show all files in spotlight?

sk3pt1c

macrumors 6502a

Original poster

• Jul 4, 2006

• #1

i want spotlight to reveal all files
i know of this command

defaults write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles YES

but this reveals all files everywhere

is there a specific command for spotlight?

thanks

 

mad jew

Moderator emeritus

• Jul 4, 2006

• #2

Don't know if it helps but you can modify Spotlight's rules to include otherwise-excluded directories and paths. Is this kinda what you're after? 🙂

 

sk3pt1c

macrumors 6502a

Original poster

• Jul 4, 2006

• #3

wow,a mad jew in australia! 🙂
yep,thanks mate,that's it 🙂

 

mad jew

Moderator emeritus

• Jul 4, 2006

• #4

Yeah, much more mad than Jew. In fact, completely mad and not at all Jewish. 😱

If you do this, remember that Spotlight still won't be able to search within binary files and some other common system files but it should still pick up on the basics - name, location, date created, modified etc. 🙂