cheers Mikuro.
it still hasnt solved the problem though unfortunatley. It never works when i first start up my G5..but when i log out and and back in it ALWAYS works which is really weird :confused:
anyoen got any other ideas ?
"3) Physically remove the .Spotlight directories from the root of each drive.
$ cd /
$ sudo rm -fr .Spotlight-V100
(do the same for your second or third drive)
Make sure to carefully type the "rm" command -- a typo could result in deletion of critical files."
im a little confused with...
pls bare in mind that i know absolutley NOTHING about scripts whatsoever...complete and utter noob. so pls try to keep it in simple talk if possible ;)
hi i have a common problem with processor noise with my g5...i have to use chud tools and disable nap everytime i start it up which is abit long. However iv been told that i can get OSX to do this automatically if i create a startup script using the following "hwprefs -v cpu_nap=false". when i...
Hi
i was wondering if it was possible to copy over all my preferences from one account to a new account iv just created ?
i just want stuff like tiger, mail, safari prefs and stuff like that.
ok so i just read on a forum that creating another account and logging into that and then loggin out and back into my normal account might solve the problem.
well i did that and basically it works...BUT when i restart my mac it no longer works and the only way to get spotlight to work again...
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For some reason spotlight has stopped working. im running 10.4.3 on a dual 1.8ghz G5. It used to work fine but i hadnt used it in a while and now it doesnt work at all.
It always shows "no results found". also when i type in the name of something it doesnt actually do anything at...