Ignoring specific folders in Spotlight?

[stevearm]

iPhoto has duplicated all my photo folders, so that searching for "holiday 2009" comes out with two difference results. One in the original location I put the folder, and another inside the iPhoto package.

Is there any way of hiding a particular folder or telling it to ignore anything inside iPhoto's package? So that I only end up with one result.

Thanks

 

[mac2x]

There's an ignore list in Spotlight's preference pane. I use it since I have the Xcode Tools installed, and many files associated with development come up when you search for things.

 

[stevearm]

There's an ignore list in Spotlight's preference pane. I use it since I have the Xcode Tools installed, and many files associated with development come up when you search for things.

That don't give you the option of hiding specific folders or packages though.

 

[JediMeister]

There is in the Privacy tab, not in the Search Results one. You can drag anything into there.

 

[stevearm]

There is in the Privacy tab, not in the Search Results one. You can drag anything into there.

Unfortunately I can't seem to select the iPhoto library package, as it's half blanked out and unclickable

 

[JediMeister]

You can't add the iPhoto Library package with the + sign; open up a Finder window to ~/Pictures and drag the library into the exclusion list under the Privacy tab.

 

[stevearm]

Woohoo!

Thanks very much!!

One last question... if I go into iPhoto and check the 'Copy images to iPhoto library' option, even though I already have 20+ events, will it copy the images already in my library over? Or will it only do that for any future pics I add?

 

[BlueRevolution]

I believe it will copy all pre-existing files located outside the iPhoto folder.