Comments on: How to search Thunderbird emails with Spotlight on a MacBookPro (OSX 10.5) http://oduinn.com/blog/2008/11/24/how-to-search-thunderbird-emails-with-spotlight-on-a-macbookpro-osx-105/ Wed, 16 May 2012 01:47:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Eric http://oduinn.com/blog/2008/11/24/how-to-search-thunderbird-emails-with-spotlight-on-a-macbookpro-osx-105/#comment-14747 Eric Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:31:54 +0000 http://oduinn.com/2008/11/24/how-to-search-thunderbird-emails-with-spotlight-on-a-macbookpro-osx-105/#comment-14747 Trying to get this to work - few quick questions: 1) I had installed Entourage and then switched to Thunderbird. I dragged entourage from the applications folder to the trash to uninstall, and now the Mac still wants to use Entourage as the default e-mail. When I do a spotlight search for a message, it tries to open entourage and gives me an error. 2) I'm also a new mac guy and when you say "use /usr/bin/mdimport -L to verifiy that it was running in the new location", i'm not exactly clear what I should be looking for. I ran a termianl session, cut and paste that command into there and it comes back with ">" and then I can't do anything. IS that good? Bad? Any ideas? Thanks, E Trying to get this to work – few quick questions:

1) I had installed Entourage and then switched to Thunderbird. I dragged entourage from the applications folder to the trash to uninstall, and now the Mac still wants to use Entourage as the default e-mail. When I do a spotlight search for a message, it tries to open entourage and gives me an error.

2) I’m also a new mac guy and when you say “use /usr/bin/mdimport -L to verifiy that it was running in the new location”, i’m not exactly clear what I should be looking for. I ran a termianl session, cut and paste that command into there and it comes back with “>” and then I can’t do anything. IS that good? Bad?

Any ideas?

Thanks,

E

]]> By: Dan Mosedale http://oduinn.com/blog/2008/11/24/how-to-search-thunderbird-emails-with-spotlight-on-a-macbookpro-osx-105/#comment-12818 Dan Mosedale Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:14:52 +0000 http://oduinn.com/2008/11/24/how-to-search-thunderbird-emails-with-spotlight-on-a-macbookpro-osx-105/#comment-12818 My recollection is that something that happened in Leopard broke Thunderbird 2's spotlight integration code. Not sure what the current state of affairs on Shredder is... My recollection is that something that happened in Leopard broke Thunderbird 2′s spotlight integration code. Not sure what the current state of affairs on Shredder is…

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