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michael.j

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Apr 28, 2015
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Hello folks,

I hope that someone can shed some light for me.

First off, I came "into" this situation after the following happened.

The user copied an entire backed up an entire iMac and then restored to a new iMac. I was told that they did not transfer the user data (but again, I was not involved so I can't be 100% sure). Since they did this, the search functionality does not work on the new iMac, says "No Results Found".

What I have done.

I have reindexted the entire drive. This did not help so then I did this.

sudo chown root:wheel "/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011"

sudo chmod 755 "/Applications/Microsoft Office 2011"

sudo mdutil -a -i off

sudo rm -rf /.Spotlight-V100 (get this command right)

sudo mdutil -a -i on

This did not help as well.

I have read through many threads on here and just don't see anything else that would help.

Any assistance anyone could give would be GREATLY appreciated!! Thanks in advance!
 
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