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In Mac OS X Lion when you bring up the Spotlight menu and start typing something, a large-ish hint bubble will pop up to give more info about the selected result. That's all well and good except that it occasionally gets stuck and I can't make it go away.
Is there a way to get rid of this window without resorting to logging out?
Alternatively, is there a way to just get rid of those popups altogether?
alxp
Posted 2011-08-05T22:33:12.123
Reputation: 553
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Kill the process named "Quick Look UI Helper" using the Activity Monitor application. Frustrating little bug, huh?
Kyle Krafka
Posted 2011-08-05T22:33:12.123
Reputation: 366
Tried to upvote, but I already up voted in 2014. So, thanks again. – david van brink – 2016-07-02T18:49:16.030
I ran into something similar with spotlight message preview and 10.8.2. A message preview was stuck in the middle of my screen. Killing QuickLookUIHelper fixed it. – mblakele – 2012-11-27T19:06:27.520
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Or type this in Terminal:
killall QuickLookUIHelper
For what's it worth, yes, this bug unfortunately still persists in Mac OS X 10.7.3 - just run into it.
Attila Szegedi
Posted 2011-08-05T22:33:12.123
Reputation: 221
Still there in 10.9, your solution did the trick nicely – Tim Kane – 2013-11-18T09:44:40.163
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Problem can be fixed by opening Activity Monitor, highlighting "QuickLook UI Helper" in the list of all the processes your Mac's running, then clicking "stop this process" button at the top.
user203767
Posted 2011-08-05T22:33:12.123
Reputation: 1
I like Byword too. :D – Bjorn – 2012-04-16T08:29:51.223
Argh and it still happens in Mountain Lion. – alxp – 2012-07-25T18:45:07.227
Yep - just confirmed that it still happens in OS X 10.9.2. – CS. – 2014-04-30T16:27:42.563
Me too! just now. latest. – david van brink – 2014-06-01T04:19:06.283