i can't search my LaCie external hard drive for files or folders.... please

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i can't search my LaCie external hard drive for files or folders.... please

Hello.

i am having trouble searching my LaCie hard drive for files or folders. The drive is mounted but a search using SPOTLIGHT or FILESPOT only results in my computer producing results.

can anyone help please?

cheers

Antony

Message was edited by: originallittlefella

macbook pro 2.4 intel core 2 duo, Mac OS X (10.5.5), -

Posted on Nov 7, 2008 7:06 AM

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Answer 1

Rafe H.

Level 5

7,091 points

Nov 7, 2008 7:28 AM in response to originallittlefella

When the Lacie drive is plugged into your computer, open System Preferences->Spotlight->Privacy to confirm that the drive is not in the privacy list.

If it is in the list, Spotlight won't index and search the drive.

If it is not in the list, consider adding it to the list (for example, by dragging its icon from the Desktop to the list), waiting 10 seconds, and then removing it from the list (click the minus(-) button). This will force OS X to re-index the drive and make it suitable for searching.

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Answer 2

TopoTone

Level 4

1,356 points

Nov 7, 2008 7:35 AM in response to originallittlefella

Sounds like the lacie needs to be indexed. I don't know how to force indexing, but I bet there's someone else here that can offer that info, or a quick search for indexing should turn up details. You might take a look at the spotlight system pref, too.

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Answer 3

Nov 7, 2008 7:38 AM in response to originallittlefella

cheers guys. thanks alot.

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