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10.5.6 Spotlight Calc function gone
- Thread starter corywoolf
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Just tried Onyx and it says the calculator is enabled. I then restored defaults and it still doesn't work. Must be a bug.
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No I didn't mess with anything. The calc function worked the day before I installed the update. It must be a bug that only effects certain Mac models. I don't have anything out of the norm installed on my 12" PB, just MS Office, etc. I haven't installed any updates for 3rd party software since the OS update either.
BTW how's the 12" 867 Minime, er I mean Powerbook, working out with 10.5.6? I have one too, but I only took it to 10.5.3 because people said 10.5.4 was very slow on it.
Is it worth upgrading to 10.5.6?
I honestly can't tell a difference in the speed of general tasks, but this Spotlight bug is annoying. I repaired my permissions today and it didn't help. I don't think it's worth reinstalling over this however. I would stick with 10.5.3 for now and wait to see if Apple acknowledges this bug. It may not be widespread throughout 12" PB's, so it could take time. It just doesn't make sense that Spotlight could be affected by the model of computer I have. Maybe I just got really unlucky with this one?
I can confirm that my MacBook Air and my iMac's spotlight are functioning perfectly with the built in calculator function. So far everyone else is saying the same thing, they are having no issues after the 10.5.6 update.
How can you now say it's an bug in Spotlight? Maybe it's something you actually installed or a corrupted file that's causing this.
OT but to be honest I can't see how you are running Leopard on 640MB of ram with the base specs for Leopard at 867Mhz G4.
Seriously you're going back to 10.5.3 because of THIS?!? Just pull up your Calculator... sorry, but WOW...
The world revolves around you.
OMG Apple is foolproof, they would nevers make a mistake!
The Spotlight calculator is faster to use and allows the insertion of characters in the middle of equations already typed and it's easier to see the history of what you already entered. You get answers on the fly without having to hit return. I am using the Google calculator feature for now because it offers similar functionality, albeit less convenient (need internet connection).Seriously you're going back to 10.5.3 because of THIS?!? Just pull up your Calculator... sorry, but WOW...
I'm sorry if I offended you. I had just forgotten it was there... I was surprised that anyone actually relied on it. It would also surprise me if anyone relied on Sherlock these days too.
It looks like I'm not the only one with this problem.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/434337/
Update: I read through that thread and figured out that Spotlight is not indexing some of my applications. So it looks like this is a known bug and that the current fix is to enter some commands into Terminal. Without the Calculator App being indexed, the Spotlight calculator doesn't work.
I will try it tomorrow, I am pretty tired and wasn't even planning on posting this late. Also, incase you didn't know, this Spotlight calculator feature was introduced in Leopard along with the Spotlight dictionary feature. Thanks for your effort to help tonight though.
No calc function
I lost this function too, and i'm disappointed because I really utilized it a lot.
Has anyone heard of a fix yet? I've read about it being a problem with spotlight having forgotten to index the application, is there a way to force spotlight to re-index the drive?
I realize that it seems pitiful to whine about having to launch calculator and then do math, but it just became second nature to do it within spotlight and have it over and done with...
Early 2008 MBP, 2.5 GHz, 4GB, OSX 10.5.6, BUILD 9G55
I lost this function too, and i'm disappointed because I really utilized it a lot.
Has anyone heard of a fix yet? I've read about it being a problem with spotlight having forgotten to index the application, is there a way to force spotlight to re-index the drive?
I realize that it seems pitiful to whine about having to launch calculator and then do math, but it just became second nature to do it within spotlight and have it over and done with...
Early 2008 MBP, 2.5 GHz, 4GB, OSX 10.5.6, BUILD 9G55
Thanks, that seems to have fixed the problem.
Maybe a sticky should be made of this issue (and the fix) or at least some kind of wiki page?
Thanks, that seems to have fixed the problem.
meh. If we made a sticky for every problem like this there'd be forty hundy stickies at the beginning of each sub forum.