Spotlight not finding pdf file

Hi all,
Recently (1 week) upgraded to Mavericks and now spotlight doesn't find recently added pdf file.
Anyone else noticed this?

I haven't noticed that, but in my opinion, Spotlight is not the best search tool to be using. There are other alternatives that do a much better job than Spotlight.

Here's one you can try: Find Any File.app $7.99 in the Mac App Store.

chscag said:

I haven't noticed that, but in my opinion, Spotlight is not the best search tool to be using. There are other alternatives that do a much better job than Spotlight.
Here's one you can try: Find Any File.app $7.99 in the Mac App Store.

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I'll second that.

Spotlight is more than capable to locate .pdf files.
I assume that Spotlight's index needs to be rebuild.
You can use a maintenance tool called ONYX to do that.
( I have never had any issues with Spotlight and PDF file, I use Spotlight every day )

Cheers ... McBie

McBie said:

Spotlight is more than capable to locate .pdf files.
I assume that Spotlight's index needs to be rebuild.
You can use a maintenance tool called ONYX to do that.
( I have never had any issues with Spotlight and PDF file, I use Spotlight every day ) Cheers ... McBie

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It's not that it can't find PDF files -- it can -- it's just that it often can't find the ones I know are on my iMac's hard drive.

What you can do is system preferences / spotlight / privacy and add your complete hard disk ( Macintosh HD ) in the privacy box and save that.
Then go again into the same privacy box and remove your MacIntosh HD ( using the - sign ) and that will cause Spotlight to completely re-index your hard drive.
This may take a while, and it might solve your search problem.

Cheers ... McBie