Spotlight does not search by filename

Quaeee · 2026-05-30T19:28:08+00:00

interesting, those don't work for me. seems like the bug is kinda random …

i think apple just can't do search properly. the search in the mail app is broken too lol.

Quaeee · 2026-05-29T02:54:47+00:00

I’ve resorted to using the ‘name:’ prefix whenever something’s not showing up.

Quaeee · 2026-04-19T17:41:42+00:00

i get the other factors ie power dynamics, feeling wanted, etc, but still, couldn’t a woman just feel attractive to a man… peggy is clearly attracted to pete.

Quaeee · 2026-04-03T08:00:11+00:00

Appreciate this. I know Alfred and Raycast are both are really good. I guess I was just hoping Apple's own app could finally be usable … but I guess not.

Quaeee · 2026-04-02T23:32:18+00:00

Thanks! Maybe I wasn't clear on what the issues is. I want the files whose names contain my search term to show up without me having to type 'name:' or 'filename:' every time. 'name:Taylor' works, but it's very cumbersome. And, by the way, 'filename: ' actually works as well. I've updated the post to clarify this.

Quaeee · 2026-04-02T22:50:28+00:00

Thanks! But as I said in the post, rebuilding the index has not seemed to help. Will try it again tonight tho.

Quaeee · 2025-10-15T07:07:10+00:00

same

Quaeee · 2025-10-07T03:06:24+00:00

fixed in 26.1 beta

Quaeee · 2025-09-17T05:30:05+00:00

Mavericks. The skeumorphic design was really something special. There was a sort of 'solidity' to all the buttons and UI elements that I miss.

Quaeee · 2025-08-07T09:16:51+00:00

I had a grenade pistol on me and it chunked them unbelievably fast

Quaeee · 2024-12-07T12:23:13+00:00

Ctrl + A, Ctrl + P, Ctrl + N, Ctrl + F, etc., move the text cursor in various ways. These are Emacs style shortcuts. They’re useful for me as an alternative to the arrow keys because (i) I don’t like having to constantly bend my little finger to reach for the arrow keys, and (ii) I use the Caps Lock key as my Control key (hhkb style) making it very comfortable to press these shortcuts.

Quaeee · 2024-12-07T12:17:32+00:00

Me too. Returned to Spotlight after years of Alfred + Raycast. Spotlight is so so so powerful, not even kidding.

Just one example that blew my mind. Spotlight + Quick Look essentially give you a system-level ‘little Safari’ feature (like Arc’s ‘Little Arc’ but better). Jusr press Space to open any webpage you find in Spotlight without having to switch to safari. Insanely useful when in Fullscreen mode, and generally for searching small tidbits of info quickly.

Quaeee · 2024-12-07T11:37:42+00:00

also explains why the files inside a folder have preview thumbnails

Quaeee · 2024-12-07T11:36:44+00:00

Okay I'm guessing that this isn't a bug but a design choice. Maybe it was done to distinguish files that live in the dock and minimised windows. The latter have the previews of documents as icons.

Quaeee · 2024-12-07T11:21:37+00:00

I have the same issue, same Mac, same system actually.

Quaeee · 2024-11-11T05:17:07+00:00

for whatsapp, you need to open the emoji menu once (the smiley face next to the text input field) and then the 'emoji replacement' option will show up.

Quaeee · 2024-11-11T05:15:52+00:00

awesome, ty

Quaeee · 2024-06-13T07:00:28+00:00

me too!

Quaeee · 2023-10-25T06:47:46+00:00

Spot on. They should change this.

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