How to get spotlight to work after computer transfer

  • Thread starter Julian W. Waits, Sr.
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Julian W. Waits, Sr.

Hi,

I just purchased a new MacBook and chose the transfer files option via the
install script. While Entourage moved over fine, I can no longer get
spotlight to work with it. I reinstalled the latest Entourage update that
enabled spotlight integration and I still have no item for supporting
spotlight in the system preferences. How can I enable spotlight lookups for
Entourage now?
 
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Barry Wainwright [MVP]

Hi,

I just purchased a new MacBook and chose the transfer files option via the
install script. While Entourage moved over fine, I can no longer get
spotlight to work with it. I reinstalled the latest Entourage update that
enabled spotlight integration and I still have no item for supporting
spotlight in the system preferences. How can I enable spotlight lookups for
Entourage now?
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Make sure that this file is in place:

/Library/Spotlight/Microsoft Entourage.mdimporter/
 
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Julian W. Waits, Sr.

Make sure that this file is in place:

/Library/Spotlight/Microsoft Entourage.mdimporter/
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Thanks Barry, the file was actually there. I had to check the ³mail² line
in spotlight preferences. I thought that there would be a specific line for
entourage mail. Everything works fine now.
 
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Barry Wainwright [MVP]

Thanks Barry, the file was actually there. I had to check the ³mail² line in
spotlight preferences. I thought that there would be a specific line for
entourage mail. Everything works fine now.
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This is controlled by the OS ­ they only define certain data types. ŒMail¹
applies to mail.app email messages, entourage email messages and probably
many other types as well.
 
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