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<blockquote data-quote="Sat" data-source="post: 910451" data-attributes="member: 122049"><p><strong>Spotlight repair</strong></p><p></p><p>If Spotlight or Mail (full text search) refuses to return search results:</p><p></p><p>enable display of invisible files using TinkerTool</p><p>click on the icon of your hard drive that does not respond to Spotlight searches</p><p>Remove .metadata_never_index from the top level of the disk directory if present</p><p>Remove the .Spotlight-V100 folder from the top level of the disk directory</p><p>Copy an empty folder named .Spotlight-V100 to the top level of the disk directory</p><p>disable display of invisible files using TinkerTool</p><p>Restart</p><p></p><p>This will initiate indexing after and a new spotlight database will be created</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sat, post: 910451, member: 122049"] [b]Spotlight repair[/b] If Spotlight or Mail (full text search) refuses to return search results: enable display of invisible files using TinkerTool click on the icon of your hard drive that does not respond to Spotlight searches Remove .metadata_never_index from the top level of the disk directory if present Remove the .Spotlight-V100 folder from the top level of the disk directory Copy an empty folder named .Spotlight-V100 to the top level of the disk directory disable display of invisible files using TinkerTool Restart This will initiate indexing after and a new spotlight database will be created [/QUOTE]
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