glosterseagul said:I clicked in spotlight to find where the "preferences" folder was .... Only one came up - the os9 one (also FileMaker preferences-so two really)
????
Should I rebuild the desktop or something or is it a bug for all?
mad jew said:You can reindex Spotlight through System Preferences by selecting your hard drive in the Privacy tab and then deselecting it. Did that make sense? Sorry, it's really hot here at the moment and I think my brain has melted.
The easiest way is to just add the drive you want to reindex to the "privacy" list, which deletes the existing index, then remove it, which will rebuild it.russed said:
glosterseagul said:
Makosuke said:
mad jew said:Sorry, that's what I was trying to get at. It's in System Preferences (the Spotlight section). Just click on the Privacy tab and then add your hard drive using the little plus button. Close the System Preferences, open them again and follow the same procedure but this time remove the hard drive from your Privacy list using the little minus button.
It's cooled off now so hopefully that made a little more sense.
mad jew said:Which two? I get the Library folder and user folder, both named just Preferences, plus two others named System Preferences and Safe Preferences.
mad jew said:Hehe. Now you've got me worried because I can only find 133 results.
mad jew said:I'm not really worried. I put it down to me simply having less references to preferences[i/] on my Mac.
You're no Numpty, although I think you may confuse Safari with Spotlight every now and then...
mkrishnan said:Is the Numpty Dance my chance to do the Nump?
Seriously...what exactly were you looking for, anyway? Almost all preference files should be stored either in /library/preferences or ~/library/preferences....
