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Remove Developer section from Spotlight
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  • Open Terminal. You will need to convert the file to XML (from binary) so you can edit it in TextEdit. The command you need is plutil -convert xml1 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.spotlight.plist
  • Edit this file in a text editor. Just before at the bottom, add the following:
<dict>
    <key>enabled</key>
    <false/>
    <key>name</key>
    <string>SOURCE</string>
</dict>
  • Convert the file back to binary using plutil -convert binary1 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.spotlight.plist
  • Log out and back in again.
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