[X Newbies] Automatic indexing of file contents?

TheMacintoshLady TheMacintoshLady at earthlink.net
Tue Mar 4 14:41:34 PST 2003


Ross Langmead tapped out this message on 3/4/2003 5:00 PM 

>Can I automatically index file contents?

Watch it Ross! You might be accused of complaining!
 
>I valued this in OS 9 but it doesn't seem to be there in OS X (I use
>10.2.3).

It is, we finally figured it out.
 
>I can index file contents on each disk manually through Get Info, but this
>is a drag.

And you can't turn it off from there either.

>Mac Help, when I look under "searching file contents" doesn't say anything
>about being able to schedule the indexing of contents.
>Why are useful functions removed ... ?

In this case not removed but just more obscure. More to do with ease of 
use......but watch it! We do not ever want to be accused of complaining!

Open your Languages prefs and check or uncheck there. YOu would I assume 
only want English..that will take the least time.



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