Hi Neil, On 29/5/05 21:15, "Neil Hughes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does it handle network drives? All the demos I've seen so far have > apparently been on stand-alone machines because they've mainly been used > to track down photos in iPhoto or stuff in Mail. As I understand it, > indexing gets done when you first install Tiger on any drives it sees, > and the indexes are kept up-to-date on-the-fly from then on as new > content is added or deleted. Is this the same with network volumes and > does anybody have any views on performance - does the indexing get in the > way and are the searches fast? I've also been trying to figure out spotlight for a while now... I have tried adding folders and then moving them around to see how often spotlight indexes and what paths, invisible paths, etc... I found this support doc at the Apple site that does describe some of it: <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301533> >From the support doc it would appear that as long as the docs you want indexed on the network drive are in your network home folder there they can automatically be included and if you wish to add other directories you can with some unix CLI work...I saw something on this at the X-Unix list recently and Dan Frakes probably has mentioned it somewhere in Mac OS X hints page: <http://www.macosxhints.com/> HTH, Richard -- -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
