Re: Spotlight Search Problem

[Ronda Brown]

Hi Rick,

I’m pretty busy on Clients work, but a couple of quick questions.

Are you sure you have “Mail Messages” selected in Spotlight Preferences - 
'Search Results’?

Also, you don’t have a “Previous System Folder” on your Computer which has an 
older Mail Application in it?

Not a bad idea to Restart your computer and then “Repair Permissions”.

I’ll get back to you when I’m able.

Cheers,
Ronni

On 13/06/2011, at 10:20 AM, Rick Armstrong wrote:

> 
> Hi Rhonda,
> I have done that and Spolight is now working but no Mail Search as before
> so I did the Terminal Commands but still no Mail search available. 
> (Thunderbird search works fine but I feel more comfortable with Mail)
> Regards, Rick.
> On 13/06/2011, at 8:44 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi again Rick,
>> 
>> I probably should have warned you, that Spotlight 'Re-Indexing’ your Hard 
>> Drive, depending on how many and what kind of files you have it can take 
>> upwards of an hour or two to re-index.
>> Let it complete the re-indexing before you test it.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ronni
>> 
>> On 13/06/2011, at 8:35 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
>> 
>>> On 13/06/2011, at 8:12 AM, Rick Armstrong wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Rhonda,
>>>> As you had mentioned from earlier email search problem, correctly, that 
>>>> Spotlight may nave some corruption.
>>>> I have tried to rebuild unsucessfully, can you talk me through again. When 
>>>> I go into Terminal and type: sudo mdutil -E /
>>>> After I have done this it shows (after a few seconds): Error, no index 
>>>> found for volume.
>>>> (PS Spotlight was slow to find anything at all previously and now has 
>>>> trouble search anything )
>>>> Thanks Rick,
>>>> Version 10.4.11 on G4 (long overdue for the big jump to an iMac 27”)
>>> 
>>> Good morning Rick,
>>> 
>>> OK, I think firstly before we go through the Terminal Commands again, I 
>>> would ask you to get Spotlight to  ‘Re-Index’ your Hard Drive.
>>> 
>>> To Re-Index your drive, do the following:
>>> 
>>> 1. Open System Preferences > Spotlight and select the Privacy tab.
>>> 2. Drag your hard drive icon from the Desktop into the privacy list.
>>> 3. Click OK in the window that displays  “Are you sure you want to prevent 
>>> Spotlight from searching in “/“?
>>> 4. Wait 10 seconds, and then remove the hard drive from the privacy list 
>>> (click the minus(-) button).
>>> 
>>> Give spotlight some time to re-index your drive before testing it out.
>>> The magnifying glass in the upper-right of your screen will pulse during 
>>> this time.
>>> 
>>> This forces Spotlight to Re-Index your Hard Drive.
>>> Post back your results please.
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ronni
>>> 
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>>> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
>>> 
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Re: Spotlight Search Problem

[Rick Armstrong]

Hi Rhonda,
I have done that and Spolight is now working but no Mail Search as  
before
so I did the Terminal Commands but still no Mail search available.  
(Thunderbird search works fine but I feel more comfortable with Mail)

Regards, Rick.
On 13/06/2011, at 8:44 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:



Hi again Rick,

I probably should have warned you, that Spotlight 'Re-Indexing’  
your Hard Drive, depending on how many and what kind of files you  
have it can take upwards of an hour or two to re-index.

Let it complete the re-indexing before you test it.

Cheers,
Ronni

On 13/06/2011, at 8:35 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:


On 13/06/2011, at 8:12 AM, Rick Armstrong wrote:



Hi Rhonda,
As you had mentioned from earlier email search problem,  
correctly, that Spotlight may nave some corruption.
I have tried to rebuild unsucessfully, can you talk me through  
again. When I go into Terminal and type: sudo mdutil -E /
After I have done this it shows (after a few seconds): Error, no  
index found for volume.
(PS Spotlight was slow to find anything at all previously and now  
has trouble search anything )

Thanks Rick,
Version 10.4.11 on G4 (long overdue for the big jump to an iMac 27”)


Good morning Rick,

OK, I think firstly before we go through the Terminal Commands  
again, I would ask you to get Spotlight to  ‘Re-Index’ your Hard  
Drive.


