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how to determine spotlight index status

how to determine spotlight index status


iMac 27″, macOS 11.2

Posted on Mar 25, 2021 9:36 PM

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Fantastic dhruva1108! thank you very much!

Posted on Mar 28, 2021 10:28 PM

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Mar 25, 2021 10:05 PM in response to hal42

it's simple


Use this command:

mdutil -s /Volumes/volumename

Here the volume name should be your Disk name.

In my case it was:

mdutil -s /Volumes/Macintosh\ HD 

then

If you get

Indexing enabled 

as the output, your spotlight will be indexing your disk while you search for it


I will also attach a pic which will be helpful for spotlight commands using terminal.


Thank You

how to determine spotlight index status

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