It used to be that Spotlight would figure out math operations for me (for example, if I typed 5 + 3, the first Spotlight result, before any located files or other search results, would be the answer). For the last few weeks, it hasn't anymore - if I type a math operation, it just finds a bunch of documents.
I'm running Mac OS X 10.5.7. UPDATE: So far I've tried, based on the suggestions below:
- Deleting the Spotlight preferences.
- Setting
defaults write com.apple.spotlight CalculationEnabled -bool YES - Opening up the Calculator app and confirming that it's still in its default location.
- Forcing Spotlight to reindex my hard drives.
- Re-installing the 10.5.7 combo update.
- Rebooting after each of the above.
Unfortunately, nothing has worked - Spotlight still doesn't solve the operations.
Answer
Installing Snow Leopard fixed the problem - hopefully it doesn't recur, since I never figured out what caused it in the first place!
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