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10.4: Repair a non-functional Spotlight

30.11.1999 / Mac OS X Hints

Problem: Spotlight will only find some files, and fails to re-index. I had a stubborn Spotlight that wouldn't find files; I searched high and low for solutions. I found some help in this post, but it never permanently fixed the problem. While trying to reindex using Apple's instructions, I noticed that if files are corrupt, Spotlight fails.

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