My iPhone got splashed

2026-07-05T11:54:23Z

My iPhone got splashed with water, and since then the bottom speakers sound muffled. The phone is still working normally, but the audio quality is noticeably worse.

I know the Apple Watch has a built-in Water Lock feature that ejects water using sound, but I can't find anything similar for the iPhone.

Is there an official Apple method to remove water from the iPhone speakers? If not, what is the safest and most effective way to do it? Are browser-based water eject tools or apps considered safe, or is it better to just let the phone dry naturally?

I'm looking for a solution that won't damage the speakers or the device.

Preview assigned random password to PDF document

2026-07-04T13:22:33Z

I've had an issue with Apple Preview assigning a random password to a PDF file, as discussed here. I've tried every solution listed in that Stack Exchange thread, including the Terminal suggestions.

If anyone is interested in having a look, here's my file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1x6cBKQMkkrjyI9Fhrk9RFcgLUvYm31fP/view?usp=sharing I'm using Monterey 12.6.5. I'm using Preview 11.0.

Thank you so much for your help!

Incoming LAN connections are unstable last couple of weeks

2026-07-04T12:53:55Z

Thank you for your patience with this longish post.

I have 3 Macs:

[A] Mac mini 2014 running Catalina headless, ethernet connection. This is a media server (Plex and Emby) and file server. Tailscale is installed but off.
[B] MacBook Pro 2015 running Mojave, ethernet connection, always-on VPN (PIA)
[C] MacBook Pro M4 Pro 2025 running Tahoe, WiFi

Macs [B] and [C] SMB to Mac [A] at mac-mini.local to always have it's media volume mounted.

This had worked very reliably for about a year, but now I have the following issues:

Mac [A] keeps disconnecting from Mac [B], to the point where it's unusable. Often won't connect at all. When I try pinging Mac [A] from this machine, it times out almost 100% of the time.
The connection to Mac [A] from Mac [C] works but is unstable. The SMB mount stays connected about 75% of the time. VNC from [C] to [A], which used to work flawlessly, is laggy and disconnects after a few minutes with an "Authorization Failed" message. The VNC app, even when working, shows Mac [A] as "locked" in the title bar. I can ping [A] from [C] but it times out about 50% of the time.

Here's what I've tried to troubleshoot (yay another list):

checked that Macs [B] and [C] can SMB and ping each other reliably (yes)
turned off VPN on Mac [B]
rebooted all Macs, rebooted router
connected (via SMB, ping and VNC) to Mac [A] using it's local IP 192.168.1.99 instead of mac-mini.local.
turned off firewall on Mac [A]
checked that Mac [A] isn't in "stealth" mode, is set to not sleep and sharing permissions haven't changed
switched all to WiFi instead of ethernet
ran terminal commands on all to clear network cache
turned off the only new device on the network, a Raspberry Pi

None of these have helped. I know SMB is always prone to be flakey on Macs, but it's always been usable for me till now. And the fact that ping and VNC are also having trouble makes me think the issue is somewhere on Mac [A]. I'm stumped.

Cheers!

[EDIT] I've also checked that all Macs can ping the router at 192.168.1.1 successfully 100% of the time

"Disk not ejected properly" messages while disk remains plugged in

2026-07-04T01:48:14Z

I have a brand new, freshly formatted 1T SSK SSD plugged directly into my Mac Mini M1 with the USB-C cable (claimed to be Thunderbolt) provided with the drive. Whenever I've been away from my Mac overnight, I come back to a "Disk not ejected properly" message. As it is a desktop machine, it doesn't seem to have the same power management features as the laptops. There are some similar questions from over ten years ago, but it's hard to map what they did to my Mac. My plan was to use the disk for extra storage, not Time Machine. Has anyone seen this?

How to turn off all software updates on Mac OS Tahoe?

2026-07-03T08:52:54Z

In System Settings -> General -> Software Update, I turned off Automatic Updates completely. In Privacy & Security -> Security, I turned off Background Security Improvements.

But still, sometimes I see that hundreds of megabytes of data are being silently and automatically downloaded.

I suspect that those downloads are caused by automatic software updates.

How can I fully turn off automatic downloads of all software updates?

"Activity Monitor" doesn't show software updates

2026-07-02T13:38:51Z

I'm using Mac OS Tahoe 26.5.1.

In System Settings -> General -> Software Update, I turned off Automatic Updates completely.

