Yes, command-space is the only way I access Spotlight. No, I almost never use Quick Nav, and cursor tracking is always on. On Jul 14, 2014, at 2:33 AM, David Taylor <e.david.tay...@icloud.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > Are you using command-space to enter spotlight? I find this always works for > me. Also, do you ever leave quick nav on or turn cursor tracking off? If you > do, then these may be part of your problem. > > Cheers > Dave > > On 14 Jul 2014, at 02:33, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> I know we've done this before, but I just can't quite get the hang of >> Spotlight. I can do searches, and I use it all the time to launch apps. the >> problem is when there are multiple matches, and I need to find an item that >> doesn't come up as the top hit. Whenever I have to investigate the list of >> results, one of three things happens: >> >> 1. I arrow, and can navigate the list just fine, but enter opens the item >> before or after the item VO spoke. If I arrow to item 5 and press enter, >> item 4 might open instead of item 5. >> 2. I hear the dreaded "system has new window" as I move through the list, >> and then my arrows fail to do anything. The only way to get out of this is >> to close Spotlight and start all over again. >> 3. I get stuck in a list of three items: web search, Wikipedia search, or >> Spotlight preferences. No matter how many matches my search returned, those >> three items are the only ones I can arrow through; even the text field is >> gone when this happens. As in #2, the only way to recover is to close >> Spotlight. This one seems to happen most if I use vo-up/down instead of >> unmodified up/down. >> >> Rarely if ever am I able to just arrow through the list of hits and open >> one. What am I doing wrong? Why does Spotlight hate me so much? I've >> recently come to embrace the awesome power that is the tag, and I'm loving >> it since I can easily search for files. However, choosing a match is proving >> to be more trouble than just manually sifting through Finder and ignoring >> Spotlight altogether. Any help would be wonderful. Thanks! >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex Hall >> mehg...@icloud.com >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
