Spotlight has been slow for me on macOS 27. To troubleshoot, I turned off everything but apps. Shortly after, I updated to macOS 27.2.
I also frequently use Spotlight for quick math, so I tried to turn Calculator results back on. I went to System Settings → Spotlight, and… all the app settings were gone. Restarting didn’t help.
One frustrating week later I saw this: https://www.macrumors.com/how-to/stop-siri-search-accessing-iphone-apps/ This applies to macOS too. They buried the settings under Siri, with nothing to point you there.
(Also, Spotlight continues to show files with the Files toggle turned off. I’ve tried to fix this in so many different ways. The only solution I’ve found is to exclude every possible file extension. lmao) #macOS