[X-Apps] CONTENT INDEXING,

[Peter Sealy]

On Wednesday, September 10, 2003, at 03:05  PM, Ian Tucker wrote:

>
> Since upgrading to 10.2.6 in May I have been only able to get the 
> content indexer to work in a limited number of  applications  eg it 
> will index "Documents" in my "Home" folder, but it will not index my 
> Hard Drive.   Prior to upgrading, indexing would take place on on any 
> file I wished to bring up in "Get info."
>
> Any suggestions please?

I read somewhere that apparently it is not possible to index folders 
that enclose
previously-indexed folders when the cumulative number of enclosed files
exceeds 20,000. Afraid I can't attribute that info as I did not record 
where it came from. But it seems accurate to me. I have dragged my 
Documents folder into the Find search pane and when I do a Contents 
search in the Documents folder the Contents Index for that folder is 
updated automatically. I once tried to index my hard disk [to include 
all my Apps etc] but ran into some problems. I think to index your Hard 
Drive you will first have to delete the index for your Documents 
folder. There is a work around I found which I thought a bit too 
complex for me but if you wish to contact me off list I could send it 
to you.

Cheers
.........

Peter Sealy
Thurgoona AUSTRALIA