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It used to be that Spotlight would figure out math operations for me (for example, if I typed 5 + 3
, the first Spotlight result, before any located files or other search results, would be the answer). For the last few weeks, it hasn't anymore - if I type a math operation, it just finds a bunch of documents.
I'm running Mac OS X 10.5.7. UPDATE: So far I've tried, based on the suggestions below:
- Deleting the Spotlight preferences.
- Setting
defaults write com.apple.spotlight CalculationEnabled -bool YES
- Opening up the Calculator app and confirming that it's still in its default location.
- Forcing Spotlight to reindex my hard drives.
- Re-installing the 10.5.7 combo update.
- Rebooting after each of the above.
Unfortunately, nothing has worked - Spotlight still doesn't solve the operations.
1+1 I didn't know that my Spotlight does this! Thanks. I mean, thanks and I hope you solve your problem. – Dan Rosenstark – 2009-09-03T09:33:28.437
I can still run Calculator manually - and it's still in the default location (/Applications). – Charles – 2009-07-19T12:55:11.920
5+3 is an operation on two numbers not an equation – bandi – 2009-07-19T18:46:26.963
You're right, of course. Corrected to remove references to equations. – Charles – 2009-07-19T20:38:29.720