finder search does not work on Ventura, not for filenames or content

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finder search does not work on Ventura, not for filenames or content

For a while it could be reset by dragging a folder into the exclude list, saving, then taking it out. But now even that does not work, and spotlight search (which cannot be targeted to a specific path) also does not work for searching content (it used to! On this machine a couple of weeks ago!)

Fortunately, I have an older laptop and can COPY ALL MY CONTENT THERE, but that is going to take a while.

Is Apple really making MacOS worse on purpose? Why? This is almost a show stopper for me. I have lots of code to maintain, not all of it written/changed by me, and it's years worth of work. Suddenly it is impossible to find things I need to replace.

MacBook Pro (M2 Max, 2023)

Posted on Apr 10, 2023 12:09 PM

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Apr 10, 2023 01:22 PM in response to houseofc

houseofc wrote:

For a while it could be reset by dragging a folder into the exclude list, saving, then taking it out. But now even that does not work, and spotlight search (which cannot be targeted to a specific path) also does not work for searching content (it used to! On this machine a couple of weeks ago!)