To Re-Index your drive, do the following:

1. Open System Preferences > Spotlight and select the Privacy tab.
2. Drag your hard drive icon from the Desktop into the privacy list.
3. Click OK in the window that displays  “Are you sure you want to  
prevent Spotlight from searching in “/“?
4. Wait 10 seconds, and then remove the hard drive from the  
privacy list (click the minus(-) button).


Give spotlight some time to re-index your drive before testing it  
out.
The magnifying glass in the upper-right of your screen will pulse  
during this time.


This forces Spotlight to Re-Index your Hard Drive.
Post back your results please.

Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD

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Re: Spotlight Search Problem

[Ronda Brown]

Hi again Rick,

I probably should have warned you, that Spotlight 'Re-Indexing’ your Hard 
Drive, depending on how many and what kind of files you have it can take 
upwards of an hour or two to re-index.
Let it complete the re-indexing before you test it.

Cheers,
Ronni

On 13/06/2011, at 8:35 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:

> On 13/06/2011, at 8:12 AM, Rick Armstrong wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Hi Rhonda,
>> As you had mentioned from earlier email search problem, correctly, that 
>> Spotlight may nave some corruption.
>> I have tried to rebuild unsucessfully, can you talk me through again. When I 
>> go into Terminal and type: sudo mdutil -E /
>> After I have done this it shows (after a few seconds): Error, no index found 
>> for volume.
>> (PS Spotlight was slow to find anything at all previously and now has 
>> trouble search anything )
>> Thanks Rick,
>> Version 10.4.11 on G4 (long overdue for the big jump to an iMac 27”)
> 
> Good morning Rick,
> 
> OK, I think firstly before we go through the Terminal Commands again, I would 
> ask you to get Spotlight to  ‘Re-Index’ your Hard Drive.
> 
> To Re-Index your drive, do the following:
> 
> 1. Open System Preferences > Spotlight and select the Privacy tab. 
> 2. Drag your hard drive icon from the Desktop into the privacy list. 
> 3. Click OK in the window that displays  “Are you sure you want to prevent 
> Spotlight from searching in “/“? 
> 4. Wait 10 seconds, and then remove the hard drive from the privacy list 
> (click the minus(-) button).
> 
> Give spotlight some time to re-index your drive before testing it out. 
> The magnifying glass in the upper-right of your screen will pulse during this 
> time. 
> 
> This forces Spotlight to Re-Index your Hard Drive.
> Post back your results please.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ronni
> 
> 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
> 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD
> 
> OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard
> Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance)
> 




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Re: Spotlight Search Problem

[Ronda Brown]

On 13/06/2011, at 8:12 AM, Rick Armstrong wrote:

> 
> Hi Rhonda,
> As you had mentioned from earlier email search problem, correctly, that 
> Spotlight may nave some corruption.
> I have tried to rebuild unsucessfully, can you talk me through again. When I 
> go into Terminal and type: sudo mdutil -E /
> After I have done this it shows (after a few seconds): Error, no index found 
> for volume.
> (PS Spotlight was slow to find anything at all previously and now has trouble 
> search anything )
> Thanks Rick,
> Version 10.4.11 on G4 (long overdue for the big jump to an iMac 27”)

Good morning Rick,

OK, I think firstly before we go through the Terminal Commands again, I would 
ask you to get Spotlight to  ‘Re-Index’ your Hard Drive.

To Re-Index your drive, do the following:

1. Open System Preferences > Spotlight and select the Privacy tab. 
2. Drag your hard drive icon from the Desktop into the privacy list. 
3. Click OK in the window that displays  “Are you sure you want to prevent 
Spotlight from searching in “/“? 
4. Wait 10 seconds, and then remove the hard drive from the privacy list (click 
the minus(-) button).

Give spotlight some time to re-index your drive before testing it out. 
The magnifying glass in the upper-right of your screen will pulse during this 
time. 

This forces Spotlight to Re-Index your Hard Drive.
Post back your results please.

