Mac CS6 not showing indd files as "readable documents"

A few months ago, we upgraded (finally) from CS3 to CS6. (I'm running Mac OS 10.6.8.)
Unfortunately, when I go FILE -> OPEN then type part of a file name in the SEARCH bar, no InDesign files show up---CS3 or CS6 files. I have to manually switch the dialog box from "All Readable Documents" to "All Documents" then I get all files, including InDesign files.
This used to work fine in CS3 and no other program has this issue. In the OS, all ".indd" files are set to open in CS6. (If I right-click "get info" for an old file and check, it says that it's set to open in CS6.)
If I manually NAVIGATE to a folder using the OPEN dialog box, everything works as expected. InDesign files show up normally and other "unreadable" documents are grayed out and I don't have to enable "All Documents".
Obviously, not a catastrophic error, but certainly inconvenient.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Andrew

Hi, dsprow. Welcome to the Discussions.
1. You wrote: "Spotlight (and Find for that matter) are not showing all Image Files (such as JPEGS) unless a preview has already been created."I've done some testing to see if I can reproduce your report.
I find this is only the case in Find when the Images group of search results is displayed in List mode (icon of parallel lines selected on the right side of the blue Images group title).
In Find, if I select that the Images group be displayed in Icon view (by selecting the icon of four boxes on the right side of the blue images title) then all icons in the Images group of search results are shown with image previews, whether or not the image itself has a preview icon.
Other than this, I cannot reproduce the problem:
• When I use the Spotlight Icon (Command-Space bar) or the Spotlight Window (Command-Option-Space bar) the search results in the Images group always displays an image preview whether or not the image itself has a preview icon.
• Changing the display of the Spotlight Window to Flat List under "Group by" — before or after performing the search— has no effect on this.
• I also checked to see if the Finder > View > Show View Options setting in Icon view for "Show Icon Preview" of the folder containing a search result affects this: it does not appear to.
2. Can you think of anything that differentiates the images that are not working as expected from those that do? Were they created on a PC, for example? Just downloaded from a camera?
3. You wrote: "I've tried everything I can think of."I appreciate that, but perhaps you can provide a list of things you did try so that others can test them, or make suggestions that you've not tried already.
Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X

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