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<blockquote data-quote="IWT" data-source="post: 1831577" data-attributes="member: 83420"><p>Hi krs</p><p></p><p>There is a way to do this,</p><p></p><p>In the Privacy section you showed, that is where you place things that you do NOT want indexed.</p><p></p><p>I have my Mac's HD shown on the Desktop (you can arrange this to be the case in Finder > Preferences > General and select what you want to see on the Desktop).</p><p></p><p>I open Spotlight from System Preferences > Spotlight and Select Privacy. I then drag my Macintosh HD into the Privacy window. Leave it there for a few seconds, say, ten, then Click to Highlight the Mac HD then use the minus (-) to remove it.</p><p></p><p>This forces Spotlight to re-index the entire Mac's HD. It may take a while.</p><p></p><p>I find this necessary if I've added a load of files, photos, documents, music etc.</p><p></p><p>It also keeps Spotlight "on its toes".<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>Ian</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IWT, post: 1831577, member: 83420"] Hi krs There is a way to do this, In the Privacy section you showed, that is where you place things that you do NOT want indexed. I have my Mac's HD shown on the Desktop (you can arrange this to be the case in Finder > Preferences > General and select what you want to see on the Desktop). I open Spotlight from System Preferences > Spotlight and Select Privacy. I then drag my Macintosh HD into the Privacy window. Leave it there for a few seconds, say, ten, then Click to Highlight the Mac HD then use the minus (-) to remove it. This forces Spotlight to re-index the entire Mac's HD. It may take a while. I find this necessary if I've added a load of files, photos, documents, music etc. It also keeps Spotlight "on its toes".:) Ian [/QUOTE]
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