Cheers,
Ronni

17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt"
2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD

OS X 10.6.7 Snow Leopard
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Spotlight Search Problem

[Rick Armstrong]

Hi Rhonda,
As you had mentioned from earlier email search problem, correctly,  
that Spotlight may nave some corruption.
I have tried to rebuild unsucessfully, can you talk me through again.  
When I go into Terminal and type: sudo mdutil -E /
After I have done this it shows (after a few seconds): Error, no  
index found for volume.
(PS Spotlight was slow to find anything at all previously and now has  
trouble search anything )

Thanks Rick,
Version 10.4.11 on G4 (long overdue for the big jump to an iMac 27")




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Re: WordPerfect Spotlight & QuickLook Plug-ins

[Philippe Chaperon]

Hi Neil and all,

Well I remember too well Word Perfect which I used quite happily on my Mac
and on my then employer's DOS machines. Until MS decided to slowly strangle
this wonderful software, just like they strangled the Netscape browser, when
everyone went over to Word. That was the time when they were trying
desperately to strangle this little company called Apple 

Well, the rest is history and the world keeps spinning around the Sun.

Many thanks for that link Neil, this will come in handy for my old ... very
old documents.

Kind regards to all,

Philippe

2010/8/12 Neil Houghton 

>
> One for the old-timers out there.
>
> If you are like me you used to use Wordperfect on the Mac and, maybe, like
> me you still have a bunch of old archived files kicking around.
>
> I still keep the files because they have correspondence/faxes etc that I
> (very) occasionally want to check back on. Since I left OS9/Classic behind,
> I have played with various programs/approaches to read these - none were
> particularly convenient.
>
>
> However, I just found this, and gave it a go:
>
> WordPerfect Spotlight & QuickLook Plug-ins
> <http://homepage.mac.com/herr/>
>
>
> I haven't checked the Spotlight side of it (it is not likely to be my
> working method) but the Quicklook works great and is all I need - go to my
> relevant archive folder, browse in Quicklook and refresh my memory on 10 to
> 20 yr old correspondence!
>
>
>
> Probably not too interesting to most readers ;o) - but I know some of you
> still remember when MS Word was not the most widely used word processor!
>
>
>
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
> Neil
> --
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> Albany, Western Australia
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> Email: n...@possumology.com
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>
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WordPerfect Spotlight & QuickLook Plug-ins

[Neil Houghton]

One for the old-timers out there.

If you are like me you used to use Wordperfect on the Mac and, maybe, like
me you still have a bunch of old archived files kicking around.

I still keep the files because they have correspondence/faxes etc that I
(very) occasionally want to check back on. Since I left OS9/Classic behind,
I have played with various programs/approaches to read these - none were
particularly convenient.


However, I just found this, and gave it a go:

WordPerfect Spotlight & QuickLook Plug-ins
<http://homepage.mac.com/herr/>


I haven't checked the Spotlight side of it (it is not likely to be my
working method) but the Quicklook works great and is all I need - go to my
relevant archive folder, browse in Quicklook and refresh my memory on 10 to
20 yr old correspondence!



Probably not too interesting to most readers ;o) - but I know some of you
still remember when MS Word was not the most widely used word processor!




Cheers



Neil
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Re: Can Spotlight search a DVD

[Michael Hawkins]

Thank you James. I may have been trigger happy with my first request, as the
DVD contained over 5500 pages of documents and Spotlight might not have
indexed them when I made the first couple of attempts to search the DVd.

I was also confused by the fact that the Spotlight window referred to the
internal hard-drive and, in preferences, referred to folders and so on on
the drive, but did not refer to the dvd.

Regards,

Michael Hawkins.


On 4/8/10 3:08 PM, "James / Hans Kunz"  wrote:

> basically it canbut you may have to add the dvd volume to the
> searchable items...
> i actually just tested it osx.4.11:
> put the dvd in, start spotlight after the volume logo is on the
> desktop, then type in the search term...that's it
> James
> 
> On 04/08/2010, at 9:14, Michael Hawkins wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I want to see if a particular word is used in documents that have
>> been saved
>> to a DVD. Can Spotlight be used to do that?
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> 
>> Michael Hawkins.
>> 
>> OS 10.6.4
>> 
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Re: Can Spotlight search a DVD

[James / Hans Kunz]

basically it canbut you may have to add the dvd volume to the  
searchable items...

i actually just tested it osx.4.11:
put the dvd in, start spotlight after the volume logo is on the  
desktop, then type in the search term...that's it

James

On 04/08/2010, at 9:14, Michael Hawkins wrote:



I want to see if a particular word is used in documents that have  
been saved

to a DVD. Can Spotlight be used to do that?

