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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
  1. Run the script. if it worked, export it with the name "Inject SIMBL into Spotlight" or something and with file format Application (important).
  2. 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/
@theRealNG
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I'm also getting error
error "Spotlight got an error: Can’t continue inject SIMBL into Snow Leopard." number -1708

@shrx
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shrx commented Oct 3, 2015

Thanks, works for me on 10.10.5.

@uxDaniel
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uxDaniel commented Oct 5, 2015

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!

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

@abrown435
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Thanks! Works in 10.10.5

@ashwinb
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ashwinb commented Jan 25, 2016

@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.

@Maximalsnooze
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Great, Thank you so much!!!

@nutelina
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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...

@Ru7z
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Ru7z commented Jul 31, 2016

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?

@martindieck
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Please help

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

@martindieck
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And where is Flashlight.osax

@SergioGeeK7
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Works !!! ... the files paths are on the bottom of the guide O.o
Thanks

@Json-Luo
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Json-Luo commented Sep 6, 2017

thanks a lot! it works perfect!

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