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Gerry
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I was just wonderingIt seems this happens when Spotlight indexes the same thing. My theory so far is that those results were indexedapps before the changesetting to hide extensions was in settings being doneeffect. I'm thinking if I ask for a new indexing it might work You should try reindexing applications to resolve this issue.

UPDATE: YES - That was exactly it. I followed instructions and wentGo to Spotlight preferences in the Privacy tab. I added in Spotlight preferences and add the Applications directory to the list of removed contentexcluded locations. The Applications disappearedThis should remove all applications from the Spotlight resultsindex. Then I just removed Applicationsremove it again from the exceptions list. It was instantly re-indexed and allexcluded locations so Spotlight will reindex applications with the results didn't havecorrect settings. After reindexing the ".app" extension anymoreshould be removed from all results.

I was just wondering the same thing. My theory so far is that those results were indexed before the change in settings being done. I'm thinking if I ask for a new indexing it might work.

UPDATE: YES - That was exactly it. I followed instructions and went to Spotlight preferences in the Privacy tab. I added the Applications directory to the list of removed content. The Applications disappeared from the Spotlight results. Then I just removed Applications from the exceptions list. It was instantly re-indexed and all the results didn't have the ".app" extension anymore.

It seems this happens when Spotlight indexes the apps before the setting to hide extensions was in effect. You should try reindexing applications to resolve this issue.

Go to the Privacy tab in Spotlight preferences and add the Applications directory to the excluded locations. This should remove all applications from the Spotlight index. Then remove it again from the excluded locations so Spotlight will reindex applications with the correct settings. After reindexing the ".app" extension should be removed from all results.

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Frédéric Dénommé
Frédéric Dénommé
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I was just wondering the same thing. My theory so far is that those results were indexed before the change in settings being done. I'm thinking if I ask for a new indexing it might work.

UPDATE: YES - That was exactly it. I followed instructioninstructions and went to Spotlight preferences in the Privacy tab. I addadded the Applications directory to the list of removed content. The Applications disappeared from the Spotlight results. Then I just removed Applications from the exceptions list. It was instantly re-indexed and all the results didn't have the ".app" extension anymore.

I was just wondering the same thing. My theory so far is that those results were indexed before the change in settings being done. I'm thinking if I ask for a new indexing it might work.

UPDATE: YES - That was exactly it. I followed instruction and went to Spotlight preferences in the Privacy tab. I add the Applications directory to the list of removed content. The Applications disappeared from the Spotlight results. Then I just removed Applications from the exceptions list. It was instantly re-indexed and all the results didn't have the ".app" extension anymore.

I was just wondering the same thing. My theory so far is that those results were indexed before the change in settings being done. I'm thinking if I ask for a new indexing it might work.

UPDATE: YES - That was exactly it. I followed instructions and went to Spotlight preferences in the Privacy tab. I added the Applications directory to the list of removed content. The Applications disappeared from the Spotlight results. Then I just removed Applications from the exceptions list. It was instantly re-indexed and all the results didn't have the ".app" extension anymore.

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Frédéric Dénommé
Frédéric Dénommé
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I was just wondering the same thing. My theory so far is that those results were indexed before the change in settings being done. I'm thinking if I ask for a new indexing it might work.

UPDATE: YES - That was exactly it. I followed instruction and went to Spotlight preferences in the Privacy tab. I add the Applications directory to the list of removed content. The Applications disappeared from the Spotlight results. Then I just removed Applications from the exceptions list. It was instantly re-indexed and all the results didn't have the ".app" extension anymore.