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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1577624"><p>Go into Spotlight Preferences, look at Privacy tab. The list in the box will be drives that are EXCLUDED from Spotlight (and Finder search). If the externals are on the list, take them off. It will take the background indexing application a while to do the indexing so that search works.</p><p></p><p>Also, if you just plug in a drive, that same indexing application needs time to do the inventory of the drive. For a big drive with lots of files, that can be a while. For finding files I use EasyFind as I find it quicker and more easy to use than Finder or Spotlight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1577624"] Go into Spotlight Preferences, look at Privacy tab. The list in the box will be drives that are EXCLUDED from Spotlight (and Finder search). If the externals are on the list, take them off. It will take the background indexing application a while to do the indexing so that search works. Also, if you just plug in a drive, that same indexing application needs time to do the inventory of the drive. For a big drive with lots of files, that can be a while. For finding files I use EasyFind as I find it quicker and more easy to use than Finder or Spotlight. [/QUOTE]
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