User level: Level 1 (4 points)2 issues occurred when trying to click on the Apps icon and when pressing Command + Spacebar to open Search. In both cases, the applications or search results do not appear. Additionally, the Touch Bar on the MacBook Pro M1 is not working and remains black.
I hope you can fix it ASAP
Thanks!
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Posted on Oct 19, 2026 11:43 AM
User level: Level 9 (72,871 points)Oct 19, 2026 11:50 AM in response to Merocles
First, note that this is Apple Support Communities, not Apple Support. “We” are users like you and have no power to fix anything. All we can do is suggest troubleshooting you can perform.
To get help from Apple, contact them: Official Apple Support
For your issue, first ensure that your Spotlight settings are showing Apps.
More info from Apple: Select result categories for Spotlight on Mac - Apple Support
If the above is set correctly, then you need to rebuild your Spotlight index:
Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support
If that doesn’t work, Copy/Paste this into Terminal. sudo will ask for your password. Just type the password and hit return. It won't show anything on screen. Those two commands essentially nuke all the Spotlight records then force a reindex. You may need to restart or log out/in after running the commands.
sudo mdutil -X /; sudo mdutil -i on /
Spotlight re-indexes your Mac after a macOS update, and this process can take some time.
About Spotlight indexing and search results on Apple devices - Apple Support
User level: Level 1 (14 points)Oct 26, 2026 1:09 PM in response to Merocles
Hello - after I updated to Golden Gate I immediately noticed my index searches within the Mail program are not returning accurate search results. Specifically ANY search in my draft folder is not returning (or finding) any of my searches (as an example our work file IDs are 5 digit numbers, if I search say "12345" Mail is returning anything that's an approximation of that search which of course, I don't want)
I think this may have something to do with the new AI function with GG but not sure (I have a newer M5 MacBook Air). I've deleted my email account and then added it back in hoping it would re-index correctly but no luck
The Mail index search on my other Macbook with Tahoe is still working fine so it's definitely a Golden Gate update issue. Very frustrating as I have hundreds of draft emails from my employees work product that I don't "send" until I closeout payroll each month
Any suggestions? Thanks...
Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256379111