

If you use Spotlight a lot but don't necessarily need those previews then it was generating that preview without any real benefit for you but with some minuses. Depending upon the type of item, whether it's a file, looking up something online, performing a calculation, it's going to take a little bit of time, a little bit of processor power, a little bit of battery power, to generate that preview. Generating previews like this takes time. Now there is one legitimate reason why this change was done. So there's an extra step if you want to preview window. You now have to use the Tab key to bring it up. The preview isn't gone completely however. I get a list of results but what I'm missing is a Preview of the selected result. The results I get look different than if I was using Catalina or an earlier version of macOS.

Now let's say we want to search for a file. There are two main problems.įirst, let's start by bringing it up with Command Space. But unfortunately in macOS Big Sur there are some changes to the Spotlight window. There are all sorts of things that the Spotlight window can do. But you could also use it for things like launching applications, getting information for things like weather, movie theaters, doing calculations, doing conversions. This has been around for awhile and you can use it to start a search for files on your Mac. So the Spotlight window is what you get when you use Command Space to bring up a search field on your Mac. Join us and get exclusive content and course discounts. There you can read more about the Patreon Campaign. MacMost is brought to you thanks to a great group of more than 800 supporters. Today let's take a look at what's wrong with the Spotlight window in macOS Big Sur. Video Transcript: Hi, this is Gary with. Check out Dealing With Big Sur Spotlight Previews and Other Problems at YouTube for closed captioning and more options.
