Tuesday, 30 January 2018

Cannot type into Spotlight in macOS

Problem:

I suddenly cannot type anything into Spotlight.

It opens and closes, and even does so with the Command-Space shortcut. I just can't type in it when it's open.

Workaround:

  • Open Terminal
  • Use the following command:
    killall Spotlight
  • If all goes well, the magnifying glass for Spotlight will disappear and reappear, and you'll be able to type into Spotlight again

Notes:

This was tested to work in macOS 10.12.6.

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