Spotlight shows files / notes / ... of other users

If the search results are in folders you don't have permission to read, then yes, it's a bug.

Rebuild the Spotlight index. If you try to search now from the magnifying-glass icon in the top right corner of the display, there will be an indication that indexing is in progress.

I've seen one other such report, and I was not able to determine the cause.

Same here.......

No Solution :-(

Reinstalled Mavericks several times....

This behavior/bug/whatever cost my nerv since half a year :-(

Anyone an idea?

BasKoeln wrote:

This occours on every user, not only system root. All privileges are default. I've found some google-results of users having the same problem just after a fresh install.

You have the root user enabled? I think that is generally frowned upon - it can cause all sorts of permissions errors. I'd expect Spotlight to obey whatever the local permissions dictate (if it is working as designed).

I would try resetting the user permissions for the home folders and then follow Linc's tip for rebuilding the index again.

Backup before you begin just in case…

Boot holding cmd+R. Recovery mode should startup (assuming you have a recovery partition).

Select Terminal from the Utilities menu.

Enter the word…

resetpassword

… & hit return.

The GUI app will open, select the main boot HD.

Select your user account in the popup menu.

Then click the 'Reset' button at the bottom right. It will "Reset Home Folder Permissions & ACL's"

Repeat for the other users.

Quit ResetPassword from the menu,

Quit Terminal

Reboot

Same bad news here :-(

Any other ideas?

I even reinstalled mavericks as a complete clean system......

Here's a video from me:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84Gt8T3v6D8

It is german - but i thin you will get it without the speach too.

Any News on this Problem?

I did a CLEAN INSTALL of Yosemite in hope that everything will be fine.

But i still have this bad problem.......

ANY IDEAS?

THX!