excluding .emlx files from SPOTLIGHT?!
hi all,
ever since i can remember i see "Mail Messages" in the form of .emlx files shown in Spotlight results. I have this item "Messages and Chats" UNCHECKED in Spotlight Preferences but they still show up.
this has been a longstanding problem and i am on a Mac Pro which cannot upgrade to Mavericks (which i don't want to do anyway because it will get rid of my highly customized colored files and folders organization).
anyway, Spotlight is significantly hampered since i end up with thousands of results basically in any kind of search.
can i please get some help with a couple of things?
1. is there a way to trash a plist for spotlight preferences so that i can set these up again?
2. is there a way to exclude a specific file type from search results.
3. can anyone explain how i would search /for/ a specific file type? i mean, say in an instance where i know there is a file that has "myfile" in the name somewhere and where i know the file i am looking for is a /numbers file or a .pdf file. can anyone help me with how to do this search?
4. can anyone help me with #3 but for a file type that is not listed as a normal mac file type such as dwg or dxf or something similar?
5. there is no way to /exclude/ a file type from a search is there? say i searched for soemthing or other but i didn't want to see pdf files shown in the result.
i would test more in Spotlight but i think i am not understanding very well how it works.
THANKS in advance.
iPhone 5, iOS 7.0.3