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Spotlight won't search
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May 19, 2006, 11:59 AM
 
I've done a search and didn't come up with much that matched my problem. Spotlight won't search for me anymore. It won't even try. In an effort to reset the index, I tried dragging my startup drive to the non-allowed items in the Spotlight preferences, but it won't let me add anything to that list, both by dragging in or clicking the "+" button. I did the terminal command to reset it, which it did...and then indexed for less than a minute and still won't work. Is there anything else I can do?
     
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May 19, 2006, 12:01 PM
 
Oh yes, a couple other things. I did try repairing permissions, and the problem is system-wide, not just on my account.
     
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May 21, 2006, 04:51 PM
 
Any ideas at all, or am I doomed for a reinstall?
     
   
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