Spotlight doesn't work

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Ed Miller

The spotlight search does not work, no matter what combination of preference
options I select.

I get 0 responses even if I know there is stuff there that fits the
criteria.


Ideas?
 
W

William Smith [MVP]

Ed said:
The spotlight search does not work, no matter what combination of preference
options I select.

I get 0 responses even if I know there is stuff there that fits the
criteria.
Click to expand...

Go into Entourage's preferences and click the Rebuild button in the
Spotlight preferences.

Allow time for it to build your cache. This could take quite a while
depending on your machine. You can verify that Entourage is building the
cache files by looking in your home folder under:

~/Library/Caches/Metadata/Microsoft/Entourage/

If you see files there then Entourage is creating what's needed by
Spotlight. If Spotlight isn't indexing these files then you need to
troubleshoot Spotlight's indexing. See these tips
<http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/stopspotlightindex.html>.

Hope this helps!

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bill

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