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Spotlight Not Index a New External Hard Drive

Is there a way to just have Spotlight NOT try to index a new drive?

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Posted on Feb 5, 2022 11:12 AM

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Posted on Feb 5, 2022 4:48 PM

system preferences then spotlight pane and drag to privacy

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