But I'm not sure exactly which commands, if any, from that article I would use. It would require using Terminal commands, which may appear in the following X Lab article on Spotlight. Spotlight-V100 is a directory, not a file, and, as such, can not be deleted directly. My original plan was simply to use the "Destroy" function in EasyFind, but I have since learned that the. It was recommended that I delete the /.Spotlight-V100 file on the clone, which is likely corrupted or incompatible with the spotlight index on the internal volume.
Localhost mds208: crash data for /.Spotlight-V100 in volume /Volumes/Hard Drive/.Spotlight-V100?!?\n I no longer see the crash log entry when booted from the clone, but the matter of this problematic "file" remains. I solved the problem of the crash log entry, at least for now, by making a new clone, and moving the cloned volume prior to cloning into Spotlight/ Privacy. I'm in way over my head on this one and need some fairly simple directions, if possible. I did not see that log entry when booted from the internal and found no problems there with Spotlight. Yet I suspect I live a more search and data intensive life than most people today, so I'm seeing the problem sooner.As discussed in another thread, I noted a log entry for a Spotlight crash on the internal drive which I saw only when booted from the external, cloned drive. I know help is on the way, with improvements to Spotlight planned for Mac OS 10.5 this October.
Some smart grad student has a bright future if they can fix this one. Run the numbers forward 10 years to roughly 500 GB RAM and 30 TB of disk. My laptop today has 100x more RAM than the drive of my laptop of 10 years ago and 6000x more disk. But no one is linking to my software serial numbers file, so Page Rank is no help. Google's Page Rank algorithm seems smart because it harnesses the judgments of people to create better search results. Search is the biggest problem in a world of unstructured storage, especially personal storage. What I've realized though is that keyword searches aren't enough. For a recent project I've collected about 100 pdf's, many with titles like 5056004309.pdf so, searching within documents is undeniably helpful. I spend hours on the web each day, writing and researching (as I should be right now). Now if they'd just stick it on the menubar!Ĭranky for sure. I use the excellent freeware EasyFind utility from Devontechnologies to actually find files. Nor does it keep track of favorites, or recently opened files, even though it has all the metadata. So instead of thinking of my keywords, I have think of a word within the document unique enough to narrow down the search. Spotlight gives equal weight to a word no matter if it is buried deep within the file or is in the name. But Spotlight starts searching with the first letter and the UI gets distracting as new results appear with each new letter. What is so hard about a text box? Type in the word, hit return. If it weren't so irritating it would be spooky. When I type "serial" into spotlight, that file never shows up, even after scrolling through the 362 files it does find. A text file created with Apple's TextEdit named "Serial Numbers Software" keeps it all together. I buy software on line and from sad experience know it is wise to keep all registration info in one place. First, the whole "it just works" thing got left out
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