spotlight NOT SEARCHING for files

[k2snowboards88]

My spotlight is not searching for files. When i type something in, nothing happens. It doesn't even say "searching". If i press "return" nothing happens either. Can anyone help


ps. i tried rebuilding the index via making hd private and then not. It rebuilt the index, but did not fix the problem.

 

[walmartconnect]

Snowboard,

You might want to try deleting spotlight's plist and restart the computer.

The plist file is located in ~/Library/Preferences and is named com.apple.spotlight.plist.

Give it a try, tell us how it works out.

 

[k2snowboards88]

it didn't help. still nothing.

apparetnly before i deleted the plist, spotlight worked from within the finder, but not from the menubar. Now it doesn't work from either spot.

 

[RiDE]

You need to logout after you delete the .plist file...

 

[k2snowboards88]

unfortunately that didn't help either

 

[k2snowboards88]

if should add that earlier today i had an error where the screen darkenned and told me i had to restart my computer by holding down the power button. Now my dock wont magnify even though its set to. my computer seems to be falling apart.

 

[walmartconnect]

Oh my. Repair permissions? If not, seek applecare