Using Spotlight to search Trash

Hi gang,
I'm running 10.5.2 and Spotlight does NOT search my trash. Any ideas on how to fix this? I'm looking at files right here in my trash can, and when I type these filenames into Spotlight, they don't show up. Spotlight used to search the trash in Tiger.
Thanks,
Scott

Same question but in reverse. Is there anyway to STOP Spotlight from searching my trash seeing as how the "TRASH" cannot be added to the list in the privacy section? I am so sick of having a flood of non-related results flood the screen when I search for a file, this thing should be called "FLOODLIGHT" or "DAZZLELIGHT" because it sure does not zero in on the file I want anymore.
Is there anyway to get back to the old simpler/better times of Norton Fast Find finding a file in a flash by typing in a portion of its name without click-setting a half-dozen option hurdles?

Similar Messages

Using spotlight to search through stored media files

i have an xserve that will only be used to store media files such as .dv and .mxf. I add spotlight comments to the media files before storing them in the xserve, however, when i use spotlight to search the server it does not work. Is it because it is a security issue or do i have to turn spotlight on in the server?

Using Spotlight to search a server is something that's coming with Leopard. To avoid the TOS gestapo for slamming me for posting about future products, I will link to Apple's page for "Leopard Server sneak peek" that talks about this very fact:
http://www.apple.com/server/macosx/leopard/spotlightserver.html
Your options right now for searching a server are to use Apple Remote Desktop, as Tiger does not include the ability to search machines across the network via Spotlight.

Using Spotlight to search USB drive connected to Airport Extreme base stati

Hi all,
I successfully connected a USB hard drive to my Airport Extreme base station (the drive has its own power supply; when I tried connecting a USB-powered drive, it wouldn't show up). However, I find that I cannot search the USB hard drive over the Airport network. That is not very convenient, to say the least. Is this possible without paying $500 for Snow Leopard server software or waiting for Lion (with a rumored built-in server function) to arrive?
Thank you!

My last response was incorrect. The base station is in the finder window, under "Shared." I click on that and then I see the USB driver. Also, I went to finder prefs and clicked to show servers on the desktop. So now the USB drive connected to the base station shows up on my desktop. But I still can't search it.
Thanks again.

How to use spotlight for searches with Apache w Tiger desktop intel machine

From what I've read I need to enable the
LoadModule applespotlightmodule libexec/httpd/modspotlightapple.so AddModule modspotlightapple.c
command in http.conf
however I don't find this line there,
can I just add it, where would I find the module, do I need to add it?

Hi Fred,
To 'Connect', you will need to confirgure the remote Mac's router to accept ARD connections.
This is done by accessing your router via the manufacturer's software. This can usually be accessed by tapping the internal IP into a browser. You will have to get your parents to do this unless the router is setup for remote management.
Within this software, there should be a section called 'services' or 'firewall services'. You need to add five new services (1 for each of the following port numbers - 3283, 5432, 5900, 5988 & 5989), give them names like ARD1, ARD2 and so on, not critical, just helps you manage them in the future.
Within each of these new services, you 'port forward', all you need to do is input the remote Mac's internal IP number (192.168.0.xx) to every ARD service. This basically tells the router which Mac to look at when you connect via ARD.
This should be everything - if not keep asking...
Macmaggy
P.S. You did have Remote Desktop service started on the remote Mac, not yours?
Headless Xserve G5 Dual 2.3Ghz, 2x400Gb Mirrored Mac OS X (10.4.6) Lacie Bigger Disk 1Tb FW800/400/USB 2.0

I accidentally found a .PDF file using Spotlight while I was searching for something else. However, I can't find the location of the file.

While I was using Spotlight to search for an app. I came across a .PDF file related to my job. However, it's not in the finder nor in the documents folder. As matter of fact, it's not even listed in the PDF files section. I can open it using Spotlight.....but I can't find it. It it on my Inbox? Do I have files lurking around in my computer without me knowing about them? Also I don't remember downloading said file. It's not harmful it's just a simple 32-page .PDF file that contains information on my company policies. But where is it and how did get there?

If you hold down the option key, it will typically show the location. Or you can often hit option-return on the file and it will reveal the file in the Finder, instead of opening it.
Final option is to open it, and just option-click the filename in the toolbar of Preview and it should show you the location.
It's probably an attachment to an email you've received. If you have Mail set to cache emails and their attachments it'll be stashed in a subdirectory of ~/Library/Mail. Which is fine.

Using spotlight comments to find files

Hello
I am new to this forum so please be patience with me. I would like to use keywords in the spotlight comment area to find files on our shared network. However, I am having problems with this. I can find files by name, but not by contents or spotlight comments on our shared network. Can anyone help me with this problem.
Thanks Heather
Message was edited by: Heather316

To Apple Discussions!
Check out the Article: Using Spotlight to search for items
+"To organize your files so you can find them more easily, use the Spotlight Comments field in the Get Info dialog. For example, you could mark all the files for the same project with the project name, tag all your urgent files with the word "urgent," or enter a description that will help you find the file later.+
+If you want to limit your search to specific locations and attributes, open Finder and choose File > Find."+
There may be other info you can use from the Article.

