Parallels Application portal not indexed in Spotlight

Discussion in 'Parallels Mac Management for Microsoft SCCM' started by BenjaminF3, Nov 16, 2021.

  1. BenjaminF3

    BenjaminF3 Junior Member

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    Hello, do you know why Parallels Application portal is not indexed in Spotlight?
    Thanks
     
  2. BenjaminF3

    BenjaminF3 Junior Member

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    OK, I found myself a solution.
    Explanation:
    1- Spotlight use info.plist to index application, which is located in the Contents folder of the app.
    2- Parallels Application Portal.app/Contents is an alias to /Library/Parallels/pma_agent/Content/MacOS/pmm_app_portal/Contents, so the info.plist is not analysed.

    Solution:
    1- Go to /Library/Parallels/pma_agent/Content/MacOS
    2- Create an alias of pmm_app_portal.app
    3- Copy it to the Applications folder
    4- Rename it to Parallels Application Portal.app
     
  3. BenjaminF3

    BenjaminF3 Junior Member

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    Unfortunately, it's a workaround and the way the Parallels Application Portal is implemented should be improved.
     
  4. BenjaminF3

    BenjaminF3 Junior Member

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    4- Rename it to Parallels Application Portal
    (NOT with .app at the end)
     

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