In Privacy & Security -> Security, I turned off Background Security Improvements.

But still, sometimes I see that hundreds of megabytes of data are being silently and automatically downloaded - while the Activity Monitor doesn't show process names responsible for those data transfers.

When I manually start a Mac OS update or download an update for Xcode, the Activity Monitor also doesn't show which processes cause high data consumption.

How can I instruct "Activity Monitor" to show all process names?

Cannot Text Android After Last iOS Update

2026-05-29T14:19:49Z

When I updated to macOS Tahoe 26.5:

I can no longer text Android users from my MacBook.
I can text them from my iPhone

The settings mentioned in another question here are the settings I'm using.

Settings > Messages > Text Messages Forwarding

I've been able to send messages for years to Android users. It broke after my last macOS update.

Also, whenever I text an Android user from my Mac, the first thing that happens is a green progress bar appears under the name of the person I'm sending to before the "Not delivered" message and red exclamation point appear. If I click on the red exclamation point and select "Send as SMS" the same problem still occurs.

Updating to macOS 26.5.1 does not fix this issue.

An Apple phone tech did some checking and informed me that this is now a known issue and should be fixed in a future MacOS release.

MacBook Air M2 (A2681) - Error: 21 during restoration, always fails at 66%

2026-02-03T08:59:33Z

MacBook Air M2 2022 that entered an Apple logo loop after a macOS update. It won't start up or access recovery options.

What I've tried:

✗ Safe Mode → No response
✗ Startup Options → Cannot access
✗ Real DFU Mode → Cannot enter, only Emergency Recovery (screen with ⚠️ and support.apple.com/mac/restore)
✗ Apple Configurator 2 “Revive” → Error:21
✗ Apple Configurator 2 “Restore” → Error:21 at 66%
✗ Restoration via Terminal (cfgutil restore) → Error:21 at 66%
✗ Manually downloaded IPSW → Error:21 at 66%
✗ Changed USB-C cable → Same result
✗ Different ports → Same result

iPhone 6s volume up button not working after water damage, what hardware piece needs to be replaced?

2025-09-07T22:26:58Z

My iPhone 6s accidentally fell headfirst into the (clean) toilet water two days ago. It didn’t remain in the water for more than 1.5 seconds; I immediately took it out. I focused first on the charging port since my biggest fear was that it stopped working (which would prevent charging and back up), and unfortunately forgot to think about the earpiece grill (which actually was in the water longer than the charging port since the iPhone fell headfirst in the water).

About 10 hours later, I charged it and it worked. I tested the iPhone thoroughly and everything worked, except for two things:

Apparently, the earpiece is damaged since during phone calls or while listening to voicemails, the sound intensity is always stuck on low (I can’t adjust the volume, but turning on and off the loudspeaker does work surprisingly). I’ve identified that replacing the earpiece would solve this issue, thanks to ChatGPT.
Here is what I’m not sure about. The volume up button also stopped working, i.e., the volume down button works, and I can also adjust the volume “digitally” in the control center (I don’t know the name, but you can see it in this volume control image )

It’s really just the volume up button that doesn’t work anymore. What piece of hardware can I order from ifixit.com or any other phone hardware store to replace that? ChatGPT told me confusing information, so I prefer to ask.

I don’t know if it’s relevant to mention, but the power button (to turn the iPhone on or off) stopped working for about a day and a half, until it started working again about 15 hours ago.

So after some more analysis, the volume up button worked sometimes when the Ring/Silent switch was put on OFF. And when it did work, phone call volume could be adjusted without issue. However, when the Ring/Silent switch was put on ON, it didn't work. After asking Google Gemini, Claude AI, and ChatGPT, they all came to the conclusion that the upper component cable in the iPhone was damaged, which led to this behavior. So I ordered a new upper component cable, followed this iFixit guide, and after reassembling the phone, the issue disappeared. So my iPhone works again.

TL:DR
The upper component cable, a.k.a. audio control cable, apparently was somehow damaged by the water. Replacing it solved all issues. The earpiece was not faulty. First time in my life that I had to not only open a smartphone, but also completely disassemble it (since the cable is at the bottom of the phone) and reassemble it. And I managed to do all this without breaking anything, since the iPhone worked again flawlessly after reassembly. Yay! Thank you all for your help. And if someone in the future finds this post and has a similar issue, I would suggest replacing this cable before thinking about getting a new phone. I was on the verge of giving up and buying a new (refurbished) smartphone, and I attempted this repair out of desperation. Luckily, it worked, and I can keep using this phone for now.