Thank you,

Michael Hawkins.

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Re: Can Spotlight search a DVD

[Michael Hawkins]

Thank you Adrian.
After restarting my computer and repairing permissions, Spotlight now lists
items on the DVD.


On 4/8/10 2:52 PM, "Adrian Skehan"  wrote:

> 
> I tried several DVDs including a windows only one and an external drive, it
> found what I asked for each time,  however, I had to click on Show All for it
> to tell me where it was.  I'm using Snow Leopard 10.6.4 in an iMac, what
> system are you using?
> 
> 
> Adrian
> http://www.skehan.id.au/
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 04/08/2010, at 1:58 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Thank you Adrian - but do you mind telling me how? Spotlight for me seems to
>> search the hard-drive only, and not a dvd which is displayed on desktop.
>> 
>> 
>> On 4/8/10 1:46 PM, "Adrian Skehan"  wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> It does for me.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Adrian
>>> http://www.skehan.id.au/
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 04/08/2010, at 9:14 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> I want to see if a particular word is used in documents that have been
>>>> saved
>>>> to a DVD. Can Spotlight be used to do that?
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you,
>>>> 
>>>> Michael Hawkins.
>>>> 
>>>> OS 10.6.4
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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Re: Can Spotlight search a DVD

[Adrian Skehan]

I tried several DVDs including a windows only one and an external drive, it 
found what I asked for each time,  however, I had to click on Show All for it 
to tell me where it was.  I'm using Snow Leopard 10.6.4 in an iMac, what system 
are you using?


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On 04/08/2010, at 1:58 PM, Michael Hawkins wrote:

> 
> Thank you Adrian - but do you mind telling me how? Spotlight for me seems to
> search the hard-drive only, and not a dvd which is displayed on desktop.
> 
> 
> On 4/8/10 1:46 PM, "Adrian Skehan"  wrote:
> 
>> 
>> It does for me.
>> 
>> 
>> Adrian
>> http://www.skehan.id.au/
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 04/08/2010, at 9:14 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> I want to see if a particular word is used in documents that have been saved
>>> to a DVD. Can Spotlight be used to do that?
>>> 
>>> Thank you,
>>> 
>>> Michael Hawkins.
>>> 
>>> OS 10.6.4
>>> 
>>> 
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Re: Can Spotlight search a DVD

[Michael Hawkins]

Thank you Adrian - but do you mind telling me how? Spotlight for me seems to
search the hard-drive only, and not a dvd which is displayed on desktop.


On 4/8/10 1:46 PM, "Adrian Skehan"  wrote:

> 
> It does for me.
> 
> 
> Adrian
> http://www.skehan.id.au/
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 04/08/2010, at 9:14 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote:
> 
>> 
>> I want to see if a particular word is used in documents that have been saved
>> to a DVD. Can Spotlight be used to do that?
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> 
>> Michael Hawkins.
>> 
>> OS 10.6.4
>> 
>> 
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Re: Can Spotlight search a DVD

[Adrian Skehan]

It does for me.


Adrian
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On 04/08/2010, at 9:14 AM, Michael Hawkins wrote:

> 
> I want to see if a particular word is used in documents that have been saved
> to a DVD. Can Spotlight be used to do that?
> 
> Thank you,
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> 
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Can Spotlight search a DVD

[Michael Hawkins]

I want to see if a particular word is used in documents that have been saved
to a DVD. Can Spotlight be used to do that?

Thank you,

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Re: Google Australia/Spotlight

[Stuart Breden]

Thanks Ronni!  I'll give them a go.
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On 28/09/2009, at 8:47 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:




On 28/09/2009, at 7:35 AM, Stuart Breden wrote:


Ronni, Safari 4.0.2 and OS 10.5.8.


Hi Stuart,

Either of the two addons I suggested below will do what you want in  
Leopard.  Glims or Inquisitor.

They are just not compatible with Snow Leopard ... yet!

Cheers,
Ronni



On 26/09/2009, at 7:35 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:




On 26/09/2009, at 6:50 AM, Stuart Breden wrote:



Hi guys

It is very annoying having to open Google Australia and then  
select Searching in Australia.


Is there a way of Google Australia being the default Google in  
Spotlight in Safari?


