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      • Thread I have listed the specifications of the MacBook I have 2 GB of songs how I find them and deletes old ?? I went to all the possible and not found at all in my existing ..la

        I have listed the specifications of the MacBook I have 2 GB of songs how I find them and deletes old ?? I went to all the possible and not found at all in my existing ..la

        I have listed the specifications of the MacBook I have 2 GB of songs how I find them and deletes old ?? I went to all the possible and not found at all in my existing ..la  view more
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        I have listed the specifications of the MacBook I have 2 GB of songs how I find them and deletes old ?? I went to all the possible and not found at all in my existing ..la

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        • Thread External Drive won't mount or unmount

          External Drive won't mount or unmount

          I have a MacMini with El Capitan and an external GDrive Slim 500gb that can't be mounted or unmounted. Disk Utility sees it but the volume (name of the drive) is grayed out. I've been using this drive for Time Machine...view more
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          External Drive won't mount or unmount

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          • Thread How to take screenshots in MacBook?

            How to take screenshots in MacBook?

            Hi All I am really eager to take Screenshots but I cant find it anywhere help plz ?view more
            John Galt
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            How to take screenshots in MacBook?

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            • Thread Any way to search or index NAS with El Capitan?

              Any way to search or index NAS with El Capitan?

              iMac: Mid 2011, 21.5' iMac, 2.5 Ghz i5, 500 GB HD, 16GB 1333 DDR3 Ram, AMD Radeon HD 6750M 512 MB Graphics, Samsung monitor plugged in Thunderbolt port. OS: 10.11.2  El Capitan NAS: Synology DS415+ Our compa...view more
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              Any way to search or index NAS with El Capitan?

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              • Thread How can I search files on my WD My Passport external hard drive using spotlight?

                How can I search files on my WD My Passport external hard drive using spotlight?

                Hi,   I have bought my first ever apple product, a MBP Retina and opened it and updated it to the El Capitan 10.11.6 a few hours ago.   I need it exclusively for music (traktor and ableton) and searching s...view more
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                How can I search files on my WD My Passport external hard drive using spotlight?

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                • Thread Missing image files that were renamed?! Help!

                  Missing image files that were renamed?! Help!

                  Dear friends, for some reason some photos were renamed and now Lightroom cannot link them anymore. I performed a TimeMachine  restore and found that they were moved and renamed don't know why. That's cool I thoug...view more
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                  Missing image files that were renamed?! Help!

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                  • Thread Am I doing something wrong?

                    Am I doing something wrong?

                    I posted this question three weeks ago and have had no replies. I posted this question two days ago and have had no replies, not even a "Dude, you're toast!" (I know I'm now going to get a "Dude you're toast?" post.) ...view more
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                    Am I doing something wrong?

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                    • Thread XPC connection was invalidated

                      XPC connection was invalidated

                      Hi all,   I get this repeatedly in my console, since upgrading to le capitan, each time I'm using spotlight. And I can't get any web search results in spotlight :   02.10.15 13:22:19.564 Spotlight[440]: XP...view more
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                      XPC connection was invalidated

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                      • Thread External Drives not indexing in OSX El Capitain 10.11.16?

                        External Drives not indexing in OSX El Capitain 10.11.16?

                        Anyone having problems on spotlight indexing external drives? Since I upgraded to the last version of El Capitain, it seems it stopped working...view more
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                        External Drives not indexing in OSX El Capitain 10.11.16?

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                        • Thread After OS X 10.11.6 update the Spotlight search, or any search in Finder or Mail don't work

                          After OS X 10.11.6 update the Spotlight search, or any search in Finder or Mail don't work

                          My fantastic Spotlight search are not working anymore :-( I noticed this after the update 10.11.6 The spotlight find some funny things, but noting even App Store within the Application on my Mac Book Pro. It will not ...view more
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                          After OS X 10.11.6 update the Spotlight search, or any search in Finder or Mail don't work

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                          • Thread Spotlight Returns Invalid Contact - How Can I Delete It?

                            Spotlight Returns Invalid Contact - How Can I Delete It?

                            Spotlight works as expected except one scenario.  It appears to display long ago deleted contacts & I want it to stop!  For example, a Spotlight search for "daily" returns a Top Hit result for Contact "C...view more
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                            Spotlight Returns Invalid Contact - How Can I Delete It?

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                            • Thread Search on file titles-does anyone else want it back?

                              Search on file titles-does anyone else want it back?

                              I was recently forced to move from 10.6 to 10.11.5 by the death of my Mac mini and buying a new one. Suddenly I find I can only search on the entire contents of files. The option to search on just titles is gone. I ha...view more
                              Luis Sequeira1
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                              Search on file titles-does anyone else want it back?

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                              • Thread Spotlight won't index

                                Spotlight won't index

                                Hi,   I've been running El Capitan fine since release without any issues, and Spotlight had been working fine. In the past few weeks, all of a sudden Spotlight no longer indexes. I have no idea what changed - I ...view more
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                                Spotlight won't index

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                                • Thread Checkbox next to 'Calculate All Sizes greyed out'

                                  Checkbox next to 'Calculate All Sizes greyed out'

                                  It works fine in a normal Finder window, but if I am doing a search folders just have '--' in place of a size.   Cmd-j works to toggle the size on and off normally, but in a window returning a search result it i...view more
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                                  Checkbox next to 'Calculate All Sizes greyed out'

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                                  • Thread El Capitan spotlight broken

                                    El Capitan spotlight broken

                                    I upgraded to El Capitan on my work iMac and immediately noticed Spotlight is now broken.   In the office we use a reference number system whereby we name our files in the format as xxxx-xx-xx. I've noticed that...view more
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                                    El Capitan spotlight broken

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                                    • Thread heavy volume activity after system started

                                      heavy volume activity after system started

                                      There is a heavy volume activity on three different computers (iMac 27" 3,2 GHz late 2012, MacBook Pro 15" 2,8 GHz mid 2009 and MacBook 13" 2,26 GHz late 2009) after the system has started up. It is worse on the iMac ...view more
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                                      heavy volume activity after system started

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                                      • Thread Search for files in a folder by date range?

                                        Search for files in a folder by date range?

                                        Trying to sort some photos out in a folder, all muddled up form various phones and cameras, and putting them into Photos for Mac app.   Is there a way to search for specific date range somehow, via an recommende...view more
                                        Luis Sequeira1
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                                        Search for files in a folder by date range?

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                                        • Thread mdworker crashes constantly; spotlight re-indexes

                                          mdworker crashes constantly; spotlight re-indexes

                                          I have searched the internet and all communities trying to find a solution to my spotlight problem. I have posted in a couple of other forums and am re-posting here in a more organized fashion those posts plus additio...view more
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                                          mdworker crashes constantly; spotlight re-indexes

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                                          • Thread How to fix spotlight search on El Capitan

                                            How to fix spotlight search on El Capitan

                                            As of yesterday, I am no longer able to perform a search in Finder or Mail.   I saw a recommendation to Reindex, however, when I attempt to add my Drive to the Privacy list, I get an error (see below).  Is ...view more
                                            Linc Davis
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                                            How to fix spotlight search on El Capitan

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                                            • Thread Finder search 'FilesThisWeek' not working

                                              Finder search 'FilesThisWeek' not working

                                              I have a Finder search query labelled FilesThisWeek which returns zero result (no files). It searches for 2 criteria: 'Items matching text' is set to * 'Last opened date' is 'within last' x 'days' That second crite...view more
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                                              Finder search 'FilesThisWeek' not working

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