| Re: Index corrupted, new index build is not working [message #133 is a reply to message #130] |
Thu, 06 June 2013 23:03  |
david berreby
Messages: 3
Registered: May 2013
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Sorry to be long in replying. Your suggestion (manage 3rd party importers)
worked! FT is back to its normal helpful self. Thanks for the tip (and the
explanations). Appreciate it.
David
On Tuesday, May 21, 2013 3:31:37 AM UTC-4, FoxTrot Engineering wrote:
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> david berreby wrote:
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>> Looks as if the trouble is ".mwd" docs -- that's Mariner Write, which I
>> used years ago. Viz:
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>> Trouble is, as I put hanging files on the blacklist, new ones take their
>> place as problems.
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> You can disable Mariner Write's importer by pressing the command and
> option keys while launching FoxTrot, then check "manage third-party
> metadata importers". Note that these importers may also cause some troubles
> to Spotlight itself, so you can consider uninstalling the importer
> completely; type the following command in a Terminal.app window to find
> where this importer is installed:
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> mdimport -L
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>> Could I possible remove this i386MDIHelper thing? I don't have a PowerPC
>> chip so I don't see why I need it.
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> You need these helpers in order to use importers that are only compiled
> for PowerPC, or for 32-bit intel, when you are using a 64-bit machine. For
> example, all MS Office importers are still 32-bit only.
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> Jérôme - CTM Engineering
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> "Being an old school Mac user, to me searching for a file is the good
> old Command-F. I never liked Sherlock and never really saw the need
> for
> fancy search software, but FoxTrot has made me think again."
> FoxTrot Personal Search review on www.softpedia.com
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> Download a demo version from www.foxtrot.ch
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