How do I record my iPhone screen with visible finger taps?

2025-07-30T19:16:47Z

I am looking to record my iPhone screen with visible indicators of where I tap the screen, like a dot or ripple effect. The indicators would make it easier for recording tutorials or demonstrations.

I know how to use the built in screen recording on iOS, but it doesn't display touch inputs by default. Is there some way to enable this?

Mac Pages: "Before paragraph" spacing in Style doesn't work

2025-06-09T22:50:58Z

I'm using Pages version 14.4

Created a simple document with a defined style for sections (named "header") and it's body (named "body"). Added some updates to "header" style including "before paragraph" spacing (1) I like, clicked update (2). But the other instances of this style were not affected.

UPDATE: "Drop cap" doesn't save it's status as well

Any way to access Startup Security Utility when Internal SSD dead/corrupt?

2024-06-13T12:35:31Z

We have a 2018 MBP business laptop with an SSD that's died. The support company have declared it is dead and recommended recycling it. I'd very much like to get it booting from an external SSH. FYI: The machine does NOT allow booting from external drives, but doesn't have a firmware password set.

Things I've tried:

When I attempt to access Startup Security Utility with no external SSD attached, I get the no admin accounts exist message.
I've entered Recovery Mode with a known-good OS on an external SSD, and can access Startup Security Utility, and can select one of the Admin accounts on that external SSD OS, but entering the passwords for these accounts does nothing.
As a punt, I also tried to enter the admin account pass for the dead Mac, even though the selectable username was wrong, but no dice.
In an attempt to be hacky about it, I booted from the external SSD on a different MBP, and added an admin account with the same username and password that I know was on the dead Mac, then attempted No. 2 again, and this time I can select the correct username, but entering the correct password fails. So I'm assuming there's more than just a user/password combo stored in the T2 (or wherever).

Any other ideas? Is there any hope of getting this thing usable even for my kid?

Cheers!

In Microsoft Teams, how to share only audio without screen share?

2024-05-15T23:42:50Z

When joining calls in MS teams, others teams will be doing the presentation. Once a presentation is done, I need to play a small audio clip. However, I won't be sharing the screen.

How to share only audio from my computer without sharing the screen?

Disconnect screen time requests from messages

2023-05-09T10:35:04Z

Some time earlier this year I started getting my child's screen time requests in the Messages app. This has become really annoying. The whole thing seems half-baked and there are several issues:

Each request appears multiple times
The request, which goes to both my wife and me, shows up as coming from my child, but the request text says "Mama asked for more time".
I send my messages to my laptop as well, and there these messages all show a spinning fan while Messages loads more information, I guess.
It really locks up the Messages app. Sometimes it causes the app to crash. "Messages quit unexpectedly."

I tried searching for ways to disable this but I didn't find any good answers on the Apple support site. I can't see actual messages from my kid for all these stupid screen time requests.

Is there a way to disable this again?

Erase Data from Uninitialised External HDD

2023-02-18T22:08:05Z

My HDD has most likely been damaged after one day of usage (WD MyPassport 2TB).

Is there any way if I can erase it? I am pretty sure I have something on it.

Disk Utility cannot do it, 69825 error, plus disk cannot be initialised.

$ diskutil list
...
   /dev/disk2 (external, physical):
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                                                   *2.0 TB     disk2

Running diskutil erase does not help either:

$ diskutil eraseDisk JHFS+ empty /dev/disk2
Started erase on disk2
Unmounting disk
Creating the partition map
Error: -69825: Wiping volume data to prevent future accidental probing failed

USB Overdrive how to use a modifier key to change the macro executed

2023-01-31T05:30:10Z

On my Mac I use USB Overdrive to assign the macros CmdShift[ or ] to switch tabs quickly with my mouse's side buttons. I wanted to know if it was possible to make it so that when I am holding down a certain key e.g. Shift and then press these side buttons I can have it execute a different macro than when Shift isn't held down?

Basically, I want to be able to use the side buttons to either switch between tabs or go forward/backward depending on if I'm holding down Shift.

Activated "Mouse Keys" on my macbook to simulate click with "i" key, now I can´t login anymore

2023-01-20T11:32:37Z

I have an older macbook pro (maybe 2016 or so) - I´m not sure what OSX version it is but I updated it some months ago so it´s likely the latest compatible one.

