Does Spotlight In OSX Lion Support NAS Drives
Apr 29, 2012Does Spotlight in OSX Lion support NAS drives?
Info:
Spotlight, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
ADVERTISEMENT
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Spotlight Won't Search External Drives?
May 17, 2012I have an external drive with a lot of music on it. I recently upgraded to Lion and now the spotlight will not search the disc.
There used to me a spotlight box in the corner of the drive window and now there isn't. The disc is half a tare and it's next to impossible to search manually. It is a Go Flex drive.
Info:
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 20" screen 2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
OS X :: Spotlight Able To Index Network Drives In 10.5?
Apr 19, 2008method of telling Spotlight to index network volumes. I can't locate it now, but noticed that the last posts about it were 1.5 years old.
View 1 Replies View RelatedMac Pro :: Does Spotlight Begin To Re-index Drives After Each Startup?
Jun 2, 2012Three days ago I was browsing the web when my cursor evidently brushed over an ad for MacKeeper. In a few seconds MacKeeper had downloaded itself without asking and taken over Safari. Since I don't like thuggish behavior in people or in software, as soon as I regained control of Safari I moved MacKeeper to the trash and did a "Secure Empty Trash." I then aimed Intego's Virus Barrier at the Downloads folder and it found nothing questionable. I checked out various webpages where people describe how to rid your computer of MacKeeper if you've installed it - - I didn't install it, but I checked in all the recommended places and found nothing visible. However whether it is a coincidence or there is a causal relation immediately after this incident, Spotlight began to re-index my two internal hard drives - - estimating first that it would take 3 days, then 7 days to index them. I wrote about this on another thread and received the following advice:Â
"Spotlight's probably in a wobble. A few things you could do:Â
1. Tell Spotlight to start again. Open Terminal (Applications > Utilities > Terminal.app) and copy/paste this command:Â sudo mdutil -E /
Press 'return'. You'll be asked for your password, which will not echo when you type it, so type carefully.Â
Give Spotlight a few minutes then check on its progress, does it look like it's going to complete in a reasonable amount of time? If the problem persistsÂ
2. Restart your Mac in Safe mode and log in to your account.
This'll take a while. When it's finished, immediately restart and log in normally and check on Spotlight again."Â
I performed the first step. After a few minutes Spotlight estimated that it would complete indexing in 20 minutes. Over the next few hours it continued to increase its estimates to an ever larger number of hours.Â
Then I performed the second step. After completing it Spotlight's estimate was that it would take several days.Â
Eventually I performed the first step again and the same sequence of increasing estimates occurred. Â
I left the computer on overnight and by morning Spotlight estimated it would take 35 hours to complete indexing of my drives.Â
Later on I turned the computer off. When I started it up again Spotlight had started once again to re-index my drives and now estimates it will take 5 days. Â
None of this behavior had occurred before the mishap with MacKeeper. Since I have a recent clone of the startup drive that was made before this incident it seems possible that I could zero out my internal startup drive after saving any files that have changed to a DVD, use Virus Barrier to check if there is anything questionable present in the folder in which they are located and then clone the data from the backup drive back to the newly formatted internal hard drive. However I would rather not have to do this, so I would be most grateful for any less extreme suggestions.Â
Info:
Mac Pro (Early 2009), Mac OS X (10.7.4), 24GB RAM/MOTU 2408 mk3 audio interface
Mac Pro :: Does MiniG Support Seagate Hard Drives?
Oct 16, 2006I'm really interested in buying a 2 drive miniG FW800 enclosure for my powermac G4. I have two 400GB seagate 7200.8 drives that I want to use with this enclosure. The only thing stopping me from buying the miniG is that their site says that they don't support Seagate drives becuase they are too hot compared to other hard drives. Does anyone have a miniG with Seagates inside? I know the power supply is outside and it only has a small fan inside, I don't mind if the fan works harder or I'll even replace the fan with a better one if i have to. I just want this enclosure bad but can only have it with seagate drives since that's all I buy.
View 3 Replies View RelatedPowerPC :: G5 Support For SATA 300 Hard Drives?
Oct 27, 2006I was wondering if my dual 2.0 ghz g5 supported the sata 300 hard drives?
View 1 Replies View RelatedPowerPC :: Dual 2.0 Ghz G5 Support Sata 300 Hard Drives?
Jun 29, 2009i was wondering if my dual 2.0 ghz g5 supported the sata 300 hard drives?
View 11 Replies View RelatedMac Pro :: Does Bootcamp Properly Support Vista 64 Bit / SATA Hard Drives
Apr 10, 20081) Does Bootcamp properly support Vista 64-bit ? If so how stable is it (don't want any crashes caused by poor drivers - really want rock solid stability under Vista) ?
2) Will the Mac Pro support any SATA hard drive or would I have to buy specific models/brands ?
