Thank you James. I may have been trigger happy with my first request, as the DVD contained over 5500 pages of documents and Spotlight might not have indexed them when I made the first couple of attempts to search the DVd.
I was also confused by the fact that the Spotlight window referred to the internal hard-drive and, in preferences, referred to folders and so on on the drive, but did not refer to the dvd. Regards, Michael Hawkins. On 4/8/10 3:08 PM, "James / Hans Kunz" <[email protected]> wrote: > basically it can....but you may have to add the dvd volume to the > searchable items... > i actually just tested it osx.4.11: > put the dvd in, start spotlight after the volume logo is on the > desktop, then type in the search term...that's it > James > > On 04/08/2010, at 9:14, Michael Hawkins wrote: > >> >> I want to see if a particular word is used in documents that have >> been saved >> to a DVD. Can Spotlight be used to do that? >> >> Thank you, >> >> Michael Hawkins. >> >> OS 10.6.4 >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> >> > > SAD Technic > Video Productions, Electronic repairs > U3 / 6 Chalkley Pl > Bayswater WA 6053 > +618 9370 5307,+618 6262 5707, 0414 421 132 > http://www.iinet.net.au/~saddas > skype: barleeway > over 40 years in electronics > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[email protected]>
