Spotlight won't find anything

Lucibel

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Hey guys,

Browsed the site and couldn't find a threat answering this problem - just so happened out of the blue today; Spotlight won't find folders, images, files, etc... (apparently only random browser files). No idea why, I didn't move anything and all categories are ticked in Preferences... any idea? :Oops:

Thanks in advance!
 
louishen

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You could download MainMenu and get it to rebuild the spotlight database (which may have gone AWOL)

I would download it anyway, since its a great free maintenance app

Santa Software | MainMenu
 
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Awesome lou! It worked, thanks! ^_^

PS. Yeah, it did go AWOL, lol.
 
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Nice program :) Thanks for the tip - I don't have a problem, but running maintenance is not a bad idea!
 

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