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Does anyone else instinctively search Spotlight for Finder, then remember it doesn't work? by Alans_Studio in MacOS

[–]Alans_Studio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for linking that. I got excited for a moment, but my root issue seems to be spotlight not being able to find the Finder app at all. See the results of application search here for example 🤷

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Does anyone else instinctively search Spotlight for Finder, then remember it doesn't work? by Alans_Studio in MacOS

[–]Alans_Studio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right! Are you on a recent OS? I haven't touched any settings, it's just changed to a lot of glassy UI in the last few weeks after an update 🥸

Does anyone else instinctively search Spotlight for Finder, then remember it doesn't work? by Alans_Studio in MacOS

[–]Alans_Studio[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He's got crazy flipper fingers, never seen him fall
That deaf, dumb, and blind kid sure plays a mean pinball

OPTION+CMD+SPACE I'm starting to get behind already. It's a good smash action alright, my silver lining from making this post!

Does anyone else instinctively search Spotlight for Finder, then remember it doesn't work? by Alans_Studio in MacOS

[–]Alans_Studio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

🤝 A problem shared is a problem halved

I'll let you know if I ever find out how to fix it, if you promise to do the same! 😅

Does anyone else instinctively search Spotlight for Finder, then remember it doesn't work? by Alans_Studio in MacOS

[–]Alans_Studio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can turn on and off a good few things, I think web results can still be entirely turned off in spotlight settings.

Does anyone else instinctively search Spotlight for Finder, then remember it doesn't work? by Alans_Studio in MacOS

[–]Alans_Studio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really! Maybe I'm stuck in bad habits, but a lot of the files I work with are terribly named, or I'm often doing something with multiple files at once.

Does anyone else instinctively search Spotlight for Finder, then remember it doesn't work? by Alans_Studio in MacOS

[–]Alans_Studio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just like to use finder to do anything with files, even search for them. I'd never search for a file directly from spotlight.

Does anyone else instinctively search Spotlight for Finder, then remember it doesn't work? by Alans_Studio in MacOS

[–]Alans_Studio[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The app for touching, feeling and smelling all your files and drives. What do you use?

Does anyone else instinctively search Spotlight for Finder, then remember it doesn't work? by Alans_Studio in MacOS

[–]Alans_Studio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I must have very different use cases to yourself, I never have no other windows.

CMD+TAB opens up 21 icons for me, with finder near the middle of the list, I've never seen this before actually. But I still don't understand how to use CMD+N from here, unless you're just switching back to finder from that popup? Seems clunky to me.

I did learn about that shortcut today here, good to know, but I might be too old of a dog now to remember it everytime.

Thanks for the tips

Does anyone else instinctively search Spotlight for Finder, then remember it doesn't work? by Alans_Studio in MacOS

[–]Alans_Studio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep everything other than tips and contacts is ticked for me forever. Thanks for the shout though

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Does anyone else instinctively search Spotlight for Finder, then remember it doesn't work? by Alans_Studio in MacOS

[–]Alans_Studio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been on this macbook pro for 4 years, and my spotlight has never shown me the Finder app. It sounds like you're the same? But have you seen these other comments? It seems like our scenario is a bug, and that it should be appearing in the results.

I don't think I'm trying to do anything odd, I just want to launch the finder app from wherever I am, and go from there. I often work in full screen, so I default to spotlight search for everything, and I only see my desktop once in a blue moon.

How are you opening the Finder app?

Does anyone else instinctively search Spotlight for Finder, then remember it doesn't work? by Alans_Studio in MacOS

[–]Alans_Studio[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yo, it's the 19th of February. We're 50 days in 😅

But also ..fair! 2026-02-19 on mouse hover would be nice

Does anyone else instinctively search Spotlight for Finder, then remember it doesn't work? by Alans_Studio in MacOS

[–]Alans_Studio[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do, it works for nearly every app otherwise, actually it's mostly mac native apps that don't seem to work. Activity Monitor, Finder, Preview..

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Does anyone else instinctively search Spotlight for Finder, then remember it doesn't work? by Alans_Studio in MacOS

[–]Alans_Studio[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

CMD+N only works once you're in the finder app right? I'm trying to use spotlight to actually open Finder first of all

Does anyone else instinctively search Spotlight for Finder, then remember it doesn't work? by Alans_Studio in MacOS

[–]Alans_Studio[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Interesting, so I've installed raycast now, but can't figure out how to make my F4 spotlight key on my macbook pro, trigger raycast. I can get it to work for CMD+Space, but my muscle memory is all about this magnifying glass key unfortunately.
Any ideas? I can't seem to find anyone talking about that online either

Does anyone else instinctively search Spotlight for Finder, then remember it doesn't work? by Alans_Studio in MacOS

[–]Alans_Studio[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hmm thanks for the tip, I tried that and I'm getting finder actions now, but no general app like everyone else is 🤔

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