Os X Spotlight For Linux
I am losing my mind. New iMac that came with Sierra install. Running 10.12.4, 1 TB SSD with only about 300 GB. Spotlight has been quirky at best since day one, but now with almost every search I get 'no results.' A fair number of search results show I am not quite alone. This includes my own name, contacts I know exist, file names I know exist and just about everything. System Prefs look good and I have almost everything selected under Spotlight. I tried the old Privacy trick to exclude a directory then remove it from the Privacy section. That is supposed to force Spotlight to reindex, but if I click on Spotlight, it says nothing about indexing. Isn't it supposed to? I tried Clean My Mac's Spotlight reindexing function and got the oh so helpful message:
Spotlight reindex initiated
Your search should work better after this background process finishes
Again, I try a Spotlight search and no mention of it indexing.
If I type this to check status of indexing:
mdutil -s Macintosh HD
I get:
/:
Indexing disabled.
Huh?
So, I tried this to start indexing:
sudo mdutil -i on Macintosh HD
Now it is indexing! Did the same for two other volumes.
My question(s) please.
How might have indexing get disabled?
Should indexing work normally from now on, or is there something I need to do?
Spotlight reindex initiated
Your search should work better after this background process finishes
Again, I try a Spotlight search and no mention of it indexing.
If I type this to check status of indexing:
mdutil -s Macintosh HD
I get:
/:
Indexing disabled.
Huh?
So, I tried this to start indexing:
sudo mdutil -i on Macintosh HD
Now it is indexing! Did the same for two other volumes.
My question(s) please.
How might have indexing get disabled?
Should indexing work normally from now on, or is there something I need to do?
One of the things I like best when using OS X is the Spotlight tool. You can click a magnifying glass in the corner, and search for apps, files, anything. Iphoto app for windows. Windows 7's Start Menu search tool is similar. Does Ubuntu have anything like this? Gnome Do has some similarities, but it's really more about doing things than searching for things.
Os X Spotlight For Linux Pc
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- The OS X Spotlight feature has been around since OS X Tiger in 2005. The feature itself is nothing new. It has always been a way to perform system-wide searches, and it still can. However, in OS X Yosemite, Spotlight is a lot better with a new look and location, plus new data sources apart from your Mac.
- Apr 12, 2017 I am losing my mind. New iMac that came with Sierra install. Running 10.12.4, 1 TB SSD with only about 300 GB. Spotlight has been quirky at best since day one, but now with almost every search I get 'no results.' A fair number of search results show I.
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