Difference between revisions of "Spotlight index of mounted volumes"

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Spotlight index of mounted volumes: (maybe ignored by macos though?)
 
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  mdutil -s /Volumes/nameofvolume | Displays current status of indexing
 
  mdutil -s /Volumes/nameofvolume | Displays current status of indexing
 
  mdutil -E /Volumes/nameofvolume | Erases the Spotlight Index
 
  mdutil -E /Volumes/nameofvolume | Erases the Spotlight Index
 
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Latest revision as of 01:48, 8 August 2016

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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