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You'd think that installing a new app would add it to the index right away.
by aerique 9y ago
You'd think that installing a new app would add it to the index right away.
- majormajor 9y agoIf more non-store Mac apps had an "Install" process, you would. But you're just dragging a special type of folder off a disk image, so nah. This was a weird coincidence or bug, nothing more. I've used free and trial versions of IntelliJ on Macs countless times without search ever having issues with them. It's hard to imagine how you'd even make the system work in that way, as an app developer.
- MagerValp 9y agoAnd it does. Copying any app bundle to an indexed disk, like your boot drive, will cause it to get indexed immediately. There are the occasional bugs though, and there’s also aggressive caching.