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<blockquote data-quote="Lifeisabeach" data-source="post: 741990" data-attributes="member: 38864"><p>Presumably that's the standard behavior because it is an external drive. If you disconnect the drive, there's no access to what's on it. Indexing it would generate inaccessible hits when disconnected.</p><p></p><p>You can change this though. Instructions here:</p><p><a href="http://veerle.duoh.com/blog/comments/using_spotlight_to_index_external_volumes/" target="_blank">http://veerle.duoh.com/blog/comments/using_spotlight_to_index_external_volumes/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lifeisabeach, post: 741990, member: 38864"] Presumably that's the standard behavior because it is an external drive. If you disconnect the drive, there's no access to what's on it. Indexing it would generate inaccessible hits when disconnected. You can change this though. Instructions here: [url]http://veerle.duoh.com/blog/comments/using_spotlight_to_index_external_volumes/[/url] [/QUOTE]
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