Spotlight is continuously indexing the data i migrated from an old mac. At first is it said 450 hours and then it vanished. Now it is is saying indexing volumes since last 10 hours
I bought a new macbook pro Intel core i7 and migrated my data about 260 GB from the previous macbook pro. Since then the spot light is indexing volumes sometimes in between showing the progess bar indicating 450 hours remaining. It vanished after sometime and Indexing volumes showed up again. Obviously i cannot keep the mac on forever, will it begin the indexing all over again.
You should really read the manual.
"How do you restore from backup? "
Restore. When given the choice, choose to use backup.
"And how can I check to see if the pics and videos are on my computer somewhere first??"
They would only be where you put them. What program did you use to import them? Pics/vids taken with ipod are not part of the sync process at all. You should be importing them just as you would with any digital camera.
If you did not import them, then they are not on your computer.
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