OS X V10.7 Lion :: Locate A File Found By Spotlight?

Jun 20, 2012

Yes, 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. 

Info:
Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.4), 8GB DDR3 SDRAM

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OS X :: Cannot Locate Any File When Use Spotlight

Nov 9, 2008

Am I alone in having difficulties with this application? I cannot seem to locate any file when I use it. I type in part of the file name and rarely find what I want. If I try to use some part of a document's text, it is just the same. I am also finding difficulties in compressing files but have put this on another thread to avoid confusion I am using Tiger 10.5.5

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Intel Mac :: Make Spotlight Show The Directory Location Of A Found File?

May 22, 2012

How can I make spotlight show the directory location of a found file? 

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Info:
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

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Mar 23, 2012

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Info:
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May 14, 2012

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Oct 24, 2009

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May 24, 2012

how to find the path to a file in a Spotlight search result. In Snow Leopard I would get the path to a file or folder by just holding the mouse over the search result in Spotlight. I don't see that in Lion.

Info:
iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

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Aug 22, 2014

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Apr 3, 2012

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Info:
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

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OS X Yosemite :: Stacked Tibetan Letters Are Not Indexed / Cannot Be Found By Spotlight

Dec 12, 2014

I have seen Spotlight. it is working fine as long as I use Latin characters. Since I work with Tibetan, I was used to search for Tibetan words across and within files. When updating to Yosemite, both Spotlight and Preview stopped working properly with Tibetan. I have checked with various friends and all have the same issue: Yosemite indexing and search methods have changed from Maverick to Yosemite. 

letters of the alphabet are still indexed (like ཀ་ཁ་ག་ང་), but when they are combined (like རྒ་), spotlight is the blue, giving no answer. Again, this used to work very well before. I have tried reindexing, following Apple's suggestion (URL....), but no success. It seems to be related to the indexing method itself. This is a big issue as we are used to search with Finder—a feature that is normally powerful in OSX..Spotlight works well with simple letters...But no result with a simple stack (ར and ག on top of each other):

Info:
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.1)

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Mac OS X Lion Server :: Address Book Server-file Not Found

May 1, 2012

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ITunes :: Can't Locate The Original File

Jun 11, 2012

For some reason, most (not all) of the songs in my iTunes have an exclamation mark beside them that says "The song [song title] could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?"

1) I dropped my computer a week or so ago. At the time it seemed fine with the exception of a small clicking sound from inside the computer.

2) Somone told me that the clicking sound might be because of a harddrive failure (or from a problem with the fan or optical drive). SO I started using Google Drive to backup some of my files, so far however it's only backuped up some of my music (maybe this is why only some of my music works)

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Apr 1, 2012

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iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), Mac OS X (10.7.3)

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Aug 19, 2014

I have been successfully been able to make several videos using Final Cut Pro X, about 12 already, and for some reason, it just doesn't want to anymore!! 

I share the file via Apple Devices 1080p and i get that l title notification that says "Share successful" but the file doesn't show up at all! Normally, they pop up at the Home Videos folder deep inside the iTunes folder thingo. They're not anywhere on this mac.  

Info:
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Nov 6, 2009

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Apr 27, 2012

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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3), i have delete my movies,pics, music

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Mar 13, 2009

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Jun 24, 2010

I am pretty new with Mac and I am trying out my new macbook pro. I'm trying to get to know it. And a while ago I was trying the Spotlight feature. I have a file under User/Library/Preferences/ that is called [URL] I just thought I'd try to search for it on Spotlight if it can find it. I typed myname123 on spotlight but no results were found. Why? Are there any specific strings that should be entered if the search string is between a filename?

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Jun 19, 2012

I have a file, myfile.csv, that contains the string qqabc.  A (Lion) Spotlight search for the string qqabc fails to return myfile.csv in the results.  Turning all checkboxes on in Spotlight preferences didn't help.  Reindexing the internal hard drive didn't help either.  When I changed the extension to .zzz, the search worked.  How can I make Spotlight return myfile.csv in the results?  EasyFind works, by the way, but I have a reason for wanting Spotlight to work.

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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

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Nov 17, 2008

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Apr 19, 2012

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Dec 4, 2014

Today I went into my Itunes on my Macbook Air using OSX 10.9.5...Normally I play my songs on my Ipad but thought I would use my Macbook instead. The majoirty of my songs have an "i" besides the song and when I click to play it, I get the following message. "The song “*******” could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it"? I then have the option to locate or cancel. The songs are still playable on my Ipad.

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May 16, 2010

is there a way to open file location folder through Spotlight search function? I mean when you do a search on spotlight and it finds the file you are looking for, if you hit ENTER it will automatically open the file (in iTunes if it is a mp3, in InDesidn if it a .indl an so on) what if you want to access the folder the file is on?

I am makng this question because I have my computer very organized and my stuff are into folders>in a folder> in a folder> in another folder>in a folder.

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Aug 27, 2014

For some reason when I use finder, I see all related files, but it doesn't have a "pop up" where the path to that file is. I have gone into spotlight preferences and can't seem to find a button or setting that allows me to see paths. 

Info:
Mac Pro, Other OS, early 2009 8 core 2.4Ghz Mavericks

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ITunes :: Error Message - Original File Cannot Be Found

Feb 27, 2010

When I attempt to songs in itunes on my computer I get an error message that says: "The song < Name of Song Here> could not be used because the original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?" All the songs are listed but can not access them.

My OS: Vista
Have tried:
System restore
restoring via back-up
Uninstalling then re-installing iTunes
Rebooting computer

Have approx 1300 songs only 60 are accessible. Songs are not available on my Itouch. Itouch syncs but no songs there. Issue happened on 2/25 after my wife bought a song from iStore.

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Feb 28, 2012

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Info:
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)

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Jun 20, 2014

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Aug 25, 2008

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Apr 10, 2010

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