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Hi!
I am using 10.6.8 and have a question about excluding folders from Spotlight searches.
My motivation is that I often use the search bar in a Finder window to look for a document by name or a document with certain words.
Recently I added a folder with 116,000+ files. Now, when I search, the results are polluted with many, many files from that folder. This is a folder I will never search for documents within. My genius(?) plan was to open Spotlight Preferences and add it to the Privacy list so Finder searches skip it.
Each time I try, whether by dragging or by the drill-down method, I get an error message telling me the folder could not be added due to an Unknown Error.
Please note that the folder is 3.96 gb in size. The reason it is on the Hard Drive instead of leaving it on a DVD is for fast access for the contents from the program that came with it. It is a catalog of mechanical components with many CAD drawings.
The name of the folder is on the privacy list, but the contents are still searched. When I try to remove it, I get the same error message, but the folder name does disappear. Could the folder's size be causing me problems?
What do you all think I'm doing wrong? Thanks Very Much!
Paul
I am using 10.6.8 and have a question about excluding folders from Spotlight searches.
My motivation is that I often use the search bar in a Finder window to look for a document by name or a document with certain words.
Recently I added a folder with 116,000+ files. Now, when I search, the results are polluted with many, many files from that folder. This is a folder I will never search for documents within. My genius(?) plan was to open Spotlight Preferences and add it to the Privacy list so Finder searches skip it.
Each time I try, whether by dragging or by the drill-down method, I get an error message telling me the folder could not be added due to an Unknown Error.
Please note that the folder is 3.96 gb in size. The reason it is on the Hard Drive instead of leaving it on a DVD is for fast access for the contents from the program that came with it. It is a catalog of mechanical components with many CAD drawings.
The name of the folder is on the privacy list, but the contents are still searched. When I try to remove it, I get the same error message, but the folder name does disappear. Could the folder's size be causing me problems?
What do you all think I'm doing wrong? Thanks Very Much!
Paul