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Forum: General 12-22-2005, 09:35 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 25,588
Posted By dnanian
That's normal, and it happens because the files...

That's normal, and it happens because the files "change location", from "/" to "/Volumes/your drive/..."
Forum: General 12-21-2005, 09:20 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 25,588
Posted By dnanian
They don't have to be, no. But if you want them...

They don't have to be, no. But if you want them to not be indexed, you should add them to Privacy. It doesn't matter when you do it... just that you do if you don't want indexing.
Forum: General 12-09-2005, 05:59 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 25,588
Posted By dnanian
No, but Spotlight monitors every file access and...

No, but Spotlight monitors every file access and can take time to do so. Try booting in Safe boot (hold down Shift during power on, and leave it down all the way to the desktop) to disable spotlight...
Forum: General 12-02-2005, 12:05 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 25,588
Posted By dnanian
The flashing (just a dot in the magnifying glass)...

The flashing (just a dot in the magnifying glass) would typically indicate something's happening during the backup, though not necessarily the drive...

Do you do a permission repair before backing...
Forum: General 12-01-2005, 10:09 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 25,588
Posted By dnanian
Hm. Please do: I'll be interested in what you...

Hm. Please do: I'll be interested in what you find.
Forum: General 12-01-2005, 06:33 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 25,588
Posted By dnanian
Well, I'd expect you to see the "dot" in the...

Well, I'd expect you to see the "dot" in the magnifying glass blinking, or something similar. What's weird is that we turn off indexing completely for the destination during the copy, and then we...
Forum: General 12-01-2005, 05:58 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 25,588
Posted By dnanian
So, we're preserving that state, and Spotlight...

So, we're preserving that state, and Spotlight *shouldn't* be indexing the drive. Interesting...
Forum: General 12-01-2005, 04:32 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 25,588
Posted By dnanian
You should ensure they're in there, yes -- are...

You should ensure they're in there, yes -- are they?
Forum: General 11-29-2005, 08:18 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 25,588
Posted By dnanian
Right. Backup volumes will be in the Privacy tab,...

Right. Backup volumes will be in the Privacy tab, and things should work fine in 10.4.3 and later.

Restored volumes will have their state maintained too, so they should be enabled (or whatever...
Forum: General 11-27-2005, 07:31 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 25,588
Posted By dnanian
Not if you put it in the Preferences tab, Timmy....

Not if you put it in the Preferences tab, Timmy. We'll preserve the state, even across erase.

And, yes -- Remember me sets a cookie. I don't know why Safari wouldn't be working right here, as it...
Forum: General 11-26-2005, 12:50 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 25,588
Posted By dnanian
That's all you needed to do. 3 was necessary, 4...

That's all you needed to do. 3 was necessary, 4 not, but it didn't hurt anything.

Should work fine!
Forum: General 11-24-2005, 10:48 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 25,588
Posted By dnanian
It is you, my friend, who rock. Party on. ;)

It is you, my friend, who rock. Party on. ;)
Forum: General 11-24-2005, 10:02 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 25,588
Posted By dnanian
Try restarting, picaman, and see if it lets you...

Try restarting, picaman, and see if it lets you add it then. If not, you'll need to remove a special folder at the top of the drive with:

sudo rm -r "/Volumes/Martha My Dear/.Spotlight-V100"

Be...
Forum: General 11-24-2005, 09:45 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 25,588
Posted By dnanian
Yep -- you don't need to run that script any more...

Yep -- you don't need to run that script any more as long as you're running 10.4.3. Instead, turn indexing back on with "sudo mdutil -i on "/Volumes/the-backup-drive-name", and then drag it into your...
Forum: General 11-23-2005, 02:30 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 25,588
Posted By dnanian
Great -- let us know what you think!

Great -- let us know what you think!
Forum: General 11-23-2005, 10:47 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 25,588
Posted By dnanian
We disable spotlight indexing while we copy, and...

We disable spotlight indexing while we copy, and restore it to its previous state on completion. We also preserve the spotlight "privacy" state automatically.

You definitely don't need to do what...
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