Author Topic: Strange behavior with "Search"  (Read 2908 times)

Offline JS

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 209
    • View Profile
Strange behavior with "Search"
« on: June 04, 2017, 03:56:59 PM »
Hi,
when I do a quick search for in this case "Dark hedges" PM shows some 140 Thumbnails, but not all are "pictured" as You see in the screenshot. If I view one in "View" it is unsharp. What's the reason? It happens now and then.

I use PM5 on Apple Os 9.5

Offline JS

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 209
    • View Profile
Re: Strange behavior with "Search"
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2017, 03:59:56 PM »
I must add : I have 24 Gb of Ram on a 2,66 Ghz Mac Pro Quadcore Nehalem

Regards
John

Offline Hayo Baan

  • Uber Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 2552
  • Professional Photographer & Software Developer
    • View Profile
    • Hayo Baan - Photography
Re: Strange behavior with "Search"
« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2017, 01:54:59 AM »
Looks like PM simply hasn't processed all the images yet. Especially on a large folder, this can take a while (especially if there are large tiff files in that folder too).

What are your PM cache and memory settings? As Kirk says: more isn't always better!

P.S. I don't think you are running OS X 9.5 on that system ;)
Hayo Baan - Photography
Web: www.hayobaan.nl

Offline Kirk Baker

  • Senior Software Engineer
  • Camera Bits Staff
  • Superhero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 24730
    • View Profile
    • Camera Bits, Inc.
Re: Strange behavior with "Search"
« Reply #3 on: June 05, 2017, 08:50:54 AM »
John,

I must add : I have 24 Gb of Ram on a 2,66 Ghz Mac Pro Quadcore Nehalem

Thanks for the screenshots.  It looks like to me that you have Spotlight indexing PM's cache folder.  Looking at the file size of the image in the preview (448KB), I would expect it to be pixelated.

You'll need to force Spotlight to not index your PM Cache folder.  Check PM's Caching preferences.  If you have chosen a Disk Cache folder other than the default then you'll have to tell Spotlight not to index that folder.  You can do this by opening up System Preferences, clicking on Spotlight, then clicking on the Privacy tab.  Then add the same path you chose for your Disk Cache folder.

This should stop Spotlight from returning results from PM's Cache folder.

-Kirk

Offline JS

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 209
    • View Profile
Re: Strange behavior with "Search"
« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2017, 01:43:38 AM »
Thanks for the answers. Maybe the indexing was the reason. Meanwhile everything works fine again. I had to shut down PM and reopen it. But I use the default folder for Chaches. And of course I use macos 10.9.5http://forums.camerabits.com/Smileys/default/smiley.gif
-John

Offline JS

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 209
    • View Profile
Re: Strange behavior with "Search"
« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2017, 01:46:50 AM »
Hm, I never manage to get a real smiley in place!

-john

Offline Hayo Baan

  • Uber Member
  • ******
  • Posts: 2552
  • Professional Photographer & Software Developer
    • View Profile
    • Hayo Baan - Photography
Re: Strange behavior with "Search"
« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2017, 01:21:21 PM »
:) are easy ;D

Just click on the smily you want in the button bar, or type the code to get it e.g. a : directly followed by a ) for a :)
Hayo Baan - Photography
Web: www.hayobaan.nl