Now somehow the mousepad stopped registering clicks. In order to be able to save my work and try to reboot it, I activated the "Mouse Keys" feature https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/control-the-pointer-using-mouse-keys-mh27469/mac that allows to simulate the mouse-click with the "i" keyboard key.

After rebooting the macbook however, I cannot login anymore. The password contains an i, so I suspect that this is the reason.

The login screen only shows the User Name with the password field below, a ´cancel´ button below that and location, language keyboard icon, battery, wifi icon and date in the top right corner.

The mousepad still does not register clicks, but pressing the i button also doesn´t simulate a click (so i can`t click the cancel button for example) and enters a character into the password field instead (it´s all dots, so I don´t know what charater is entered). But pressing enter says it´s the wrong password. Capslock isn´t activated and the password is a simple lowercase word without any special characters, so I´m absolutely sure it´s entered correctly.

I tried pressing alt+cmd+F5 as the article about "Mouse Keys" mentions this combination to activate and deactivate the feature, but pressing it doesn´t seem to have an effect.

What could be the problem here and how do I get back into the macbook?

System events script sometimes works, sometimes doesn't

2022-06-23T14:17:27Z

This is a part of a bigger script that I isolated and have an issue with:

tell application "Google Chrome" to activate
delay 2
tell application "System Events"
    click ¬
        pop up button "Multi Layout Manager" of ¬
        toolbar 1 of group 1 of window 1 of ¬
        application process "Chrome"
    delay 0.2
    repeat 3 times
        key code 48 -- # tab key
        delay 0.2
    end repeat
    key code 36 -- # enter key
end tell

It automatically clicks on a Chrome extension (Multi Layout Manager) and selects a saved template.

Sometimes it works like a charm, then other times it just doesn't. The error I get is this:

error "System Events got an error: Can’t get pop up button \"Multi Layout Manager\" of toolbar 1 of group 1 of window 1 of application process \"Chrome\"." number -1728 from pop up button "Multi Layout Manager" of toolbar 1 of group 1 of window 1 of application process "Chrome"

I can't figure out what's wrong here. Some help would be great. thank you

Editing Accent Shortcuts (overring)

2022-06-23T03:16:39Z

I've been doing some linguistics work for a side project, and I'm having trouble typing some characters efficiently, namely those with overrings on them.

For most accent types, like the acute (Opt+E) and umlaut (Opt+U), I can simply type in the combination and get the desired symbol. However, this same process does not work with overrings. I can type the overring A, "å", with the Opt+A shortcut. However, I cannot do the same with overring E, "e̊", and overring O, "o̊".

Weirdly, these are also not available by holding down the letters and selecting them from the alternate forms menu (for instance by holding down the letter E). Is there any way to get these letters more efficiently? Right now I am simply copy-pasting them, but this is somewhat slow.

Thank you in advance. I have some day-to-day computer skills, but nothing too technical for reference. I hope everything is clear.

mail app changing the automatic text in replies and forwarded emails

2022-06-20T18:13:45Z

When you reply to an email (in the Apple Mail app on osx), the original email text is prepended by a line: "On Jun 20, 2022, at 9:36 AM, ... wrote:"

How can I change this text? More specifically can it be changed based on the account I am replying from? I work in a multi-language environment and I use different accounts to communicate with people with different languages. I prefer americans have their weird way of date formatting, others have the text in their own language with different date/time formatting.

Preview automatically password protects PDF when saving

2022-02-07T17:29:19Z

I experienced a behaviour I've never seen before when opening, editing and saving a PDF today. As soon as save the PDF with Preview the file will be password protected, and I cannot open it again.

I've tested this on multiple files, but it seems to only affect files that have an "administrator password" set.

Test files from the Swedish Social Insurance Agency: 1, 2

Is this behaviour somehow by design? I've never seen it before, and at first I suspected that some kind of malware caused this. But now I'm not so sure anymore.

I'm using macOS Monterey 12.2.

How to ignore invites to a specific account in Apple Calendar?

2022-01-02T00:34:24Z

I have both work and personal Google accounts/calendars set up w/ Apple Calendar on my mac. I want to see both calendars but I only want to see invites on my personal computer for my personal account, and not have to deal with buckets of work meeting invites.

Is there any way to do this?

