Re: Spotlight Problem in Mail

2009-03-02 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Mar 1, 2009, at 6:24 PM, Linda wrote: On Mar 1, 2009, at 7:36 PM, Dan wrote: Or you could just try the solution we presented. I would try the solution if I knew what it meant. I have never done anything like this. I don't even know where this is located. I know, I sound pretty stupid

Re: Spotlight Problem in Mail

2009-03-02 Thread nestamicky
the Acitvity window open you can watch the progress of the Rebuild Cheers - Harry_ ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?º?ø On Feb 8, 10:57 am, Linda graphics...@columbus.rr.com wrote: Ok, I seem to have a problem with my mail. Spotlight will not search the entire message. Also I can't move

Re: Spotlight Problem in Mail

2009-03-02 Thread Charles Davis
On Mar 2, 2009, at 12:06 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: On Mar 1, 2009, at 6:24 PM, Linda wrote: On Mar 1, 2009, at 7:36 PM, Dan wrote: Or you could just try the solution we presented. I would try the solution if I knew what it meant. I have never done anything like this. I don't even know

Re: Spotlight Problem in Mail

2009-03-01 Thread Linda
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

Re: Spotlight Problem in Mail

2009-03-01 Thread Dan
At 2:31 PM -0500 3/1/2009, Linda wrote: 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. The search function is based on Spotlight. Spotlight does NOT actually search your mail - it

Re: Spotlight Problem in Mail

2009-03-01 Thread Linda
On Mar 1, 2009, at 7:36 PM, Dan wrote: Or you could just try the solution we presented. I would try the solution if I knew what it meant. I have never done anything like this. I don't even know where this is located. I know, I sound pretty stupid here but I haven't messed with an OS

Re: Spotlight Problem in Mail

2009-03-01 Thread gifutiger
watch the progress of the Rebuild Cheers - Harry_ ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?ºº?ø,¸¸,ø?º?ø On Feb 8, 10:57 am, Linda graphics...@columbus.rr.com wrote: Ok, I seem to have a problem with my mail. Spotlight will not search   the entire message. Also I can't move the window titles over so I can

Re: Spotlight Problem in Mail

2009-02-11 Thread Linda
On Feb 8, 2009, at 2:03 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: I had a similar issue once. I had to reindex Spotlight completely. I opened Spotlight System Preference and under the Privacy tab using the + button added my entire HD to the excluded category. Then I highlighted the HD and used the - button

Re: Spotlight Problem in Mail

2009-02-11 Thread Dan
At 7:04 AM -0500 2/11/2009, Linda wrote: On Feb 8, 2009, at 2:03 PM, Kris Tilford wrote: I had a similar issue once. I had to reindex Spotlight completely. I opened Spotlight System Preference and under the Privacy tab using the + button added my entire HD to the excluded category. Then I

Re: Spotlight Problem in Mail

2009-02-11 Thread Al
On Feb 11, 12:11 pm, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: 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. Linda: You can watch these items in Activity Monitor which is in your Utilities

Spotlight Problem in Mail

2009-02-08 Thread Linda
Ok, I seem to have a problem with my mail. Spotlight will not search the entire message. Also I can't move the window titles over so I can see how many emails are in a thread. I recently upgraded to OS 10.5 on my G4 mirror door tower. This is frustrating when I need to find something

Re: Spotlight Problem in Mail

2009-02-08 Thread Kris Tilford
On Feb 8, 2009, at 12:57 PM, Linda wrote: Ok, I seem to have a problem with my mail. Spotlight will not search the entire message. I had a similar issue once. I had to reindex Spotlight completely. I opened Spotlight System Preference and under the Privacy tab using the + button added my