Get Spotlight and Search to work on external drive

I have two external hard drives. Both are Western Digital, about the same size.
When I use Spotlight and Search on one of them, they display NO results. The other drive displays results. (They both have a lot of the same files.) I KNOW the files are on the drive!
I've tried adding and removing from the Privacy box of Spotlight preferences. (it seems to do nothing when I do that - I don't see the spotlight as busy or anything) I've rebooted. I've deleted the spotlight file on the drive and it seems to come back (.spotlight-v100). Both drives are formatted "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)" The Info box have the same settings - Everyone can read and write. Only one small difference. The drive that Spotlight/Search does NOT work on has a checkbox at the bottom that says "ignore ownership on this drive" with the box Checked. The drive that works does not even have that checkbox or "ignore ownership...."
I don't know what else to check. I've searched the forums and just found suggestions to add and remove from Privacy.
Help!

Thank you for your reply. Sorry, I have been there, done all that and much, much MORE. I have read everything Mac thread around and tried all the workarounds to force spotlight to reindex the drive. I still don't know that is even the problem.
HOWever, I did fix it.
I copied all my files from that drive to another drive. Then I reformatted the drive and copied the files back over. Now it works like it should. So somehow, something at the "root" "format" level was messed up and using Disk Utility, Erase. Format as Mac OS Extended (Journaled) turned it around.
So for me this is a fix. I know for someone else that does not have another drive to temporarily copy the files to, it might not be an option. But, at least erasing and formatting worked.
**p.s. I'm only marking this Post as solving so that if someone else gets into the same fix. At least they know they can try Disk Utility.

Spotlight No Longer Searches Trash

I'm new to Snow Leopard, and just noticed that Spotlight wasn't finding files in my Trash. I reindexed, but items in the Trash still aren't showing up when I search with Spotlight. Was this changed in Snow Leopard, or is this a PEBKAC error?

Carolyn Samit wrote:
HI,
Niel's post here may help you. Not using Spotlight but Terminal commands...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11278483&#11278483
Thanks, Carolyn. It's nice to know, though probably more trouble than it's worth.
(FWIW: I don't particularly like Spotlight—it rarely provides consistent, complete results (I usually use the Sherlock-like +Find Any File+ <http://apps.tempel.org/FindAnyFile/index.html>); and I like Terminal even less—I'm not a programmer, and Apple gave us the GUI to replace the command-line interface.)

I accidentally quit my CC on my Macbook pro and now the cloud icon is grayed out and every time I hover over it with the mouse I get the spinning beach ball of death on the icon. I have no idea how to open it because when I use spotlight search to open it

I accidentally quit my CC on my Macbook pro and now the cloud icon is grayed out and every time I hover over it with the mouse I get the spinning beach ball of death on the icon. I have no idea how to open it because when I use spotlight search to open it it gives me a message saying "Creative Cloud is not open anymore" help!

Since you didn't include any pertinent info such as the Mac model and OS version you are running, here is some general information:
Mac OS X: Gray screen appears during startup
Depending on which OS yours came with originally - and which OS you are now running - you would either need your original install disks - you can call Apple for replacements by giving them your serial number. Or you may be able to reinstall the OS by using recovery (again, depends on which model/which OS).

How can I search the time capsule using spotlight or time machine?

Every time I try to use spotlight in finder, to find anything on the time capsule, spotlight automatically turns to the mac.
While using timemachine the connection to the time machine greys out.
How can I use these options, or different options to search the time capsule?

I've been looking for the star wars gui, but I only ended up watching scifi movies all night.
LOL..
Oh well it is new year.. seems as good a use of time as any.
Click on the time machine icon in the dock.. that opens finder inside the backup.
http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/using-time-machine-to-find-old-files-on-yo ur-mac.html

When using spotlight search on my 5s it will not show past text messages that haven't even been deleted even if I type a specific word that I know is in a message I want to search for. I have message search turned on in the spotlight settings.

When using spotlight search my phone will not show all text messages with a common word even though I have not deleted any messages from my phone and I have the message search turned on in settings under spotlight search. The search only shows the messages that are recent within the past day or so. Why won't it show the other messages when I search for them even using a specific word that I know was in the message I'm searching for.

Hello ChiomaM,
It sounds like you are not getting notifications for new text messages that are coming in, and you must manually check the app. I recommend checking the Notification settings to see if they are configured correctly:
iOS: Understanding notifications
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3576
iOS apps can provide three types of notifications:
Sounds: An audible alert plays.
Alerts/Banners: An alert or banner appears on the screen.
Badges: An image or number appears on the application icon.
You can view which apps provide notifications and adjust notification settings using Settings > Notification Center. For additional information, refer to the user guide for your device.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Regards,
Sterling

Multi-term searching without using Spotlight.

