- Choose Apple menu > System Preferences, then click Spotlight.
- Click the Privacy tab.
- Drag the folder or disk that you want to index again to the list of locations that Spotlight is prevented from searching. Or click the add button (+) and select the folder or disk to add.
You can add an item to the Privacy tab only if you have ownership permissions for that item. To learn about permissions, choose Help from the Finder menu bar, then search for “permissions.” - From the same list of locations, select the folder or disk that you just added. Then click the remove button (–) to remove it from the list.
- Quit System Preferences. Spotlight will reindex the contents of the folder or disk. This can take some time, depending on the amount of information being indexed.
- Stop Spotlight Indexing
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Stop Spotlight Indexing
/pathtovolume/: Indexing disabled for volume. In Mac OS X 10.4 or /pathtovolume: Indexing disabled. Under Mac OS X 10.5 or later. Spotlight will immediately cease to index the specified volume. If you are using Mac OS X 10.5 or later, skip to step 9. At the Terminal prompt, type the following command, again substituting the correct path. Jan 07, 2012 How To Turn Off Spotlight Indexing On A Mac. By: MyBlogPays.com. How to re-index and fix Spotlight search issues on Mac OS X - Duration: 2:44. TUTPOSTS 42,292 views.
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