Help, cannot search

[mdt562]

ok heres the deal, when i use the search feature, nothing pops up. I just type and nothing pops up. Same with spotlight, This has happened before and i just reinstalled my system. One week later it happens again. And i did not install any other program to affect this.

[mad jew]

Try reindexing your hard drive by going to the Spotlight section of System Preferences, selecting the Privacy tab, adding your hard drive, closing System Preferences and then use the same method to remove you hard drive from this pane. It'll take a little while to reindex (depends on the machine and the number of files).

If that doesn't help, then delete a file named com.apple.spotlight.plist from your Preferences folder and restart. :)

[mdt562]

thanks, ill try that and see what happens

[mdt562]

ok...it doesnt let me drag my hard driver in to the privacy list :confused:

EDIT: ok i tried other folders, drag and drop, but see nothing on the list.

[mad jew]

Are you using the little plus sign to add it? Does it give you an error message?

Oh, and you might be interested in this thread (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=133559). :)

[mdt562]

thanks for the effort, but still doesnt work. I would have done a simple reinstall but im in the middle of an imovie project... anyone knows where the Spotlight v100 directory file is?? .... i cant search for it... lol

EDIT: o yeah, i did use the + sign and it doesnt give me an error msg, it just does nothing when a choose my hard drive or drag my hard drive to it, thx

[mad jew]

That Spotlight file is hidden. Try copying and pasting the following into Terminal in the Utilities folder:


sudo rm -ri /.Spotlight-V100


It'll ask for an admin password and then it'll ask for confirmation on removing about eight or nine files. Type y for each one. Once done, type exit and then quit Terminal and reboot the machine.

Alternatively, use an app like Cocktail (http://www.maintain.se/cocktail/index.html) to view and delete the hidden V-100 files. :)

[mdt562]

Thanks! it works now, you saved me alot mad jew really appreciate it. Im sure others will too.

[mad jew]

No worries. I'm glad it's all functioning normally. :cool:

[aussie_geek]

This is an old thread but wth. Helped me!!


Fixed mine - had probs with my spotlight.

Did all the add / delete items from spotlight and deleting plist and didnt help till i entered
sudo rm -ri /.Spotlight-V100

into the terminal and answered yes to everything.:):)