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Do I have to Index New Drive for a Proper Search?
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Canada, Planet Earth
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I just got a new hard drive. I copied all my old files over, and now I'm looking for a file through "find" and not having any luck . I was wondering if i had to index the new drive first.
Do I just click on the hard drive .. get info and index, or is there another way of doing it ... like only indexing the user folders ...
Thanks for any info ...
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Join Date: Oct 2003
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If I am correct, you shouldn't have to index the hard drive if your searching for content that is found in a file's name.
BUT...
If you want the search looking at the actual content of your files and producing results, then you have to index.
I think that's right, but I could be wrong.
Mike
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Sep 2002
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That is correct. Indexing is only used for searching the contents of files, not the files themselves. Furthermore, OS X is always indexing your drive. There is no option like there was in OS 9.
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Vandelay Industries
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Mac Elite
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To turn the content indexing off deselect all indexing languages in the Finder preferences.
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Join Date: May 1999
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Originally posted by Art Vandelay:
...Furthermore, OS X is always indexing your drive. There is no option like there was in OS 9.
None of my volumes or folders are indexed, and I've got languages selected in the Finder prefs.
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