Spotlight Question

azcoderazcoder
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Ok - I like spotlight, but it does not always work like I expect.



For example, I just downloaded rsyncx.



When I search for rsync in Spotlight, rsyncx.app is the top hit.



When I search for sync, I get colorsync.app, iSync.app, and whole bunch of other stuff, but no rsyncx.



What gives? What am I doing wrong?



Thanks for any tips - I want touse Spotlight, but I keep having issues like this....



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    aquamacaquamac Posts: 585member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by azcoder View Post


    Ok - I like spotlight, but it does not always work like I expect.



    For example, I just downloaded rsyncx.



    When I search for rsync in Spotlight, rsyncx.app is the top hit.



    When I search for sync, I get colorsync.app, iSync.app, and whole bunch of other stuff, but no rsyncx.



    What gives? What am I doing wrong?



    Thanks for any tips - I want touse Spotlight, but I keep having issues like this....







    ummm Well yes, spotlight does have a few bugs still. It seems to work best as a find for the beginning of a name. You can force spotlight to rebuild its data base or use the find command. You would think that by OS X 10.4.9 it would be fixed but... maybe 10.5.0?
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