![]() In the screenshot below, you can see the result of a search with the default settings (left), and after entering the above command (right). ![]() You’ll immediately notice that Spotlight is suddenly impotent, and returns only the generic “Search the Web” and “Search Wikipedia” options for each inquiry. Open up Terminal from /Applications/Utilities and enter the following command to kill Spotlight entirely (you’ll need administrative privileges to execute the command): sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/.plist Note that this will also affect your ability to search within most of Apple’s applications, such as Mail and Finder, as they rely on the same Spotlight foundation that we’re about to kill. ![]() First, and most bluntly, you can turn Spotlight off entirely.
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