Searchable network drives? Is this not possible yet?

[milesdavis]

Hey all,

So, I searched [ here and the web ] and tried the terminal sudo force method [ didn't work ] ...

Is there not a way to search your networked drives? Those connected to say, an Airport Extreme via USB?

I really don't get it -- I don't understand why this is not possible.

I tried the "add to privacy in Spotlight" and remove several times, no luck

and the

sudo terminal method... no luck?

I can't believe this is still impossible.... am I missing something or should I just stop looking and deal with it?

Thanks for any help!!! MD

 

[-aggie-]

I’m able to search my network drives.

 

[milesdavis]

Those connected over wifi via Airport extreme or something similar? With Spotlight?

 

[-aggie-]

Those connected over wifi via Airport extreme or something similar? With Spotlight?

They’re on my PC and a USB external, which I access over wifi from my MBP. Yes, spotlight.

 

[milesdavis]

So you're able to use spotlight to search for stuff that shows up under "Shared" in your finder??


Did you have to do anything special to get it to work?

Am I the only one who has this problem?

Thanks for your reply -- MD

 

[-aggie-]

So you're able to use spotlight to search for stuff that shows up under "Shared" in your finder??


Did you have to do anything special to get it to work?

Am I the only one who has this problem?

Thanks for your reply -- MD

Yes, it is the shared folders.

It took me awhile to get it to work when I first got my MBP. All I remember is making certain folders, on my PC and External, shared folders. I added the MBP to my network, and the folders showed up on my MBP.