Steps to make Flashlight work on 10.10.4 (doesn't work for El Capitan)

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Make Flashlight work on 10.10.4

1. Install SIMBL http://culater.net/software/SIMBL/SIMBL.php
2. Copy SpotlightSIMBL.bundle to /Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins/ (a)
3. Copy Flashlight.osax to ~/Library/ScriptingAdditions/ (b)
4. Disable Flashlight
5. Enable Flashlight
6. Open Script Editor on your Mac (look for "Script Editor In Spotlight") and paste the following code (don't change Snow Leopard for Yosemite)

tell application "Spotlight" to inject SIMBL into Snow Leopard

7. Run the script. if it worked, export it with the name "Inject SIMBL into Spotlight" or something and with file format Application (important).
8. then go to users & Groups -> login items, select your user and press '+' and select the newly exported script.

That's it. Thanks to hufufuf for the explanation of how he did it.

(b) Flashlight.osax is in

/Applications/Flashlight.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/FlashlightSIMBLAgent.app/Contents/PlugIns/ 

(a) SpotlightSIMBL.bundle is in

/Applications/Flashlight.app/Contents/Library/LoginItems/FlashlightSIMBLAgent.app/Contents/Resources/SIMBLPlugins/

@tsimmons: Don't work for me at 10.10.5. Any suggestions?

I'm having trouble getting this to work. I get as far as running the the "Inject SIMBL into Spotlight" application. The next time I use spotlight, spotlight crashes as soon as I type something. Spotlight works the second time I run it, but the Flashlight plugins do not work. Has anyone else encountered this?

Works in 10.10.5 for me, too. No tweaks needed.

@mstumbo +1

I have the same problem as @mstumbo . Here is the crash log:
http://pastebin.com/tBpjFr0W

Thanks, It works!

Amazing thanks a lot!

@selaromi what about the new 10.10.5? It seems not working as the 10.10.3, can I follow the same path to install it with SIMBL?

I make it work with 10.10.5 but it's buggy.

When it crash i need to Initiate Apple Scrip to make it work again and its crashing randomly

Thanks, working on 10.10.5!

Works fine in 10.10.5

Worked great for me on 10.10.5! Thanks so much!

unable to run the script "tell application "Spotlight" to inject SIMBL into Snow Leopard
"..error -> "Spotlight got an error: Can’t continue inject SIMBL into Snow Leopard." number -1708

I'm also getting error
error "Spotlight got an error: Can’t continue inject SIMBL into Snow Leopard." number -1708

Thanks, works for me on 10.10.5.

For anyone getting syntax error: 'Identifier' can't follow this 'Identifier', even after closing Flashlight, restart your mac, close Flashlight again, then run the script. Tested on 10.10.5!

I'm also getting error
error "Spotlight got an error: Can’t continue inject SIMBL into Snow Leopard." number -1708

Thanks! Works in 10.10.5

@mstumbo, @jcislinsky: I encountered the crash as well. Looking into system.log, I found a stacktrace and a message "launch path not accessible"... I hooked up lldb, and was able to locate the issue. The path

/Library/Application Support/SIMBL/Plugins/SpotlightSIMBL.bundle/Contents/Frameworks/FlashlightKit.framework/Resources/invoke_plugin.py

is not executable and cannot be marked as executable. I just changed the permissions using sudo and everything was well :) Hope that helps.

Great, Thank you so much!!!

I get an error with the Script Editor on El Capitan 10.11.4 "Spotlight got an error: A privilege violation occurred." number -10004 Flashlight does seem to work but it doesn't bring up Spotlight...

Spotlight 1.0 (v972.34) has not been tested with the plugin SpotlightSIMBL 1.0 (v17). As a precaution, it has not been loaded. Please contact the plugin developer for further information.
What does this mean..
What can i do that?

Please help

I dont know which link to click to install SIMBL. and what does SpotlightSIMBL.bundle mean and where can i find it?

And where is Flashlight.osax

Works !!! ... the files paths are on the bottom of the guide O.o
Thanks

thanks a lot! it works perfect!