How to index a network drive so spotlight can search there as well

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How to index a network drive so spotlight can search there as well

Now i like the speed of the search for Indexed drives but it is useless on my network if i am looking for a special document which is backup on our network spotlight does not find one single document any other search options or tool available.

macbook pro 17inch, Mac OS X (10.6.1)

Posted on Sep 29, 2009 10:21 AM

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Kappy

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Sep 29, 2009 10:37 AM in response to racb

Easy Find - VersionTracker or MacUpdate.

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dtarin

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Nov 15, 2009 5:46 PM in response to racb

I found this page that informs you how to activate indexing on network drives. However this was written during the Tiger days so I'm not sure if this applies any more. Someone in the comments noted that indexing of network drives for spotlight was disabled permanently in Leopard so I'm not sure if that's changed for Snow Leopard.

Anway, here's the link: http://forum.multiplexapp.com/comments.php?DiscussionID=17

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