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Posted on November 6, 2005 at 6:58 pm

How to force Spotlight to re-index folders or volumes

spotlightA small hint for a big problem, how do you force Spotlight to re-index an entire volume, just like an external FireWire disk?

Do you want to re-index a file or folder—or even an entire volume—for Spotlight?
Just do this:

From the Apple menu, choose System Preferences.
Click Spotlight.
Click the Privacy tab.
Drag a file, a folder, or even an entire volume (your hard drive) to the list.
Remove the item or volume you just added.
Spotlight will re-index the contents of the item you initially dragged to the list

That’s all! The Spotlight icon in the upper right corner will start flashing and reindexing will begin!

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