Hi Stuart,


What version of Safari are you running, and what version of Mac OS  
X?
There are addons that can do this, but if you are using Safari in  
Snow Leopard neither Glims nor Inquisitor are compatible with Snow  
Leopard yet.


Glims <http://www.machangout.com/>
Inquisitor  <http://www.inquisitorx.com/safari/index_en.php>

Have a search on versiontracker.com or macupdate.com - just be  
aware that they may not be Snow Leopard compatible yet.


If you feel comfortable using Terminal there is this hint:
<http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20030514035516436>


Cheers,
Ronni

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Re: Google Australia/Spotlight

[Ronda Brown]

On 28/09/2009, at 7:35 AM, Stuart Breden wrote:


Ronni, Safari 4.0.2 and OS 10.5.8.


Hi Stuart,

Either of the two addons I suggested below will do what you want in  
Leopard.  Glims or Inquisitor.

They are just not compatible with Snow Leopard ... yet!

Cheers,
Ronni



On 26/09/2009, at 7:35 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:




On 26/09/2009, at 6:50 AM, Stuart Breden wrote:



Hi guys

It is very annoying having to open Google Australia and then  
select Searching in Australia.


Is there a way of Google Australia being the default Google in  
Spotlight in Safari?


Hi Stuart,


What version of Safari are you running, and what version of Mac OS X?
There are addons that can do this, but if you are using Safari in  
Snow Leopard neither Glims nor Inquisitor are compatible with Snow  
Leopard yet.


Glims <http://www.machangout.com/>
Inquisitor  <http://www.inquisitorx.com/safari/index_en.php>

Have a search on versiontracker.com or macupdate.com - just be  
aware that they may not be Snow Leopard compatible yet.


If you feel comfortable using Terminal there is this hint:
<http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20030514035516436>


Cheers,
Ronni

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2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
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Re: Google Australia/Spotlight

[Stuart Breden]

Ronni, Safari 4.0.2 and OS 10.5.8.

Stuart Breden
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On 26/09/2009, at 7:35 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:




On 26/09/2009, at 6:50 AM, Stuart Breden wrote:



Hi guys

It is very annoying having to open Google Australia and then select  
Searching in Australia.


Is there a way of Google Australia being the default Google in  
Spotlight in Safari?


Hi Stuart,


What version of Safari are you running, and what version of Mac OS X?
There are addons that can do this, but if you are using Safari in  
Snow Leopard neither Glims nor Inquisitor are compatible with Snow  
Leopard yet.


Glims <http://www.machangout.com/>
Inquisitor  <http://www.inquisitorx.com/safari/index_en.php>

Have a search on versiontracker.com or macupdate.com - just be aware  
that they may not be Snow Leopard compatible yet.


If you feel comfortable using Terminal there is this hint:
<http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20030514035516436>


Cheers,
Ronni

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2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
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Re: Google Australia/Spotlight

[Glenn Nicholas]

Stuart,

You need a neat (and free) Safari plugin called Glim - download and
install from here:
http://www.machangout.com/

Once installed, use Safari, Preferences and open the Glim tab, then
Add a new search engine Google AU using this setting:
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=#query#
(the #query# will be there for you)

All done, now you can select Google AU as your default search engine -
along with many other search engine options that are surprisingly
useful when available from the default Safari search field.

Glenn Nicholas
OM4 ::


2009/9/26 Stuart Breden :
>
> Hi guys
>
> It is very annoying having to open Google Australia and then select
> Searching in Australia.
>
> Is there a way of Google Australia being the default Google in Spotlight in
> Safari?
>
> Stuart Breden
> PO Box 132
> Kalamunda WA 6926
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Re: Google Australia/Spotlight

[Ronda Brown]

On 26/09/2009, at 6:50 AM, Stuart Breden wrote:



Hi guys

It is very annoying having to open Google Australia and then select  
Searching in Australia.


Is there a way of Google Australia being the default Google in  
Spotlight in Safari?


Hi Stuart,


What version of Safari are you running, and what version of Mac OS X?
There are addons that can do this, but if you are using Safari in Snow  
Leopard neither Glims nor Inquisitor are compatible with Snow Leopard  
yet.


Glims <http://www.machangout.com/>
Inquisitor  <http://www.inquisitorx.com/safari/index_en.php>

Have a search on versiontracker.com or macupdate.com - just be aware  
that they may not be Snow Leopard compatible yet.


