spotlight

  1. Matthew777

    Hide Windows applications in App launcher in macOS 26

    Right now, in the newly launched App launcher (formerly known as the Formally Launched Pad), there's no way to hide Windows applications from Parallels in the App launcher. It would be fantastic if you could collaborate with Apple to implement a feature that allows users to hide Windows...
  2. K

    Option to disable OS badge in Spotlight

    Please provide an option to disable the new unwanted OS badges on apps displayed in Spotlight that were introduced in version 19.4.0. https://www.parallels.com/blogs/parallels-desktop-19-4/ Let users decide for themselves what they find useful. Thanks.
  3. L

    Mac Spotlight

    I've been using Cmd-Space for YEARS to open apps and files. Now, for the last several days, it will only default to Windows apps. In fact, only Outlook shows up when I Cmd-Space and type Mail. VERY frustrating. I cannot figure out how to fix this. I've looked in all the Mac and Windows settings...
  4. R

    spotlight search to return file results/locations from VM

    I don't care where my files live, whether on MAC or Win10. When I search for a file, spotlight is far superior to Win Exp, but spotlight does not currently return files within the VM. Can you make this happen? I have multiple OneDrives I use within Win10 and want to see the files I am searching...
  5. A

    Energy Saver - Catalina volume indexing fails to be reenabled [Bug]

    I have the same issue as others and think its energy saver i think the problem is related to cataline which now splits a system to two internal volumes / = the root volume defualts as /volume/Macintosh HD and /System/Volumes/Data which is mounted to various directorys on root...
  6. P

    Whitelist specific VM apps for Spotlight search?

    I was a bit horrified at first to have the Windows Registry Editor, and all the other junk that comes in a Windows installation, suddenly show up in Spotlight search in my mac host environment, but at least in Parallels Desktop 14, disabling the "Share Windows applications with Mac" switch in...
  7. D

    mdworker interfering with Parallels 14 Windows 10 VM

    I recently updated macOS (10.13.5 to 10.13.6), Parallels (13 to 14), and my Windows 10 VM (whatever updates Windows installed). After these updates my Windows 10 VM would take forever to boot up and would experience frequent 5-30 second pauses where it would not respond to clicks. Leaving...
  8. M

    Rebuild (and reset) Spotlight

    Completely reset and rebuilt the Spotlight index for all users. There are various command line tutorials for doing this online when it starts to go 'screwy'. However, this is difficult for non-technical users to do. There should be a warning before the action is performed informing users that...
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