How can I search for a file that contains both the word "cat" and "dog", though they aren't next to each other. (So typing "cat dog" into a search field doesn't yield any results)
Also, how can I search for all files that contain the word "cat" and has the extention ".xim"?

I never use Spotlight, but rather the Search field in Finder windows. Can I use the same techniques? The Finder search uses "tokens"(?) which I don't really understand either.

Are messages sorted by date when you use spotlight search on iphone / ipad?

When you use spotlight search on an ipad or iphone, and you are searching specifically for text messages, how are the results sorted?
it doesnt look like they sort by date modified, or do they?

i mean Imessages not SMS messages

Does Mail search use Spotlight?

In Apple Mail, the search functions work poorly for me. I can find things by the category "From," for example, but searching for something in the "Entire message" doesn't find things that are there.
Does Mail use Spotlight for its searches? I have disabled it because it slowed down my old iMac too much.

Yes, Mulder is right, Mail Uses Spotlight for the Entire Message search (but not the To, From or Subject).
I am also running on a flat panel G5 iMac and found that with a clean Spotlight Database, Spotlight really speeds up and makes searching in Mail invaluable.
See my post below....
===
Leopard Mail Entire Message Search - FIXED!!!
My Original Post is here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7462907#7462907
Posted by: DaveC
This is a known issue. Check out:
http://www.betalogue.com/2008/02/25/mac-os-x-105-tip-repairing-broken-spotlight- searches-in-mail/
http://www.betalogue.com/2008/03/28/mac-os-x-105-broken-spotlight-indexing-for-m ail-messages-caused-by-presence-of-older-mail-application/
Thanks Dave. I went to Betalogue and went through all the posts and I finally found a way to fix the Search Entire Message Spotlight problem in Apple Mail - at least it worked for me. I have been trying to fix this with all sorts of solutions for months and it turns out it was related to a problem with the Launch Services Database. I confirmed this by looking inside my user/library/mail folder and seeing that inside each Mailbox folder, the sub mailboxes all had standard folder icons and not the inbox tray style icons.
Note that you can easily fix this through Terminal Commands, and not all the following steps are completely necessary, but there are many people looking at these threads that want to just push buttons...
*== So here are my simple steps to fixing Apple Mail Search ==*
1. Attach and turn on any external hard drives you have that may have a copy of Mail.app on them
2. Delete all OLD copies of Mail.app that you can find (don't worry about Time Machine), but make sure you keep the latest version of Mail.app in your working Applications folder.
~ This is so that the LaunchServices database won't easily become corrupt again
3. Install the latest version of Onyx - free to use and download from www.macupdate.com
~ I suggest Onyx, because some people don't want to mess with the Terminal.
4. Quit all open applications and run Onyx (it will want to check your Hard Drive etc...that's OK).
5. Go to the Maintenance pane and then the Rebuild tab and select only the LaunchServices box. Click Execute.
~ This should fix the primary problem with searches
6. When that process finishes, select only the Mail's Envelope Index box. Click Execute.
~ This should fix related problems with other searches
7. When that process finishes, select only the Spotlight Index box. Click Execute. (This process of Rebuilding your Spotlight Index could take hours depending on how big your hard drive is).
~ This will give you a clean fast Spotlight database that Mail uses for Entire Message searches.
8. Quit Onyx
9. Open Mail.app and test your Entire Message Search!
====
Hope that helps - it certainly, finally, did for me!
Bryce.

I cannot Search My External Hard drive using Spotlight in Mac OS X Lion ?? Plz help !!

I just upgraded from snow Leopard to Lion !..When i connect my external hard drive..and search it using spotlight..Nothing shows up ! NO results! Can anyone plz guide me how do i solve dis issue..? How can i reindex it ?

Hi...
I have a Synology NAS and wanted to be able to search for files and file contents on that NAS.
Digging around the forum, i found numerous suggestions for a solution, some more or less working,
but here is my may to getting i running.
In this example i have a shared folder on my NAS called Docs, so replace it with your share name.
Terminal is your friend (Use copy and paste for this, or make very sure to enter it correctly)
For enabling indexing on that share:
mdutil -i on /Volumes/Docs
it should return something like : indexing enabled.
To get indexing status:
mdutil -s /Volumes/Docs
Now, it looks like only new files gets indexed. I couldn't search in files already on the NAS, so :
cd /Volumes/Docs
and then
find . -exec touch {} \;
to set changed date/time to now.
After indexing is done (Can take some time - check activity monitor), search in finder
by cmd+F works also on the NAS for both files by name and contents.
I have not been able to get it working in the spotlight drop down in the top menu,
that seams to only search locally.
/Dennis

Using Spotlight to search Trash

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for