On Mar 19, 2012, at 10:35 AM, JohnV wrote: > > On Mar 19, 2012, at 1:26 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: > >> It sounds as though your spotlight indexes are corrupt. >> Turning off Spotlight can be done, but then it disables the Finder's Find >> command as well. > > I wouldn;t think I'd WANT to disable SPOTLIGHT if it can work right. > > > >> As Dan mentioned, there;s been numerous discussions of Spotlight in this >> list, peruse the archives. > > Excellent, I haven;t looked before, could you point me there?
Go to groups.google.com and in the advanced search put "http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list"; in the 'group to search' box, and search for 'rebuild spotlight index' > > > >> I've found that the main thing with Spotlight index rebuilding is to leave >> the computer completely alone while it does this; start the rebuild before >> you go to bed and let it run overnight. This results in a clean rebuild of >> the index and metadata database, so that it's less likely to get in your way >> while you're using the system. > > 'rebuild spotlight' ... is this in the archives, or is it something I can > just ask the system to do under UTILITIES or somesuch? The link I sent tells you exactly how to do it, as will the group archives. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- 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
