Spotlight
NowDoing can index its activities and notes for the macOS Spotlight search. That makes notes like “PROJ-123” or “Standup” reachable directly via ⌘ Space — without opening the app first.
Enable
Section titled “Enable”In the welcome wizard at step 5 — or anytime under Settings → Integrations → Index notes in Spotlight.
When enabled, NowDoing builds a local index in ~/Library/Application Support/NowDoing. Spotlight reads that index directly — there is no server communication.
What gets indexed?
Section titled “What gets indexed?”- Activity names, including emojis.
- Notes attached to activities (when present).
- Ticket IDs from activity import (e.g.
PROJ-123).
Time entries, Timesheet data, and individual day logs are not indexed — Spotlight finds the activity record, not its time trail.
What Spotlight shows
Section titled “What Spotlight shows”A hit opens the app and jumps straight to the matching activity. If a hit doesn’t appear:
- Toggle the indexing off and on again in Settings.
- Check System Settings → Spotlight — make sure NowDoing is permitted as a source.
Disable
Section titled “Disable”Turn the toggle off → the index is removed. From the next reindex onward, Spotlight no longer finds the activities.
Privacy
Section titled “Privacy”The index lives strictly local. Spotlight itself sends no content to Apple — see Data & privacy.