Comment by nailer
> Each update seemed to chip away at something I liked about the platform.
I have a MBP, 48GB RAM running today's stable version of macOS Sequoia 15.6.1
If I do cmd+space and type something it has 0 results for anything in my Documents folder. It's been that way for momnths despite all the OS updates.
macOS used to be good.
Have you inadvertently set the search privacy on your drive? https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchl1bb43b84/...
If that's not the issue try rebuilding your Spotlight search index: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/102321