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I have a MacBook Pro 13 inch(Intel, 2020, 4 Thunderbolt 3 ports) that is running macOS Sonoma 14.1.1(23B81) and when I press the spotlight icon and try to type anything, the text field disappears, and the spotlight icon from the menu bar disappears for a split second before coming back. Restarting the computer doesn't seem to work. This computer started doing this after I updated it. Even safe mode doesn't seem to fix the issue. Also, I have SIP turned off.

Turning on SIP does not fix the issue.

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  • Is there a crash report
    – Ruskes
    Commented Nov 10, 2023 at 0:55
  • Does previous version work fine?
    – Muhammad Dyas Yaskur
    Commented Nov 10, 2023 at 1:12
  • @MuhammadDyasYaskur The previous version worked fine. Only when I updated it then things went wrong
    – Charlie
    Commented Nov 11, 2023 at 2:20
  • @Ruskes There is no crash report.
    – Charlie
    Commented Nov 11, 2023 at 2:21
  • Note the exact time, then go to console>system log and check it out
    – Ruskes
    Commented Nov 11, 2023 at 2:57

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Spotlight problems (regardless of whether they are crashes, incomplete or duplicate results, or high CPU usage) can usually be solved by completely rebuilding the database/index.

Try these commands from a Terminal and see if they help:

sudo mdutil -a -i off
sudo mdutil -Ea
sudo mdutil -a -i on

Also, do you have any 3rd party (non-Apple) plugins in your /System/Library/Spotlight folder?

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  • I checked and there are no third-party plugins.
    – Charlie
    Commented Nov 11, 2023 at 19:06
  • Also, I tried these commands and they did nothing.
    – Charlie
    Commented Nov 11, 2023 at 19:09
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I am exhausted about this so I switched to Alfred 5

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    – agarza
    Commented Dec 9, 2023 at 4:43
  • I AM THE CREATOR
    – Charlie
    Commented Dec 9, 2023 at 13:19
  • This answer needs revision. Could you elaborate on how this solved your problem?
    – Thinkr
    Commented Dec 9, 2023 at 15:19
  • I take it that you're not interested in pursuing the matter further. Sorry I couldn't help. Maybe a future macOS update will solve the problem. If so, please update this discussion.
    – Linc Davis
    Commented Dec 9, 2023 at 21:31
  • It's okay. I am getting a new computer in about 2 weeks and not migrating my data.
    – Charlie
    Commented Dec 10, 2023 at 11:32

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