I still don't understand Spotlight
When performing an erase destination/backup all files clone:
1) Why does the Spotlight indicator flash for a few minutes at the beginning of the cloning? 2) Why does the destination volume apparently get re-indexed (Spotlight and destination disk activity) after the clone? Wouldn't the destination volume get the Spotlight info from the target copied to it...? 10.4.7 PPC SuperDuper! 2.1.3 |
Try adding the destination drive into the Spotlight Preference Pane's "Privacy" tab. Timmy.
(And, no -- copying the spotlight index doesn't make sense, because it's invalid on a different device.) |
So, the recommened procedure for cloning under 10.4.x is to add the destination drive to the Spotlight provacy tab?
The users guide doesn't seem to mention Spotlight at all... |
If you don't want the drive indexed, yes. It's not mentioned because it's basically transparent: you handle the drive the way you would any other volume.
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Yeah -- you definitely do not want to use mdutil. While that was necessary pre-10.4.3 (there were bugs in Privacy), they fixed 'em months ago.
Using Privacy will ensure that they're not indexed and not searched, which is what you really want. |
Privacy tab does not accept Backup volume
I see the right solution for the spotlight troubles (Backup beeing indexed, all search results showing up double) would be to add the Backup Volume to the Spotlight privacy tab.
That however is impossible for me (and seemingly for others too). I don't get an error, the Backup drive just DOES NOT SHOW UP in the list of volumes excluded from indexing and searching. Other partitions on the same drive are easily added and removed from the panel, but the Backup partition: no way. This is really frustrating.:( Alex |
Solution: erase Partition
I did as proposed in the following thread
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/s...ead.php?t=1346 and erased the backup partition. Now I could add it to the privacy pane. Time for a full backup now :-) |
Great! Always good when a problem is solved while I'm sleeping!
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Once you have added the name to the Privacy Tab, I believe it is removed by the OS when you erase that volume, so you have to remember to re-add the name in that case. At least that was my experience on my 500MHz PB running 10.4.8 and Superduper 2.1.3. Thanks for the great software. |
Understood, of course. It's unfortunate that many things about OSX aren't documented at all by Apple, and I have to tread a fine line between turning the SuperDuper! User's Guide into a "Missing Manual" for OSX and documentation for our product!
But, I'll see what I can do in the future. |
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