so ever since I upgraded to macOS Monterey 12.5, spotlight has been using significant energy for almost 2 days, I thought it was indexing but spotlight does not take so much time to index, so why is it just stuck there, I updated to macOS Monterey 12.5 day before yesterday.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.5
Hey random67!
Spotlight can take longer to index, depending on the size of your hard drive and amount of data on it.
You can tell if it is indexing by pulling up Spotlight search:
You can press Command and the space bar.
Instead of entering something in the search, just type the word without hitting Return, just to see the results.
You will see if it’s indexing or not, as if it is, you’ll see a blue loading bar that says “Indexing”.
Do you see this loading bar? Thanks.
Hey random67!
Spotlight can take longer to index, depending on the size of your hard drive and amount of data on it.
You can tell if it is indexing by pulling up Spotlight search:
You can press Command and the space bar.
Instead of entering something in the search, just type the word without hitting Return, just to see the results.
You will see if it’s indexing or not, as if it is, you’ll see a blue loading bar that says “Indexing”.
Do you see this loading bar? Thanks.
Hey again!
I see, so in that case, I’d first follow Apple’s instructions for rebuilding the Spotlight Index/
Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support
You’d want to move the whole volume, usually Macintosh HD into the Spotlight Preferences, then remove it, and give it up to a day to complete. You can again see the progress by the search test.
Hope that helps! And likewise, Id disconnect any external drives during the process.
actually i guess there is no need, I just did not check correctly, I did not type anything, so it did not show it was indexing, but It is taking a ton of time than expected... it took 2 days and just look how much it indexed... it is so slow....but thanks btw
I don't see any blue bar, that is why I asked this question because it is just not showing the blue bar.
Oh cool! Yeah, it’s just doing it’s thing, just give it some time. I’m told keeping the Mac charging, (If not an iMac of course), quickens the process!
it is showing that spotlight is using significant energy in menu bar
