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====== Mac OS X Spotlight Indexing ====== | ====== 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. | [[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> | <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://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://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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