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--- spotlight [2010/02/15 20:49]
henri
+++ spotlight [2014/07/21 00:25]
henri [Mac OS X Spotlight Indexing]
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 ====== Mac OS X Spotlight Indexing ======
-This page provides various information for running Spotlight commands using the Terminal.
+This page provides various information for running Spotlight (MDS) commands using the Terminal.
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 [[http://developer.apple.com/macosx/spotlight.html|Spotlight]] is an indexing search system and is part of Mac OS X. By default spotlight is enabled on Mac OS X 10.4 and later.
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 <file>mdutil -E /Volumes/volumename</file>
+**Check spotlight status for a all mount points within "/Volumes/"**
+<file>for v in /Volumes/* ; do  mdutil -s "${v}" ; done</file>
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   * [[http://developer.apple.com/macosx/spotlight.html|Apple Spotlight information]]
   * [[http://myhowto.org/mac-os-x/52-disabling-spotlight-in-os-x-leopard-for-the-removable-drives/|Article on how to disable Spotlight for removable drives]]
-  * [[http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071102215912892|Disable Spotlight in menubar and system wide]]
+  * [[http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071102215912892|Disable Spotlight in menubar and system wide]] (untested)
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