Hello,
This exact problem occured to me for months using High Sierra, it was a
nightmare because is a serious issue for people who like to gain time
and be productive when using the mac.
I really hope this problem gets fixed by following apple support
instructions, I followed them,and sadly, it didn’t.I followed all the
steps and even I used terminal as I recall it was recommended on a blog
for some dude.I didn’t success but I hope this isn’t your case.
I got this problem solved without doing absolutely anything but updating
my mac to Mojave.
I’m not recommending you to do the same, jus letting you know.
Leo Bado
El 04/11/2018 a las 12:09, Andrew Lamanche escribió:
Ah, Thanks, Eric, very kind, I shall try this out immediately. Very grateful.
Andrew
On Nov 4, 2018, at 5:19 PM, Eric Oyen <eric.o...@gmail.com> wrote:
Andrew,
Given the hit or miss nature of the crashes, it’s most likely in your
preferences library (a corrupted file).
Here are instructions on how to rebuild your spotlight index files:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201716
Now, as to the preferences, they are buried under your
/Users/yournamehere/Library folder (which is normally invisible to finder).
Also, if you can get it to work, try out onyx (it’s a system maintenance tool).
You will have to find a way around the initial startup as the contents inside
that pane are invisible to voiceover (and yes, I have contacted the developers
over this and he seems ambivalent about doing anything about it).
Anyway, hope this helps.
-Eric
On Nov 4, 2018, at 1:51 AM, Andrew Lamanche <simon.cavend...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
For some weeks now, and I find it difficult to remember the moment or event
that might have triggered it - if I try to type in an app name into spotlight
search field to open it, spotlight crashes, or VO crashes, and I’m returned to
the finder window. This makes it impossible to launch an app via spotlight, a
great loss of functionality for me. Has anyone else experienced this, or could
you check it out for me before I start badgering Apple Accessibility? The
interesting added thing is that sometimes it will work but more often than not
it doesn’t. This is under High Sierra. Is it possible to rebuild spotlight
database? Maybe that’s what’s required.
Many thanks
Andrew
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