Persisten spotlight fly-outs Mt. Lion

acme · 03-06-2013, 06:58 PM

Anyone have a fix for spotlight "fly out previews" which don't go away after you're done with spotlight?

I first noticed it in Lion; still here in Mt Lion 10.8.2.

Apple's top solution is to restart the Mac which seems kinda dumb and un-resourceful for the world's most powerful OS.

wouldn't this be some kind of dumb interface glitch?

thanks for any clues....guess I'm off to restarting now..

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DeltaMac · 03-06-2013, 07:49 PM

I use spotlight a lot, and I've never seen a fly out hang like that.
I wouldn't think that you need to restart - just log out.
A force-quit of the Finder should also do the trick.

NaOH · 03-06-2013, 07:52 PM

I've also never seen that. If I were to guess, I'd wonder if maybe there's a problem with a third-party Quick Look plugin you've installed.

03-06-2013, 06:58 PM	#1
acme MVP Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,694	Persisten spotlight fly-outs Mt. Lion Anyone have a fix for spotlight "fly out previews" which don't go away after you're done with spotlight? I first noticed it in Lion; still here in Mt Lion 10.8.2. Apple's top solution is to restart the Mac which seems kinda dumb and un-resourceful for the world's most powerful OS. wouldn't this be some kind of dumb interface glitch? thanks for any clues....guess I'm off to restarting now.. a

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03-06-2013, 07:49 PM	#2
DeltaMac League Commissioner Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 7,996	I use spotlight a lot, and I've never seen a fly out hang like that. I wouldn't think that you need to restart - just log out. A force-quit of the Finder should also do the trick.

03-06-2013, 07:52 PM	#3
NaOH Hall of Famer Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,649	I've also never seen that. If I were to guess, I'd wonder if maybe there's a problem with a third-party Quick Look plugin you've installed.