MagicMenu: Cannot Use Spotlight

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MagicMenu: Cannot Use Spotlight

I just wanted to report a bug in 3.0, when using Magic Menu on 10.5.8 I cannot use Spotlight from the Menu Bar. Since I'm not using Magic Menu on Finder itself its not an issue, but I wanted to report the bug

novocain
Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:35:00 +0000

I have verified that this problem on Mac OS X 10.5.7 as well. I used MagicMenu Off on the "Chess" program. I was able to use Spotlight. Once MagicMenu is turned on for "Chess" I can no longer use Spotlight. I can't activate Spotlight with the mouse click on the menu bar icon nor with "Command + Space Bar" key strokes.

There is currently no solution for this problem, because auto-hide is a hidden Mac OS X feature. And spotlight is a Mac OS X feature. MagicMenu only enables the hidden Mac OS X feature.

Perhaps, Apple didn't provide auto-hide feature as part of their Mac OS X operating system because its developers couldn't fix the Spotlight being disabled bug. Or perhaps, Apple never intended to deliver auto-hide, therefore, never tested it with Spotlight.

Chieh Cheng
Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:12:59 +0000

I have just produced a software that will let you turn Spotlight off. It is called "Spotlight Manager". So if you rather use MagicMenu and don't need Spotlight, you can get rid of it from your top menu bar altogether.

Chieh Cheng
Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:51:05 +0000

It would be great if you could restore spotlight functionality to the (finder) menu bar, when you scroll up to unhide it. I use that spotlight a lot.

smoky
Tue, 04 May 2010 17:00:31 +0000

i'll still like to see if spotlight works with magic finder menu.

i do every thing with spotlight can't think my mac without it. i'll be happy to see any update if it works coz i like magic menu as well.

all the best.

Arvind Pandeya
Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:19:53 +0000

Hey just saw one thing..... spotlight does not work if current application is finder... else any other app it works that's nice i like it. i m going to use Finder MagicMenu Off.. thats amazing.

thanks man

Arvind Pandeya
Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:23:58 +0000

Thanks for the tip, Arvind. That's very helpful.

Chieh Cheng
Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:56:43 +0000

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