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Re: FTP not indexing Scrivener files [message #1121 is a reply to message #1120] Fri, 25 December 2020 10:36 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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You can copy and paste the following command in Terminal.app to see the Spotlight importers currently known by Spotlight (and therefore by FoxTrot):
mdimport -L
And this command to search Spotlight importers present on your Mac in the standard locations:
find /Library/Spotlight /System/Library/Spotlight ~/Library/Spotlight /Applications -iname '*.mdimporter'
If some importers are found by the second command and not the first one, here are some of the possible causes:
- the application owning them has never been launched (app may be quarantined, or not fully installed)
- the application can be incompatible with your Mac or your version of macOS (32-bit…)

You may try this command to tell Spotlight to load the importer, when it is bundled inside an application; replace {appPath} with the actual path of the application (ending with .app):
/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/LaunchServices.framework/Support/lsregister -f "{appPath}"


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