[G5] Spotlight problem

[Mike Urseth]

That did the trick.

Thank you for the quick response.

It's amazing how much knowledge is available on these lists!


On Apr 22, 2006, at 5:10 PM, bobgir2004 wrote:

>     Here are some instructions I saved when I had that problem:
>
> Here is the Spotlight trick that forces Spotlight AND FINDER to re-
> index the drives and partitions:
>
> Open: System Preferences > Spotlight
>
> Click the "Privacy" tab.
>
> ADD  the icons for any or all of your hard drives and partitions.
>
> Close the Preferences pane.
>
> AGAIN, right away:
> Open System Preferences > Spotlight
>
> Click the "Privacy" tab
>
> REMOVE the icons for any or all of your hard drives and partitions.
>
> Close the Preferences pane.
>
> Spotlight will re-index the "any or all" of your hard drives and
> partitions that you removed from the list.
>
> Note:
> Spotlight will take a long time to re-index everything. Depends on
> the quantity of files and folders on your drives and partitions.
> Don't be surprised if it takes  h o u r s.
> Don't be surprised if the Spotlight time counter lies.
>
> Note:
> This SpotLight action has a beneficial affect on the Command + F, and
> the Find in a Finder window pane.
> ... Finder was not finding all of the files either.
>
> Note:
> Activity Monitor will show that there is a substantial load being
> applied to the processor and ram during the re-indexing. This is  
> normal.
>
> During the re-indexing, don't expect your computer to be very snappy
> with Pro Applications. Suggestion: Step away from the computer and Do
>
>
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