If you feel comfortable using Terminal there is this hint:
<http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20030514035516436>


Cheers,
Ronni

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2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB
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Google Australia/Spotlight

[Stuart Breden]

Hi guys

It is very annoying having to open Google Australia and then select  
Searching in Australia.


Is there a way of Google Australia being the default Google in  
Spotlight in Safari?


Stuart Breden
PO Box 132
Kalamunda WA 6926
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Wk Ph: (08) 9291 4599
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Spotlight - indexing external or networked Mac?

[Metal Artwork Creations]

Hi team

Can I force Spotlight to index another Mac within our office?

The two Macs are connected by a local wireless network, but I could  
plug them into each-other via Firewire if that helps?
I've spent a few hours today scouring forums, but it seems it's not  
possible with another Mac, only on external hard-drive volumes.
I can't find any software to download, and I'm not confident with  
using Terminal.


In summary, one Mac has the files, but two Macs need to share and use  
the same files during the day.


Thanks for your help.


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Re: Spotlight indexing - how to force?

[James Devenish]

Hi Steven,

2009/1/28 Steven Knowles :
> It seems that the MacBook hasn't indexed or something. I've checked hard
> disk space on the MacBook - that seems adequate.

If indexing is the problem, you force a rebuild by deleting the
existing (possibly corrupt) index. I've done this before, via the
command line: sudo mdutil -E /

James

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Spotlight indexing - how to force?

[Steven Knowles]

I have a MacBook Pro and a MacBook, each of which can access a common  
Dropbox folder. Both running latest version of Leopard.


Via Dropbox, each of the Macs can see particular folders if that  
folder is navigated to.


However, on the MacBook, using Spotlight to search for the folder,  
plus another couple of example folders, there is no result.


I've checked the Privacy tab within Spotlight preferences and no  
problems there.


It seems that the MacBook hasn't indexed or something. I've checked  
hard disk space on the MacBook - that seems adequate.


Is there any way to force a Mac to index? As far as I know indexing is  
done on the fly, but maybe something has malfunctioned?


Any tips appreciated.

Cheers, Steven

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Spotlight tips

[Neil Houghton]

Interesting article on Spotlight in Leopard - I got quite a few useful tips
on the new improved spotlight!

<http://db.tidbits.com/article/9283>

Cheers


Neil
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Spotlight won't stop indexing

[Peter Hinchliffe]

As if it was just waiting for the quiestion, MacFixit provides an  
answer to the question posed in last night's Q&A at the WAMUG meeting.  
The answer is a bit technical, but hopefully it might provide the  
solution:


http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20080304124727499

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Re: Spotlight query?

[Ronda Brown]

On 26/04/2007, at 5:35 PM, Stewart Woods wrote:

If I have a word document on my machine named happy.doc and  
spotlight won't find it if I search for "happy", what is likely to  
be the cause?


Hi Stewart,

Just a thought  Will spotlight find any word documents?

If it won't, check  in your HD > Library/Spotlight/Microsoft  
Office.mdimporter


For spotlight to index Office documents (ie Word, Excel) you need  
this plug-in.


Cheers,
Ronni





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Re: Spotlight query?

[James Devenish]

Hi Stewart,

If you had low disk space when the file was modified or copied,
indexing may have been in deferral mode (and possibly never happened?
I'm not sure). Otherwise, I'm not sure.

Some people set their Spotlight preferences so that certain items are
excluded, but I guess that is not your situation.

Do you have Fast User Switching enabled? Once heard of someone who
"couldn't find a file" with Spotlight, but then found it in a folder,
and then "it appeared" in Spotlight. This was while logged into to a
second account using Fast User Switching.

James.

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Spotlight query?

[Stewart Woods]

Hi all,

If I have a word document on my machine named happy.doc and spotlight  
won't find it if I search for "happy", what is likely to be the cause?


TIA
Stewart

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Re: no spotlight & endnote preferences

[Rosemary Horton]

For those who wondered, I sorted these problems out.

1) Spotlight

http://osxdaily.com/2007/02/15/spotlight-wont-work-fix-a-broken- 
spotlight-menu-with-these-troubleshooting-tips/

Lots of suggestions

The first one worked!


