hi today i re-indexed my iMac and got spotlight to actually work...didnt before..so horray on that..thanks to article below http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2409 however does anyone know how i can also re-index external hard drives?? so spotlight search them to best regards micael
Hi Yepp thats what I thought but it don't work... when I add my external HD to the Privacy list I dont get any menu as with the Macintosh HD...and when I remove the external drive from the privacy listing and close spotlight...nothing happens??? very strange best regards micael
Spotlight: How to re-index folders or volumesIf that fails to index, enter the following command in Terminal: sudo mdutil -i on "/Volumes/your drive name"