Application Search on macOS Not Working When Spotlight (mdutil) Is Disabled

[hwiorn]

Version

• v1 (has no resource to fix)
• v2

Platform

• Macos
• Windows
• Linux

Description

I turned off Spotlight because it causes a disk write cache bug with high CPU and disk usage.

When users disable Spotlight (mdutil), app name completion doesn't work, especially for apps with non-Latin filenames (e.g., 카카오.app).

Additionally, macOS changes app names according to the user's localization. In Korean, "Calculator.app" is renamed to "계산기.app". As a result, Wox cannot find the app when searching for either 계산기 or Calculator.

I think app name completion should support fuzzy filename matching to address this issue.
Log

[qianlifeng]

Yes, app parsing on macOS relies on mdls. If Spotlight is turned off, this tool may throw errors. I’ve added some fallback compatibility handling; you can try the latest compiled build.

[hwiorn]

I tested the latest build. But the fallback function does not work as expected. Searching non-Latin chars doesn't show anything.