Spotlight index of mounted volumes

Technical reference for Spotlight index of mounted volumes.

Spotlight index of mounted volumes: (maybe ignored by macos though?)

mdutil -i on /Volumes/nameofvolume | Enables Spotlight indexing
mdutil -i off /Volumes/nameofvolume | Disables Spotlight indexing
mdutil -s /Volumes/nameofvolume | Displays current status of indexing
mdutil -E /Volumes/nameofvolume | Erases the Spotlight Index

See also

• Apple