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I noticed some apps missing from Spotlight, so I tried to force a reindex by adding /Applications to the exclusion list, then removing it. Now it's even worse, as none of my apps are indexed. How do I force this the right way?

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    I'm really tempted to say, 'wait for Mojave'. It fixes a lot of things badly wrong with High Sierra/Sierra :/
    – Tetsujin
    Sep 2, 2018 at 16:14
  • is your SIRI enabled ?
    – Ruskes
    Sep 2, 2018 at 16:51
  • when you say, "your" apps ? how about apple apps
    – Ruskes
    Sep 10, 2018 at 0:41
  • I mean /Applications. And Siri is not enabled, I don't think. That doesn't seem relevant.
    – ffxsam
    Sep 10, 2018 at 16:15

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Launch Terminal, and type or paste the following command:

sudo mdutil -E /

reindex the spotlight database for everything on the computer, (it might take a while)

Terminal may ask you for your password

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  • Unfortunately, that didn't work.
    – ffxsam
    Sep 5, 2018 at 1:13
  • could you tell me what Apps are missing ?
    – Ruskes
    Sep 5, 2018 at 2:00
  • All of them....
    – ffxsam
    Sep 10, 2018 at 0:16

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