On 28 Apr 2010, at 13:26, Rudolf O. Durrer wrote: > In Spotlights prefpane, all categories are "checked", and no volume is > excluded from spotlight. > > Example > In the Finders Search Window, I'm searching for: > Suffix equals "plist" > last mod date equals "today" > Visibility equals "visible or invisible" > > Result: none > > I'll do a search with Filebuddy Demo for all plists changed in the last hour, > it returns 44 items > > I reduce the search to: > last mod date equals "today" > > I get 4 folders and 1 Applescript > > I'll do a search with Filebuddy Demo for all items changed in the last hour, > it returns 301 items. > > How is that explainable, and how reliable is Spotlight?
Some days I wonder Spotlight was created by Microsoft. I don't know why, but sometimes it will fail to maintain a useful index. It affects Mail.app too. Things may have improved lately, but if in doubt I blow away the volume's index and wait for a rebuild (assuming nothing else is to blame). I gather the sanctioned method of resetting the index is to add the volume to System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy then close the panel (index gets deleted), then go back into it, and remove the volume from the list (rebuilding starts). Once it is finished you'll be able to find all sorts of stuff. It's really cool. Stefano _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
