Spotlight disappearing

I just purchased a new MacBook Pro yesterday, updated to Monterey 12.3.1, and spotlight search disappears after typing two characters in. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks!

MacBook Pro (2020 and later)

Posted on May 13, 2022 4:01 AM

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lllaass

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May 13, 2022 6:09 AM in response to laurenwess

Try booting to Safe Mode. That boot up takes minutes and clears caches and other things that may resolve your problem.

How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support

A lot of times just boot to Safe Mode followed by normal boot resolves problems.

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