Mac Pro :: Does 2008 Earlier Edition Support Hot - Swapping Of Internal Drives
Jun 23, 2008Sometime I plug and unplug hard drives of my PC while it is on. Will there be a problem to do that on the Mac Pro? If the computer supports this, do I need an internal drive that is also hot-swappable in order to be safe?
View 9 Replies View RelatedOS X V10.7 Lion :: Will Mountain Lion Support Microsoft Word
Mar 30, 2012How do I get my documents from Microsoft word? I have them backed up.
Info:
MacBook Pro (15-inch Late 2008), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Custom Metadata In Spotlight?
Mar 2, 2012If you open Spotlight using Ctrl+F, you get an interface for advanced queries. Under "Kind", you can select "Other..." and Spotlight opens a list of "search attributes". It's a long list but of course not complete. Question: is there a way to add custom metadata attributes that can be read by Spotlight? I am willing to get my hands dirty with plists and such, or perhaps there is some freeware add-on that can facilitate this?Â
1. I can create a new search attribute for OS X files -- let's call it "foo".Â
2. I can attach the value "bar" to the metadata attribute "foo", e.g. for the file "myFile.txt".Â
3. I can write an AppleScript that takes a file name as a parameter and returns the value of the "foo" attribute. I.e., I give it "myFile.txt" and I get "bar" as the result.Â
4. I can use spotlight to search for "bar" and get all files with this metadata.Â
5. (Optional) I can use spotlight to search for "foo:bar" and get "myFile.txt".Â
I have looked at a bunch of things on the Net (OpenMeta, SpotMeta, etc.) but I haven't found anything yet that will do this.Â
Info:
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Spotlight Not Working And Cannot Re-index
Mar 27, 2012I've gone through some of the threads on here about this issue. I have tried adding my volume to privacy tab in spotlights preferences and removing it, but it wont even let me add it due to an error.Â
So I then tried command line indexing using sudo mdutil -E /, this just brings up the message in terminal no index.Â
Info:
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Spotlight Search Not Working?
Apr 5, 2012I have tried everything to fix Spotlight search with no luck. I have deleted the index file in the root directory with out success. and tried several other ways of tring to re index my machine. As you can see from my screen shots. There is a file called Apps on the desktop. Yest when I search the desktop it cant find it.
View 6 Replies View RelatedOS X V10.7 Lion :: Exit And Remove Spotlight?
Apr 28, 2012My computer is running slow and spotlight continuously indicates it is indexing? I am running Lion 10.7.3, MacBook Pro, 4gb ram, 250 gb hard drive with 214 gb free
Info:MacBookPro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Spotlight And Finder Not Loading?
May 6, 2012My Macbook with Mac OS X Lion 10.7.3 does not load Spotlight and my Apple menu is incomplete the Finder is not fully loaded either what do I do?
Info:
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.2), MacBook Aluminium Unibody 2008
OS X V10.7 Lion :: How To Filter Search To Name Contains Using Spotlight
Jun 8, 2012How to best use the Spotlight and or Command+F find/search feature unsion Lion 10.7? Specifically, I am looking to filter the search to "Name Contains". I know if I Com+F, I can apply that filter with a couple more clicks. And Spotlight can initiate the search. The problem with this method is Show All in Finder leaves no way to apply the Name Contains filter unless I go back and edit the results, then I can drop down and select the filter.
View 9 Replies View RelatedOS X V10.7 Lion :: Spotlight Search Is Empty?
Jun 13, 2012Searching for anything in Spotlight returns no results. Trying to re-initiate indexing by setting the hard-drive to "private" and then "non-private" is not allowed. Using mdutil to force recreate an index fails. "No Index."Â
Info:
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Spotlight Where Files Are Stored
Jul 6, 2012Is there a way to get spotlight to show the Path of a file? I don't want to just open it, I want to know where it is.
Info:
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
MacBook Pro :: How To Display Path In Spotlight On Lion
May 23, 2012The function of Spotlight has changed so that it no longer displays the path of a selected file. There are additional keystrokes that need to be performed to display path. Not only is this change inconvenient and frustrating it is also a productivity killer. Those 2 or 3 seconds to click on a box or do a key combo add up at the end of a long project. Does anybody know if Apple has Business Analysts that vet any proposed changes like this. If so, are the BAs keeping the path open that goes to us users.
Info:
MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.53 GHz), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Getting Location Of Files Via Spotlight Search?
Jun 10, 2012How do I know WHERE the files are located when I search via Spotlight? I search but do not always wish to click file or application to open .. I just want to know its location. Snow Leopard showed me the path so where is that information in Lion's spotlight?
Info:
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.1)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Locate A File Found By Spotlight?
Jun 20, 2012Yes, it finds things, BUT doesn't tell me WHERE on my computer I can find it.
Yes it opens a folder etc, BUY WHERE IS THAT FOLDER? I've wasted more time looking for "the folder" it found than I care to mention.Â
Info:
Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.4), 8GB DDR3 SDRAM
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Set Spotlight Indexing Time To Midnight?
