[X4U] Change where Spotlight Searches

Earle Jones earle.jones at comcast.net
Mon Mar 5 17:06:29 PST 2007


On Mar 5, 2007, at 4:37 PM, Stroller wrote:

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> On 3 Mar 2007, at 12:14, Lee Licata wrote:
>> ... John, thank you, but, this changes where Finder searches, but  
>> does not seem to affect anything when I bring up spotlight using  
>> the "option-apple-spacebar" (default) keystroke.
>
> No, indeed. The "option-apple-spacebar" searches everything in  
> Spotlight's index (not the entire computer - directories such as / 
> etc are notably absent). In order for the O-  Spotlight search to  
> behave as you wish you would need to tell Spotlight to index  
> nothing but your home directory; I am not sure this is possible.
>
> Stroller.

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If you use 'Spotlight' often, you should download the freebie  
'Notlight' which is a more intuitive front-end for Spotlight.  It  
uses the Spotlight search engine and index.

Download via Version Tracker:  http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/ 
moreinfo/macosx/29015

earle
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