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doublem9876
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2006-05-09, 16:19

It doesn't even attempt to search. It just produces no results. Should I just wait for the next system update?
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euain
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2006-05-09, 16:28

It might help to make the system reindex. You can do this by dragging your system's HD into the list of excluded locations, and then removing it again, in the Spotlight system preferences pane.

Not sure that it'll work - but can't really hurt things..

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2006-05-09, 17:00

thanks
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2006-05-09, 17:01

still none
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DMBand0026
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2006-05-09, 17:02

Did you run through all the usual stuffl? Repair permissions, fsck, delete caches?
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2006-05-09, 17:09

Odd. I just tried searching in a Finder window, and Spotlight was fine. Just in the toolbar that it doesn't work.
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2006-05-09, 17:16

Have you tried logging out and back in?
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2006-05-09, 17:20

I've tried restarting and starting back in
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2006-05-09, 17:26

You see, this is why we have a list of suggestions for how to ask for help so that you get it quickly; it would cut out a bunch of redundant and unnecessary questions.

The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting.
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