[X4U] Spotlight in Leopard

Eddie Hargreaves meged at earthlink.net
Tue Aug 8 17:04:37 PDT 2006


On 8/8/06 4:54 PM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:

> It was stated during the WWDC Keynote address that Spotlight will
> find anything on your drive; this is patently false since there are
> many directories that it doesn't search by default (e.g., I have lots
> of documentation that comes with TeX that is stored in sub-
> directories of /usr/local/teTeX/ and it certainly doesn't search /usr/
> * without forcing it to do so using SpotlightIndexer ot some other
> means). Will Spotlight in Leopard allow me to set directories to
> search as it allows me directories not to search in Tiger?

Unfortunately, I don't think there is anyone who can answer your question
without breaking a non-disclosure agreement with Apple. Or, according to the
Magic 8-Ball, "Ask Again Later (Spring 2007)"

-- 
Eddie Hargreaves




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