How do I make Spotlight searches work in Quicksilver?

Gloria Lassich

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Aug 9, 2022, 9:14:13 PM8/9/22

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I have the Spotlight plugin installed & enabled, but, for some reason, when I input my query & type "Get Spotlight Results" in the 2nd pane, it comes up blank. (see screenshots) This doesn't just apply to unit conversions either. I tried searching for an Apple note title & I got the same result. What am I doing wrong?

Rob McBroom

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Aug 10, 2022, 5:08:19 PM8/10/22

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On 9 Aug 2022, at 21:14, Gloria Lassich wrote:

> I have the Spotlight plugin installed & enabled, but, for some reason, when
> I input my query & type "Get Spotlight Results" in the 2nd pane, it comes
> up blank. (see screenshots) This doesn't just apply to unit conversions
> either. I tried searching for an Apple note title & I got the same result.
> What am I doing wrong?

The Spotlight plug-in is really only able to search files and doesn’t support all the things you can type in the regular Spotlight interface.

I would expect this to work for Notes like it does for Mail messages and Contacts, but I can’t test it. Even the regular Spotlight interface isn’t giving me anything at the moment, and searching via QS just crashes it. 😭😂

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Rob McBroom

Gloria Lassich

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Aug 11, 2022, 12:13:23 AM8/11/22

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Ah, ok.

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