Hello. I cannot search my external hard drive.
I have a new MacBook Pro with Catalina. The hard drive is mounted. But I cannot search it. Thanks for any help!
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15
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I have a new MacBook Pro with Catalina. The hard drive is mounted. But I cannot search it. Thanks for any help!
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15
In case anyone comes across this post. The problem seems to have been the way the external disk was formatted. The external disk was formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled). I spoke to two Apple Geniuses. No one could explain why this is a problem. But I have reformatted the disk and copied everything back on to it. So far it is working well.
In case anyone comes across this post. The problem seems to have been the way the external disk was formatted. The external disk was formatted as Mac OS Extended (Journaled). I spoke to two Apple Geniuses. No one could explain why this is a problem. But I have reformatted the disk and copied everything back on to it. So far it is working well.
The two result in slightly different things.
There are a bunch of places on the web saying to go to System Preferences > Spotlight, mark the drive [-] to unSpotlight it and then delete that [-] to force Spotlight to reindex the external drive. It does not do this.
I should add, the external drive is formatted so that it could be a startup disk. But, I do not believe that should be an issue?
(Thanks so much Ryan.)
It shows "This Mac".
In the screenshot below. I want to search the drive "Diane".
If I select the drive icon or the word "Diane" it returns with search results from only the MacBook Pro.
Hi. When I go to the Search Bar it ignores the external drive.
If I type "command-f" and get a new finder window to search in and I select the external drive...the results only show the built in hard drive.
What happens when you go to the search bar? Does nothing show up or does it show an error?
Does it show that it is searching “This Mac” or the drive?
Next to "This Mac," it has the text "Diane."Is that what you are doing, or are you clicking the location in the sidebar?
Hello. I cannot search my external hard drive.