M1 MBP running Big Sur

Boot Camp Audio Issue

2021-11-02T23:55:03Z

I'm using Boot Camp on my Mac and the audio seems incredibly bad. According to what I can find in settings, it is 16-bit. Usually there are more options than this. I've heard online that this is Apple's fault for including bad drivers, but I am wondering if there is a way around it or some third-party drivers that I can install. I've tried re downloading the drivers and looking through all of the settings. There is an enhance option which only seems to make the sound louder which then makes it sound worse. I've looked through 12 pages of Google searches and I can't find any fixes. Any help, ideas or suggestions are appreciated.

OSX 10.10.5 Printing Wrong Sized Paper

2021-06-28T17:03:11Z

We have a mac on yosemite 10.10.5 that was printing to a canon printer just fine up until the other day. No matter what we do with a 7x9.5 document, the canon printer gets the job and is complaining because it doesn't have size b5 paper. The thing is, we are telling it to print on us letter which is what it should be printing on. That is what the computer is set to for default and when we are on the print options page we have double checked over and over again that nothing is set wrong.

I have removed the printer, deleted the driver, restarted the computer, then reinstalled the driver and nothing has worked.

If we send the document to a neighboring Mac computer it prints just fine from there with the exact same settings.

Are there preference files or something for printers or acrobat that I can reset?

Conditional formatting when checkbox checked

2021-01-28T15:27:20Z

I am trying to make conditional highlighting accross whole row when a checkbox is checked. I found a tutorial to make this happen, but it doesn't work for me. If you know a better way to do this, please show me how.

At this moment I am trying to use formula from the tutorial:

Where A3 is the checkbox. When I check/uncheck the checkbox I see in the bottom statusbar TRUE/FALSE state, but the formula is not working. In the example it's always showing "NOT YO".

When using a dummy VGA projector, some of the software does not appear on my built-in retina screen

2020-06-21T01:28:05Z

So the reason I attached a VGA dummy to my mid-2014 retina Macbook is to solve this problem which it did. But now I have a new problem. From time to time, if I try to open a software, it won't appear on my retina screen. It reappears if I unplug the VGA Dummy. However, the problem does not appear consistently. Sometimes if I restart my Mac it disappears, at least for a while. And I am not a hundred percent sure, but it never happens with Chrome, only calendar, texshop or office softwares.

Please help me because this is seriously hampering my ability to work

Macbook Volume Control Not Changing Volume of Bluetooth Headphones

2019-11-26T18:45:00Z

For some reason, when Bluetooth headphones are connected to my macbook the volume control doesn't have any effect on the headphones volume. They seem to be stuck on full volume and doesn't change when I lower the volume.

I've tried 'sudo killall coreaudiod' in the terminal but it doesn't change anything. Have restarted and re-paired the headphones but no joy. Any similar solutions haven't worked either.

Anyone got any ideas?

Thank you.

How to override DNS resolver ordering while connected to L2TP VPN

2018-10-08T23:12:39Z

OS: macOS Mojave 10.14 (18A389)

Current network setup:

Local domain: home.rossipedia.com
Subnet: 172.16.10.0/24
Gateway / DHCP server / DNS server: 172.16.10.1

Output of scutil --dns:

DNS configuration

resolver #1
  search domain[0] : home.rossipedia.com
  nameserver[0] : 172.16.10.1
  if_index : 21 (en8)
  flags    : Request A records
  reach    : 0x00020002 (Reachable,Directly Reachable Address)

resolver #2
  domain   : local
  options  : mdns
  timeout  : 5
  flags    : Request A records
  reach    : 0x00000000 (Not Reachable)
  order    : 300000

... (mdns common stuff)...

DNS configuration (for scoped queries)

resolver #1
  search domain[0] : home.rossipedia.com
  nameserver[0] : 172.16.10.1
  if_index : 21 (en8)
  flags    : Scoped, Request A records
  reach    : 0x00020002 (Reachable,Directly Reachable Address)

This works fine. I can find *.home.rossipedia.com hosts without issue.

However, the moment I connect to a L2TP VPN, my system gets reconfigured to use the VPN DNS servers to resolve hosts on my home search domain.

