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Search External HD w/out Indexing w/ Spotlight?
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<blockquote data-quote="sonaro" data-source="post: 815518" data-attributes="member: 27060"><p>Hello,</p><p></p><p>I am trying to search through some files on my external drive via the search bar on a Finder window while viewing the external HD folder I wish to search, not through spotlight(cmd+space) or while viewing a local folder. 0 results appear unless I index the entire drive via the Spotlight preferences. </p><p></p><p>Is there a way to temporarily search an external drive without it being indexed?</p><p></p><p>If not, does Spotlight re-index my drive each and every time I connect it and will those results be displayed even when the drive is disconnected? (indexing now still)</p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sonaro, post: 815518, member: 27060"] Hello, I am trying to search through some files on my external drive via the search bar on a Finder window while viewing the external HD folder I wish to search, not through spotlight(cmd+space) or while viewing a local folder. 0 results appear unless I index the entire drive via the Spotlight preferences. Is there a way to temporarily search an external drive without it being indexed? If not, does Spotlight re-index my drive each and every time I connect it and will those results be displayed even when the drive is disconnected? (indexing now still) Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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