Spotlight interface in Big Sur Beta

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iVortex OP
Created Jul ’20
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Hi,

Anyone else not a big fan of the new Spotlight UI in macOS Big Sur Beta?

I found the previous UI a lot more resourceful and information-rich. I know it is still accessible but it's an unnecessary additional click (or option-enter to jump right to it).

Certainly posting this under Feedback Assistant as well but was curious what people thought and if this new UI is better at anything than the previous one.
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hkam623 OP
Jul ’20
100% Agree.


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BrandBetaNew OP
Jul ’20
i thought the same thing.
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KarlMillsom OP
Aug ’20
Spot on.

In particular, I don't like that there are now two tiers of results, with all of the results I usually want from a spotlight search being hidden behind an extra click.

Makes the whole process exactly 50% as effecient as with the old format.
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rotwhiter OP
Sep ’20
100% agree. Let's hope they fix it.
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viraltaco_ OP
Sep ’20
Honestly, I consider this a bug.
It's a huge user experience downgrade from Mac OS X Tiger (10.4).
Hopefully they will come around to fixing it.
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ivanneto OP
Sep ’20
Same here. I hate so much the new approach that I'm officially back to Alfred as my ubiquitous search method. 😔
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iBruno OP
Sep ’20
Hard to believe it wasn't just in beta version 🤦‍♂️
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segfaultsamurai OP
Oct ’20
I hate it. It's the only part of macOS Big Sur that I find is not accommodating for people with accessibility concerns, like, a fair number of people out there that use macOS aren't able to use a mouse, they require moving around with just a keyboard.

Everyone I see on Reddit seems to hate the Spotlight changes too...
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IoannisTzon OP
Nov ’20
This new Spotlight is ridicules. Utterly broken. Spotlight was a WEAPON. It's now a kids water gun. I used to brag about so much about spotlight, and laugh about Windows Search. I can't recognise which is worse now. Why Apple?
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alternativehypotheses OP
Nov ’20
When you click on the results you get the preview. That is extremely annoying for people working with keyboard, and shortcuts.
Please, Apple, improve spotlight interface or ask google to provide a nice tool!
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cionoiu OP
Dec ’20
The new spotlight is a total failure, now is useless, thank you apple...
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dononyx OP
Mar ’21
100% agree, took it off my menu bar. Apple software gets worse with every new upgrade.
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