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Spotlight: Where do you exclude certain things?
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Where is the place you go to have spotlight exclude certain folders? thanks.
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System Preferences --> Spotlight --> Privacy
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Where is the place you go to have spotlight include certain folders? thanks.
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/.Spotlight_V100/_rules.plist
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what did this mean?
/.Spotlight_V100/_rules.plist
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Originally Posted by kevs
what did this mean?
/.Spotlight_V100/_rules.plist
If you edit that file, and add the paths, you can make Spotlight include directories that it excludes by default.
Actually, if you search this very forum for that string, you'll find many more detailed explanations than I feel like typing out right now.
(Last edited by CharlesS; Nov 12, 2005 at 09:49 PM.
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