMac. Since I upgraded to Mavericks, the backup no longer works. What do I need to do?

I have been using a WD Passport with Time Machine on my iMac. Since I upgraded to Mavericks, the backup no longer works. What do I need to do?
I assume that upgrading the WD SmartWare is irrelevant as it is not being used. Should I upgrade just as a precaution?
One complication is that I have renamed my user since the last time I backed up.

the problem is with the WD Passport drives. I also have one, and since upgrading to 10.9 I can no longer use mine either. See if this solution works for you: https://discussions.apple.com/message/23943103#23943103

Is there any way to actually delete messages from my iPhone? I have already synced my iPhone, updated it, and deleted all of my backups but the messages I have "deleted" still appear in the spotlight search.

Is there any way to actually delete messages from my iPhone? I have already synced my iPhone, updated it, and deleted all of my backups but the messages I have "deleted" still appear in the spotlight search.

If you already have an iPhone backup or an iCloud backup, just follow the instructions on the page below
http://www.whatsapp.com/faq/en/iphone/20888066
If you didn't back up your iPhone, try to use WhatsApp Pocket to recover your chats:
http://www.fireebok.com/whatsapp-pocket.html

Hi, we just bought a Macbook air and we can't find the 'reminders' app in the applications or through the spotlight search. Is there a link to download the app? I can't find it online or through the app store. Please help!

Hi, we just bought a Macbook air and we can't find the 'reminders' app in the applications or through the spotlight search. Is there a link to download the app? I can't find it online or through the app store. Please help!

Reminders is automatically installed with 10.8 or above. A new Mac should have 10.9; it's possible that, with a third-party vendor, you have an earlier OS. Check under the Apple menu in the top left and click About This Mac. That will tell you what version of OS X you have.
Matt

How do you change the Spotlight Search from Google to Yahoo???

Does anyone know how to change the Spotlight Search setting in Safari 4 (Non Beta) from Google to Yahoo? I assume there is a way to do this though Terminal but all I can find are commands for the the Beta and not he final version.

I'll echo the other suggestion given already - Glims is the way to go.
My Safari is now set to use (oh the irony!) Live Search!
Now if they can JUST find a way to get the address bar to revert to pre-4.0 behavior I'll be happy!
(I'm not talking about the reload button on the far end; I'm talking about listing URLs by page title, "Top Sites", and bookmarks in that dropdown)

Can I make the spotlight search on my iweb website search through comments

I just recently created a website using iweb. I was wondering if anyone knows how to make the spotlight search on my blog page search within the comments of that page or the whole site? That would be the best way, but I would also consider generating an internal search engine for the site through google, ect... if anyone has any information on either off these topics I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you.

Spotlight won't do, .mac blog comments are stored on server side.
Spotlight only works when things get indexed and spotlight can't index them.
don't think google site search will do either..

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.

What is the power of the Spotlight Search?

In Settings I have everything selected for it to search but it cannot find text within apps. For instance I have Word and Excell and text files in Quickoffice but it cannot search any of those. Is there an alternate search engine app to download?
Thank you for any insight!

That is correct. The Spotlight search does not search within apps. It searches for:
Spotlight searches the following:
Contacts—All content
Apps—Titles
Music—Names of songs, artists, and albums, and the titles of podcasts and videos
Podcasts—Titles
Videos—Titles
Audiobooks—Titles
Notes—Text of notes
Calendar (Events)—Event titles, invitees, locations, and notes
Mail—To, From, and Subject fields of all accounts (the text of messages isn’t searched)
Reminders—Titles
Messages—Names and text of messages
Search the web or Wikipedia from Spotlight: Scroll to the bottom of the search results, then tap Search Web or Search Wikipedia.
Open an app from Search: Enter all or part of the app name, then tap the app.
Choose which items are searched, and the order they’re searched: Go to Settings > General > Spotlight Search.

With the iphone 4s sometimes the spotlight search does not work and you must restart the device. There will be an update that will fix the problem?

with the iphone 4s sometimes the spotlight search does not work and you mustrestart the device. There will be an update that will fix the problem?

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I have a iPad 4 on iOS 7.0.4 and every time I go to the spotlight search my iPad would respring just after typing in one letter in the spotlight search bar and it keeps d..please help I have to give this iPad to my grandma for her birthday on January 6

It would respring after typing in one letter at the spotlight search bar...how do I get rid of this...I have noticed this change about 1 day ago

You will need to look elsewhere
Jaigosh00 wrote:
... I think my cousin jailbroke the iPad without my knowing because there is a weird icon that says Cydia...
Sorry... But...
The discussion of Jailbroken Devices is against the Terms of Use of this Forum.
Unauthorized modification of iOS > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3743

Why my old emails show up when I use the spotlight search?

why my deleted emails show up when I use the Spotlight search?

Hi ..
Try a reset.
Press and hold the Sleep/Wake button and the Home button together for at least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
If that doesn't help, tap Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings
No data is lost due to a reset.

How to recover text messages that appear in the spotlight search ?

Hi,
I've somehow lost all my text messages, but they still appear in the spotlight search. Does anyone know how to recover them ? Any help will be much appreciated since I really need most of those texts. Thank you.

First of all, it is possible to recover iMessage from the iPhone 5s. If you have turned on "iCloud Backup" before, all messages would be synced to the cloud automatically. You can follow the official guide for more details:
Back up and restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch using iCloud or iTunes - Apple Support
Or you can restore data from the latest iTunes backup to your iPhone, maybe the texts that you want are there

Upgrading to Mavericks, the spotlight search is removed.

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