Solution #1: Kill SystemUIServer

* Launch ‘Activity Monitor’ (located in /Applications/Utilities/)
* Locate the process ‘SystemUIServer’, highlight it, and click  
the red button “Quit Process”
* Within a few seconds the menubar will rebuild itself and often  
Spotlight will magically work




2) Endnote Preferences

http://www.endnote.com/support/faqs/Install/faq27.asp#libmac

main problem was preferences are called things like Thomson Research  
etc..not intuitive at all





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On 01/03/2007, at 12:12 AM, Rosemary Horton wrote:

My husband's brand new macbook has an interesting problem..rather  
annoying.


There is a spotlight icon in the top left corner but when he clicks  
on it nothing happens, no little box,no big box,


Anyone got a clue how to fix this?

This started because Endnote closes every time he clicks on  
Preferences. I though junking his Endnote preferences might fix it  
but I couldn't find them


So one problem turned into 2




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no spotlight & endnote preferences

[Rosemary Horton]

My husband's brand new macbook has an interesting problem..rather  
annoying.


There is a spotlight icon in the top left corner but when he clicks  
on it nothing happens, no little box,no big box,


Anyone got a clue how to fix this?

This started because Endnote closes every time he clicks on  
Preferences. I though junking his Endnote preferences might fix it  
but I couldn't find them


So one problem turned into 2




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"Comments" in iPhoto and Spotlight

[Adam Lippiatt]

Hi

Just wondering if anyone knows if text put in the "Comments" section  
in the "Information" section for a photo in iPhoto gets picked up in  
Spotlight?  I am having no luck with it (getting picked up by  
Spotlight that is) but I thought all of that 'metadata' did get  
picked up in a Spotlight search.


Thanks

Adam

Driving me nuts - Spotlight shortcuts

[Toby Oldham]

Anyone else finding that the shortkey commands for Spotlight keep  
resetting themselves every time their computer restarts? I use Adobe  
products, and Spotlight keeps stealing the shortcuts.


Cheers,
Tobes.

Re: Spotlight

[Ronda Brown]

On 18/10/2005, at 2:15 PM, Edward Arrowsmith wrote:

My HD was indexed by Spotlight when I installed Tiger but when I do  
a search for documents by title there are many not identified by  
Spotlight and I have to get them 'manually'.


Am I missing something with Spotlight prefs?


Hi Edward,

Sounds like you might need to re-index.

From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences.
Click Spotlight.
Click the Privacy tab.
Drag a folder or even an entire volume (your hard drive) to the list.

Remove the item or volume you just added.
Spotlight will re-index the contents of the item you initially  
dragged to the list.


Depending on how many and what kind of files you have it can take  
upwards of an hour or two to re-index.


Cheers,
Ronni
When Microsoft asks you, "Where do you want to go today?" Tell them,  
"Apple!"

Spotlight

[Edward Arrowsmith]

My HD was indexed by Spotlight when I installed Tiger but when I do a  
search for documents by title there are many not identified by  
Spotlight and I have to get them 'manually'.


Am I missing something with Spotlight prefs?

Thanks and Best wishes
edward

Re: Spotlight & Quark

[Craig Ringer]

On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 16:53 +0800, Josh McKinnon wrote:

> How long did it take for Quark to be released for OS X? I wouldn't  
> hold your breath for a Spotlight plug-in from Quark.

Well, I'd estimate it at "about 3 days after Adobe Spotlight-enables
InDesign" :-P

-- 
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Re: Spotlight & Quark

[Josh McKinnon]

On 12/05/2005, at 16:33 , Rod wrote:



On 12/05/2005, at 4:11 PM, Brett Carboni wrote:


Did a search on a word that I know is in a Quark doc using  
spotlight and it

didn't find anything.

Does anyone know if Spotlight works for Quark (specifically 6, but  
any would
do) docs, or do you have to get a plug-in for it (and any other  
specific

types of docs). I know it doesn't work for Entourage.

It does show up some words in the Quark user dictionary.

T.I.A.




Developers need to write plugins for Spotlight to work with their  
formats.  That's why so far it only works with the built in stuff  
that ships with Tiger, plus well known formats like pdfs and rtf  
files.  In saying that, it does work with Word files (I just tried  
it out then :-)  Even though developers have had access to Tiger  
for quite a few months before the rest of us, I think they were  
more concerned with making sure their products were Tiger-friendly,  
rather than if Spotlight would search their files.