$ scutil --dns
DNS configuration

resolver #1
  search domain[0] : home.rossipedia.com
  nameserver[0] : x.x.x.x  <- VPN DNS SERVER 1
  nameserver[1] : x.x.x.x  <- VPN DNS SERVER 2
  if_index : 23 (ppp0)
  flags    : Supplemental, Request A records
  reach    : 0x00000003 (Reachable,Transient Connection)
  order    : 100000

resolver #2
  nameserver[0] : 172.16.10.1
  if_index : 21 (en8)
  flags    : Request A records
  reach    : 0x00020002 (Reachable,Directly Reachable Address)
  order    : 200000

... (mdns common stuff)...

The scoped queries configuration looks right, though:

DNS configuration (for scoped queries)

resolver #1
  search domain[0] : home.rossipedia.com
  nameserver[0] : 172.16.10.1
  if_index : 21 (en8)
  flags    : Scoped, Request A records
  reach    : 0x00020002 (Reachable,Directly Reachable Address)

resolver #2
  search domain[0] : first.vpn.domain
  search domain[1] : second.vpn.domain
  nameserver[0] : x.x.x.x
  nameserver[1] : x.x.x.x
  if_index : 23 (ppp0)
  flags    : Scoped, Request A records
  reach    : 0x00000003 (Reachable,Transient Connection)

In my Network System Preferences, I have the VPN connection last in the Service Order dialog. If I move the VPN connection to before my ethernet connection, then my local DNS server doesn't show up in the resolver list at all (while connected to the VPN):

$ scutil --dns
DNS configuration

resolver #1
  search domain[0] : first.vpn.domain
  search domain[1] : second.vpn.domain
  nameserver[0] : x.x.x.x
  nameserver[1] : x.x.x.x
  if_index : 23 (ppp0)
  flags    : Supplemental, Request A records
  reach    : 0x00000003 (Reachable,Transient Connection)
  order    : 100000

resolver #2
  nameserver[0] : x.x.x.x <- these are the same as above
  nameserver[1] : x.x.x.x
  if_index : 23 (ppp0)
  flags    : Request A records
  reach    : 0x00000003 (Reachable,Transient Connection)
  order    : 200000

... (mdns common stuff)...

What I want:

Ideally, what I'd like to see when connection to a VPN is something like:

$ scutil --dns
DNS configuration

resolver #1
  search domain[0] : home.rossipedia.com
  nameserver[0] : 172.16.10.1
  if_index : 21 (en8)
  flags    : Request A records
  reach    : 0x00020002 (Reachable,Directly Reachable Address)

resolver #2
  search domain[0] : first.vpn.domain
  search domain[1] : second.vpn.domain
  nameserver[0] : x.x.x.x
  nameserver[1] : x.x.x.x
  if_index : 23 (ppp0)
  flags    : Supplemental, Request A records
  reach    : 0x00000003 (Reachable,Transient Connection)
  order    : 100000

  ... (mdns common stuff)...

This way I could resolve all *.home.rossipedia.com hosts via my local DNS server at 172.16.10.1, and any hosts on my VPN domain would be resolved using the VPN DNS servers.

I've tried changing the order of services in the Network pref pane, changing the local domain on the DNS/DHCP server, deleting and re-creating the VPN connection, nothing has worked so far.

Is this possible? Or am I misunderstanding how this all works?

Tooltip fade out delay in OS X 10.11.1 and Xcode 7.1.1

2015-11-12T12:34:13Z

Does anyone know where I can set the delay/time how long does the fade out effect in Xcode 7.1.1 on OS X 10.11.1 need to hide the displayed tooltip?

When I search for the term defaults find tooltip, I only get WebKitShowsToolTipOverTruncatedText and WebKit2ShowsToolTipOverTruncatedText from com.apple.iTunes and com.apple.appstore.

With defaults find delay I get more results, but nothing about I looking for.

Force Spotlight to index specific Library folders

2015-06-15T01:15:01Z

How can I get Spotlight to index a directory in the system's Library folder?

I'm trying to get Spotlight running 10.10.3 to index some folders in the Macintosh HD/Library folder. I'm not getting any search results from these folders so it appears Spotlight is not searching/indexing them. The folder can be found at:

Macintosh HD/Library/FileMaker Server/HTTPServer/htdocs/

I am getting search results for other Library folders, such as my web root folder at:

/Library/WebServer/Documents/

Is there a way to force Spotlight to also index the Library/FileMaker Server/HTTPServer/htdocs folder as well?

(I want to index FileMaker Server's web root folder that I referenced above. I will not be indexing the FileMaker Server database folders as I have excluded those from Spotlight)

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