MAY
09
Spotlight - Indexing
Posted by Wendy
Prevent Spotlight Indexing
Sometimes you don't want your Spotlight to index some parts of your Mac, e.g. your backup drive. If that's the case, you can set up your Spotlight to prevent searching in several locations. This setting can be performed under System Preferences ▸ Spotlight ▸ Privacy. Adding that particular folder into the pane provided will result in Spotlight stop indexing that folder.
ReIndex Spotlight
If you want Spotlight to reindex a certain volume, you can use following terminal line :
sudo mdutil -E -p "/Volumes/Mac HD"
Note : The volume name Mac HD is just for example, you should change it accordingly to the drive you want Spotlight to reindex.
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