Why is it that when I search for a video file in my external harddrive on my mac I get limited results but I have several files of the same search and when I search the whole computer I get the results but in .pfl files?
MacBook Air 13″, 10.15
Try reindexing the external drive.
How to rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support
I recently found my external drive wouldn’t search and normal reindexing didn’t help.
I ended up deleting the hidden .Spotlight-V100 folder from the drive to force it to start a new index. I had to eject and remount the drive to start the index on it, again, but it now searches fine.
Try reindexing the external drive.
How to rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support
I recently found my external drive wouldn’t search and normal reindexing didn’t help.
I ended up deleting the hidden .Spotlight-V100 folder from the drive to force it to start a new index. I had to eject and remount the drive to start the index on it, again, but it now searches fine.
I'm not getting the search results I want.
