On Feb 11, 2009, at 12:11 PM, Dan wrote: >> Rebuilding the spotlight index using the GUI doesn't work if it's > already corrupted, so try a bigger hammer -- fully turn off indexing > (-i off), erase the index (-E), then turn indexing back on (-i on). > > From your administrator account, issue these three commands from > Terminal: > > sudo mdutil -i off /Volumes/* > sudo mdutil -E /Volumes/* > sudo mdutil -i on /Volumes/* > > They must be done exactly as-is - they are case sensitive. > > If you want, you can replace the "*" with a single disk volume's > name, so as to affect only the index on that particular volume, > instead of all your mounted volumes. > > Once that's done, let your system run - DO NOT shut it down or let it > sleep until the mds and mdutil processes do their thing, then go back > to being idle. > >> Could there be a corruption in the mail.app? I also can't [...] > > Perhaps. But the first step to debugging this is still to rebuild > the spotlight index fully.
I hate to admit it but I think this is over my head. I can't understand how a simple thing like a mail search that used to be so helpful no longer works. I guess I will have to find a real live Apple tech person to help me with this. I really, really regret upgrading to Leopard and that's the first time I have ever had a regret over an Apple upgrade. Linda in Ohio --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
