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Spotlight not finding files
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Senior User
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Webster, NY, USA
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I am having an issue with Spotlight (OS 10.5.1) that I have never seen before. Basically, it won't find some files. In particular, I note that when I move files to the trash, it no longer can find them in the trash folder.
Also, I note that it cannot find various files in the Library folder. Specifically, I was doing a manual uninstall of Norton Files. And spotlight could not find the files. I even navigated to the folder and typed the name as I saw it on the screen, and nothing.
Has anyone else had such a problem before? Is there setting for spotlight that I missed? Maybe it does not search Trash or System files.
Thank you,
Bounce
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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Popup the menu that says 'Kind' and scroll down and select 'Other...'
You'll see a long list of search attributes, one of which is 'System files'.
Once that condition is added, our choices are either 'include' or 'don't include'.
Hmmm, it does seem the trash is excluded... and why not I suppose.
That's precisely the place (one could argue) that should be excluded
(from a "why else did you put it there?" type of viewpoint).
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Join Date: Nov 2002
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I am noticing similar problems. I have added a couple of movie files which are in my movies directory and spotlight does not find them. This is weird since I added them a couple of hours ago. Do I miss something?
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PowerMac G5 Dual 2.0GHz, 1.5GB RAM & MacBook 1.83, 1.25GB RAM
OS X 10.5.2
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Nov 2000
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Similar story here: I have a number of jpg files that I can open without any problems at all and yet when I enter the file name into Spotlight it refuses to list these files.
Is this just plain outright buggy behavior (IOW we'll just have to wait for 10.5.x for a fix) or is there some sort of 'smart' recovery procedure?
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Nov 2003
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Hmm, I'm not sure if this is Leopard behavior - I've seen this in Tiger as well!
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Perhaps a reindex is in order. I hope Apple's working on a FS database solution instead like Be had.
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Aug 2004
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I hope not. Spotlight would only work on a Mac formatted drive then.
I'd rather like to have them fix all outstanding bugs with the current system.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Then Apple should license from Google because my brother says Google desktop is better than Spotlight.
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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Senior User
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Webster, NY, USA
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Well,
In the tradition of Windows users, I decided to "Upgrade" by going back to Tiger from Leopard. I also noted this:
My internet (according to SpeedTest.net) was 3 times faster while running 10.4.11 (booting from my backup drive) than 10.5.1
Peace,
O
B unce!
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