How long did it take for Quark to be released for OS X? I wouldn't  
hold your breath for a Spotlight plug-in from Quark.


-josh

Re: Spotlight & Quark

[Rod]

On 12/05/2005, at 4:11 PM, Brett Carboni wrote:

Did a search on a word that I know is in a Quark doc using  
spotlight and it

didn't find anything.

Does anyone know if Spotlight works for Quark (specifically 6, but  
any would
do) docs, or do you have to get a plug-in for it (and any other  
specific

types of docs). I know it doesn't work for Entourage.

It does show up some words in the Quark user dictionary.

T.I.A.



Developers need to write plugins for Spotlight to work with their  
formats.  That's why so far it only works with the built in stuff  
that ships with Tiger, plus well known formats like pdfs and rtf  
files.  In saying that, it does work with Word files (I just tried it  
out then :-)  Even though developers have had access to Tiger for  
quite a few months before the rest of us, I think they were more  
concerned with making sure their products were Tiger-friendly, rather  
than if Spotlight would search their files.


If I am wrong, please correct me!

Seeya

Rod!

Spotlight & Quark

[Brett Carboni]

Did a search on a word that I know is in a Quark doc using spotlight and it
didn't find anything.

Does anyone know if Spotlight works for Quark (specifically 6, but any would
do) docs, or do you have to get a plug-in for it (and any other specific
types of docs). I know it doesn't work for Entourage.

It does show up some words in the Quark user dictionary.

T.I.A.

Brett Carboni
Tsunami
"Download the latest Spotlight plug-in for Sushi"

Re: Indexing remote servers with Spotlight?

[Toby Oldham]

*sigh* I miss being arrested.

Thanks James, when I used to index the share point / server under  
10.3 I guess it wasnt actually indexing, just trying to. 'Would  
explain why it didn't seem to reveal files very quickly or accurately  
afterwards.


I wonder what it was actually doing behind the scenes when I hit the  
'index now' button ... Hmm.


T.


On 02/05/2005, at 12:00 PM, James Devenish wrote:


In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
on Mon, May 02, 2005 at 11:44:10AM +0800, Toby Oldham wrote:


I can't find any option or preference that allows me to index an
external Win2K File server I often access ... would someone explain
it to me? (on /off list, I don't mind).



Perhaps this is to prevent your systems administrator from having you
arrested.

For performance and administration reasons, clients should not index
file servers. If an index is required, it would be preferable to  
have it
generated on the file server (which is the only way to have a real- 
time

index anyway). However, I'm sure that doing this for a cross-platform,
multi-user system is a complex issue because each client needs to get
their own "view" according to their access permissions. It would be
interesting if Mac OS X Server makes any attempt at this. I realise  
that

there may be circumstances where it would be reasonable for clients to
do their own non real-time indexing of a file server, but this  
would be

a matter of negotiation on a case-by-case basis. Other than that,
perhaps non-HFS+ volumes are not supported for Spotlight indexing?



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Re: Indexing remote servers with Spotlight?

[James Devenish]

In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
on Mon, May 02, 2005 at 11:44:10AM +0800, Toby Oldham wrote:
> I can't find any option or preference that allows me to index an
> external Win2K File server I often access ... would someone explain
> it to me? (on /off list, I don't mind).

Perhaps this is to prevent your systems administrator from having you
arrested.

For performance and administration reasons, clients should not index
file servers. If an index is required, it would be preferable to have it
generated on the file server (which is the only way to have a real-time
index anyway). However, I'm sure that doing this for a cross-platform,
multi-user system is a complex issue because each client needs to get
their own "view" according to their access permissions. It would be
interesting if Mac OS X Server makes any attempt at this. I realise that
there may be circumstances where it would be reasonable for clients to
do their own non real-time indexing of a file server, but this would be
a matter of negotiation on a case-by-case basis. Other than that,
perhaps non-HFS+ volumes are not supported for Spotlight indexing?

Indexing remote servers with Spotlight?

[Toby Oldham]

I can't find any option or preference that allows me to index an  
external Win2K File server I often access ... would someone explain  
it to me? (on /off list, I don't mind).


Cheers,
Tobes.