Another apple question...please tell me that I can search data stored in my Time Capsule's drive...(spotlight)...otherwise, I will kill myself, then rise from the dead to return the TC and then kill myself again!!!
Time Capsule 802.11n (4th Gen), Mac OS X (10.7.3)
Hi,
If I can bring some good news to you, and if I can ultimately save your life, Spotlight does work very well when I "Enter Time Machine" on my own Time Capsule.
It just take a little bit longer to start a search than it does on my local Macintosh HD. I guess that the system needs to load or update the index or something, but otherwise, yes, it works.
It does also work for any other hard drive that you might want to connect using the USB port of your Time Capsule.
Enjoy the experience!
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Thanks for your concern 🙂 I guess I was a bit frustrated having spent over an hour reading on forums what was wrong with spotlight.
I appreciate your quick response, however, you have to tell me how you got it to work, I left my search open with nothing happening !
Anyways, I went to my wife's PC and did my search there and found what I was looking for instantaneously .
i don't think there is a lag, there shouldn't be anyway....It just doesn't work on my MBP. So if you can tell me how you got it to work, I'd appreciate !
Another user had posted the same issue but no one got back to him...can't find the question anymore :S
Thanks again!
Try this http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4324
If it doesn't work, try to see if there is something regarding Time Machine in the Spotlight section of System Preferences.
...I checked already...nothing there 😟
can you show me a screen grab of your Finder search result ? I just want to see if had any specific option I overlooked?
Thanks
can you show me a screen grab of your Finder search result ? I just want to see if had any specific option I overlooked?
Thanks
The one in Time Machine?
Also, in this thread https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2816190?start=0&tstart=0 there is someone suggesting a command for Terminal that might help.
At least one member said it was helpful.
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Thanks for the prompt response Pascal, this works for me 100%
However, my question was about searching within a folder stored in the time TC's disk (not the Time Machine thingamajig )
Like this?
OMG yes!! how did you do that?
Nothing more than accessing the Disk in the Finder. You might be able to find a way to rebuild the index (if that's the issue).
Thanks Pascal for your help, I will look into "re-indexing" my drive ! Thanks
i have the same issue. i can see files on my time capsule but i can't search for them. if i try i get no results. how can i solve?
maybe something wrong with disk permission? here's my settings
please help me
Hi ciscolo,
You might wanna try what is described in the following article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2409
Please let me know if it did solve the issue.
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I am also having the same problem. I have tried the above to no avail. Pascal how do you access the disk in finder as you have shown.
My time capsule is connected wirelessly as i gave up in the end trying to establish a direct ethernet connection. What a pain that was.
Any help would be appreciated
Thanks
Hey guys,
I just bought a macbook air for work...and I can search TC flawlessly !!
I think there might something wrong with my MBP ...dunno! 😟
spotlight search on Time Capsule
