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Finder can't find restored files
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<blockquote data-quote="natevplas" data-source="post: 888802" data-attributes="member: 115714"><p>This spring my iMac crashed and I had to clear the internal hard drive, reinstall OS X (10.5.7), and restore my files from my Time Machine backup external hard drive. It all worked great and my files are all back, <strong>but now the search feature in Finder can't locate many of my files from before the crash.</strong> I've discovered that if I make a change to an old file (even just changing the file name in Finder), then suddenly it shows up in my search results. Otherwise, though, I'm in the dark when I don't know exactly where I put a file or folder.</p><p></p><p>My iMac is about 1.5 years old, 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, 3 GB RAM.</p><p></p><p>I'd really appreciate any insight or possible solutions.</p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p><p></p><p>Nate</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="natevplas, post: 888802, member: 115714"] This spring my iMac crashed and I had to clear the internal hard drive, reinstall OS X (10.5.7), and restore my files from my Time Machine backup external hard drive. It all worked great and my files are all back, [B]but now the search feature in Finder can't locate many of my files from before the crash.[/B] I've discovered that if I make a change to an old file (even just changing the file name in Finder), then suddenly it shows up in my search results. Otherwise, though, I'm in the dark when I don't know exactly where I put a file or folder. My iMac is about 1.5 years old, 2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, 3 GB RAM. I'd really appreciate any insight or possible solutions. Thanks! Nate [/QUOTE]
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