At 8:24 AM -0600 8/29/2009, Nestamicky wrote: >On 8/29/09 8:20 AM, Bill Connelly wrote: >>That's when I decided to place them all in the Privacy tab. > >Where's the Privacy tab
Spotlight system preferences. >why is it necessary to put things there It is NOT. In fact, as has been mentioned in other threads, it's a waste of time to put whole volumes there. All that does is filter the "private" items from the search RESULTS. It *DOES NOT* stop Spotlight from indexing the volume in the first place! >Spotlight has a terminal command to turn it off? I used Onyx, but >would like to know the commands...care to share? Spotlight is managed by the mdutil command. We've had at least a dozen threads about this, in this and the other LEM lists. Go to the google groups page and search for "spotlight indexing". There are repeated COMPLETE explanations there. - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, 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] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
