How can I get Spotlight to search my Users/Shared folder?

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How can I get Spotlight to search my Users/Shared folder?

How can I get Spotlight to search my Users/Shared folder? It searches the folders in the other users, but not Shared. When I CMD-I the Shared folder, my group has read-write privileges (all groups have at least read-only privileges). When I do the search in the Finder window (with the Shared folder highlighted), It gives me the options of This Mac and "Shared". When I click on "Shared," it does not give me any results. I keep documents, photos, iTunes data, etc, in this Shared folder, and would like to be able to use Spotlight on it.

iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

Posted on Dec 6, 2013 11:12 PM

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Dec 21, 2013 7:49 AM in response to followthatcarpenter

I appreciate the 108 "views," but there weren't any replies, so I took another shot at figuring it out. I did a CMD-I on the Shared folder, and made the "everyone" group have read-write access, and it worked! I'm not sure if its because now all groups have read-write access, or just because the "everyone" group does, but I don't care at this point. 😉 I'll have to restrict a few folders within in there, but at least it searches the main Shared folder itself now.

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