[Richard Strom]

Thank you Peter. I’ve contacted support.

[Richard Strom]

Edit: When I restarted the system a SECOND time, it worked out perfectly! Now, also Mail and iCal display the proper search results again! Thank you so much. So, I would recommend if anybody has the same problems to first try deleting the .plist file, as this is the least time consuming process.

Cheers!
Dennis

[Richard Strom]

Hey Zane, thanks for the answer. Unluckily, it did not help. I deleted the Spotlight .plist file and restarted my Mac, but in the Spotlight preferences I could still see my old settings! Where did OS X get the previous settings from? I made sure the .plist file was deleted (not only trashed), and the creation date and time of the new .plist file was when OS X booted again. Do you have any other advice?

[Richard Strom]

Thank you Michael and Job,

especially Michael for making really clear what’s happening. I’ve done a bit rough customizing by myself (never needed to do that before) and things have become much clearer now. Things look much more familiar 😉

Cheers
Dennis

[Richard Strom]

Michael,

thanks for the quick response. Here’s what the systems look like I’m used to: https://www.oceansystems.com/dtective/images/timeline.jpg ; not an actual screenshot of my other workspace but that’s exactly how it should look like …