When I search in the spotlight for a locked note, I can see the content of that looked note. I went ahead and rebuilt the spotlight index, but still showing the content. Am I missing something here or is it a bug? OSX-ELCapitan 10.11.5
1 Answer
You need to close your notes
I justed tested this in OS 10.11.5 and the contents of the note don't show, just the title.
I created a note and titled it for which it would be easy for Spotlight to find: "Smattering test note" (I have no other instance of "Smattering" on my system). Here is what it looks like after I have locked and closed the note.
Doing a Spotlight search for "Smattering" yields this result:
It autocompletes the note title (ligher grey text) and clicking on it opens the Notes App. Until I unlock the note with my password, the contents are not visible.
If I don't lock and close my notes, if I do a Spotlight search, the contents will be visible
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Thank you for the details. So I see what the issue is, I went ahead and renamed the existing locked note, but the spotlight is still showing the old version of the locked note that doesn't exist in notes anymore. It seems that I have duplicate of old notes somewhere and even if I lock it, it will show the other old version. Where can I find them?– STIKOJun 23, 2016 at 12:35
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When you do a spotlight search, look at the very bottom of the left column of sources. Click on "Show All in Finder". It will bring them up for you– AllanJun 23, 2016 at 13:24
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1Thank you a bunch! Here is the path in case some is having the same issue /Users/USER/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes/Data/Library/CoreData/ExternalRecords/HTMLNotes/40943718-ADA7-487A-8194-7FE94D6460DC/IMAPNote/_records/2/0– STIKOJun 23, 2016 at 13:57