Andrew, Given the hit or miss nature of the crashes, it’s most likely in your preferences library (a corrupted file). Here are instructions on how to rebuild your spotlight index files: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201716
Now, as to the preferences, they are buried under your /Users/yournamehere/Library folder (which is normally invisible to finder). Also, if you can get it to work, try out onyx (it’s a system maintenance tool). You will have to find a way around the initial startup as the contents inside that pane are invisible to voiceover (and yes, I have contacted the developers over this and he seems ambivalent about doing anything about it). Anyway, hope this helps. -Eric > On Nov 4, 2018, at 1:51 AM, Andrew Lamanche <simon.cavend...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > For some weeks now, and I find it difficult to remember the moment or event > that might have triggered it - if I try to type in an app name into spotlight > search field to open it, spotlight crashes, or VO crashes, and I’m returned > to the finder window. This makes it impossible to launch an app via > spotlight, a great loss of functionality for me. Has anyone else experienced > this, or could you check it out for me before I start badgering Apple > Accessibility? The interesting added thing is that sometimes it will work > but more often than not it doesn’t. This is under High Sierra. Is it > possible to rebuild spotlight database? Maybe that’s what’s required. > > Many thanks > > Andrew > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
