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jbeaston
Explorer | Level 4
3 years ago

Spotlight okay after re-index but Finder search not working (macOS Ventura)

The Spotlight re-indexing suggestion fixed Spotlight being able to search DB files. However, re-indexing did not help with Finder Search.   Finder Search is successful when searching "This Mac" f...
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Glenn M.5
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

I find the same thing. Without being able to search in specific folders, Dropbox has become almost worthless in my usual workflow. I submitted a ticket and the specialist who responded stated "Dropbox engineers are aware of the problem and are working on a solution." However, no timeline. Moreover, I haven't seen any acknowledgements by DB staff in Community Discussions here that this is a real issue that needs fixing. Reindexing solves disk search for files in DB, but it does not fix the loss of folder search.

 

For now, I have moved current working folders to iCloud, which has full search capabilities. If DB isn't updated so that it recovers the ability to search folders, I see no option but to exit the service.

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