Dumb question-- how do you get the MacOS search feature to work?

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Dumb question-- how do you get the MacOS search feature to work?

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03-13-2012, 05:13 AM

Go to system preferences and then spotlight. Click on the Privacy tab. Anything in there is not indexed.

To reindex a drive, drag it into the privacy tab, then remote it. Spotlight should reindex. There is also some terminal commands to force the reindex as well if that doesn't work.

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Dumb question-- how do you get the MacOS search feature to work? - by Black - 03-13-2012, 04:21 AM

Re: Dumb question-- how do you get the MacOS search feature to work? - by C(-)ris - 03-13-2012, 05:13 AM

Re: Dumb question-- how do you get the MacOS search feature to work? - by decay - 03-13-2012, 05:30 AM

Re: Dumb question-- how do you get the MacOS search feature to work? - by Black - 03-13-2012, 05:33 AM

Re: Dumb question-- how do you get the MacOS search feature to work? - by Black - 03-13-2012, 05:34 AM

Re: Dumb question-- how do you get the MacOS search feature to work? - by C(-)ris - 03-13-2012, 05:38 AM

Re: Dumb question-- how do you get the MacOS search feature to work? - by JoeH - 03-13-2012, 04:07 PM

Re: Dumb question-- how do you get the MacOS search feature to work? - by RAMd®d - 03-15-2012, 06:55 AM

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