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I have a Mac 1.67 GHz PowerPC G4, running OSX 10.4.1. I bought

 
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I have a Mac 1.67 GHz PowerPC G4, running OSX 10.4.1. I bought it from a friend in Jan 2011. It has been working properly until recently. The problem is that the finder can't find (or show the names of) all the files that has my search key word. Can you tell me how to fix this problem?

 

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I don't know what I have been doing. I tried a number of things suggested by some internet people but none worked.

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Expert:  Tom replied 345 days and 4 hours ago.

Hello and welcome to JustAnswer. I look forward to assisting you today with your question and providing the best answer possible.

What type of files are these? word files etc....

What things have you done already?

Customer replied 345 days and 2 hours ago.

All types of files, I tried to look for a pattern, but I could not find one so far.

I looked for solution on internet, but I could n't find any. I looked at the Privacy of Spotlight but I don't have anything in that box.

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Expert:  Tom replied 345 days and 2 hours ago.

Go to System Preferences
Then Spotlight>Privacy Pane
Add your Hard Drive to it. (You can drag it) Wait 10 minutes & remove it from the Privacy pane
Spotlight will rebuild

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Customer replied 345 days and 2 hours ago.

I have that Mac in my office. I will try your suggestion tomorrow and will let you know if my problem fixed. Thanks for your help in any case.

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Expert:  Tom replied 345 days and 2 hours ago.

ok let me know how it goes

 
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