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Offline Nippo

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PM and search on shared disk
« on: May 07, 2008, 12:41:47 AM »
Hi all,
could PM do search on shared disk?
My conf is a mac pro with an external  firewire HD where i store all my archive. I've shared this disk on my local netowrk but any serch made from anothe MAC  fail (empty contact sheet)
 ???
Do i need the spotlight server?

tnx and sorry for my english

Simone



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Re: PM and search on shared disk
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2008, 11:18:29 AM »
Simone,

could PM do search on shared disk?
My conf is a mac pro with an external  firewire HD where i store all my archive. I've shared this disk on my local netowrk but any serch made from anothe MAC  fail (empty contact sheet)
 ???
Do i need the spotlight server?

The Search facility in Photo Mechanic uses Spotlight, so you'll need to get Spotlight to index that shared drive.  Then Searches should work.

-Kirk


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Re: PM and search on shared disk
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2008, 10:05:47 AM »
How can i do this?
In spotlight preferences i've no options