[X4U] "Searching" question under 10.4

[Crandon David]

Spotlite and FindFile do not search the System folder unless  
specifically configured to do so.


On May 10, 2006, at 12:08 AM, Lee Licata wrote:

> Hi! List,
>
> I have been following this thread quite closely.
>
> So, I tried something.
>
> I went to my hard drive, System> Library> CFMSupport and picked the  
> file "CarbonLib" as an guinea pig.
>
> I then went to Spotlight to search that file.
>
> Nope, Nada, never found.
>
> Then, using the Find command, did the same.
>
> Same results.
>
> Then, as suggested by a previous poster, reconfigured a specific  
> Find routine where I manually entered both the System folder and  
> the Library folder as specific places to search.
>
> Re-performed the search.
>
> Nope, Nada, etc. etc.
>
> So, am I doing something wrong? Is there another way to search? Or,  
> did Apple just make searching/finding such files not possible?
>
> Lee
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