Jun 26, 2012Is there any way to set Spotlight indexing to only work at midnight or some other time? The amount of indexing that goes on constantly is slowing down my work time and finder access during the day.
Info:
Mac OS X (10.7.4), ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT, 6 gigs RAM
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Why Does Spotlight Give No Results On Mail And Calendar
Feb 1, 2012Since some time my search functions in Mail and Calendar aren't working properly. I can find my mails in the spotlight function from lion itself, but inside the mail program I get no results.
I tried several things:
1. Delete all my accounts on (is IMAP) and redownloaded them from the server.
2. Removed envelope files in Library folder mail
3. Add harddisk to privacy map on spotlight preferences and removed it (saw reindexing from harddisk)
4. Checked terminal with following command: 'sudo mdutil -s /Volumes/*', results:
/Volumes/Backups: Indexing disabled.
/Volumes/Server Data: Indexing enabled.
/: Indexing enabled.
(Backups is external network drive for backups).
(Server Data is external USB drive for data from clients)
(Server Systems is local drive, not shown in terminal ?!?)
Possible causes to problem: Reinstalled server software (and got it working properly this time), Renamed harddisk, installed back-up software named carbon copy cloner, setup VPN.
Info:
Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Spotlight To Search File-names Only Not Content?
Mar 23, 2012Every time I do a spotlight search, intending only to get filenames (that's what it says in greyed out lettering in the search field), the Spotlight results show content as well with the result I have sometimes 1000s of items listed when I just want results containing filenames only. The search results are useless?How do I get Spotlight to search for filenames only? This is how Search used to be in Classic and for a while in OSX.Â
Info:
MacMini 2.26GHz, Mac OS X (10.7)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Spotlight No Longer Shows The Path Of A Search?
May 2, 2012In Lion, the spotlight no longer shows the path of a search. Can I restore that?
Info:
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Eliminate Certain File-types In A Spotlight Search?
May 14, 2012How do I eliminate certain filetypes from results in a Spotlight search?
Info:
MacBook Pro (17-inch 2.4 GHz), Mac OS X (10.7.4)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Spotlight Not Working / Other Important Systems Compromised
May 28, 2012I have a slightly older MacBook.It was purchased when leopard was out, but has been upgraded to lion, with ram added.Had no problems with the OS until I installed the seagate diagnostics software about a week ago at their recommendation.During the install, the computer hung during the shutdown of the mandatory restart. It took me a pram reset to get the machine to start up again. Since then, the following has been a problem:
-Spotlight has no index and won't search.
-The computer will not shut down, have to pull the plug.
-Finale (which uses java runtime) doesn't work, and the auto install of java run time won't go in.
-Software update starts, but the percentage bar freezes after a moment.
I have run the system restore partition, which went in okay, but did not change anything.I have also followed the steps to uninstall the seagate diagnostic software. However the problem still persists.I'm guessing there is some sort of shut down script that is hanging the system, and preventing indexing from happening which prevents all of these other processes from happening.Does anyone have any ideas for what to do next?
Info:
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Spotlight Search Doesn't Work In Help Center
Jun 17, 2012I can't get the search funtion to work in the Help Center. I'm trying to search topics in Logic Help, But it also doesn't work for other Apple programs. My internet connection is working fine. OSX.7.4 on a unibody MacBook Pro, with Logic 9.1.7.
View 3 Replies View RelatedOS X Mountain Lion :: Does Spotlight Search HTML Files?
Jun 29, 2014I have a folder full of HTML files I just imported to my MacBook about a week ago. They have been backed up by my Time Capsule. But when I search for keywords in the contents of them, they do not show up. The file names will show up, but none of the contents (which are mainly text). I have tried to force Spotlight to search only the folder that contains the files, but it does not seem to be searching the HTML files.Â
Are HTML file contents excluded from Spotlight searches? I seem to have a number of webpages that come in Spotlight for keyword searches that appear to be the result of searching the file contents. So is there a trick to this? Is there some way I can force Spotlight to index this folder? Just not sure why it seems to search the contents of some HTML files and not others.
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Spotlight System Preferences Pane Icons Missing?
Mar 8, 2012I've cleared the preference file and system prefs/spotlight caches with no luck. Repaired permissions. It seems the Music icon is holding up the others. If I re-arrange them they break only after "Music." This is in the console after opening the preference pane:Â
3/8/12 1:18:15.593 PM System Preferences: Missing icon for Music
3/8/12 1:18:15.594 PM System Preferences: Rebuilding icon cache.
3/8/12 1:18:15.773 PM System Preferences: Missing icon for MusicÂ
and earlier,Â
3/8/12 12:33:33.922 PM System Preferences: Missing icon for Applications
3/8/12 12:33:33.922 PM System Preferences: Rebuilding icon cache.
3/8/12 12:33:34.111 PM System Preferences: Missing icon for MusicÂ
Info:
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
