---
title: SKLoadDefaultExtractorPlugIns()
framework: Core Services
role: symbol
role_heading: Function
platforms: [macOS 10.3+]
path: coreservices/1447859-skloaddefaultextractorplugins
---

# SKLoadDefaultExtractorPlugIns()

Tells Search Kit to use the Spotlight metadata importers.

## Declaration

```swift
func SKLoadDefaultExtractorPlugIns()
```

## Discussion

Discussion The Spotlight metadata importers determine the kMDItemTextContent property for each document passed to the SKIndexAddDocument(_:_:_:_:) function. Call the SKLoadDefaultExtractorPlugIns function once at application launch to tell Search Kit to use the Spotlight metadata importers. The function SKIndexAddDocument(_:_:_:_:) will then use Spotlight’s importers to extract the text from supported files and place that text into an index, leaving the markup behind. Version-Notes In versions of macOS prior to OS X v10.4, Search Kit used its own set of default text extractor plug-ins. The file types supported by Search Kit’s default text extractor plug-ins were: plaintext PDF HTML RTF Microsoft Word (.doc)