Hello,
Sometimes when I restart my Mac (27" Retina 3TB Fusion Drive) it starts indexing.
I can check the progress when I use Spotlight, but it is SLOW.
It's an intense job and can take hours!!
How can I stop or pause this process, when I don't want my Mac to spend its power on indexing, but instead need it to do other urgent, important, high-performance things?
Thank you!
iMac 27″, OS X 10.11
Hi coxorange,
Thanks for contacting Apple Support Communities!
We understand that your Mac is indexing when you turn it on, and you'd like to disable it.
Have you rebuilt the Spotlight index on your Mac? If not, you may consider doing so as outlined here: Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support
"Earlier versions of macOS
4. From the same list of locations, select the disk or folder that you just added. Then click the remove button (–) to remove it from the list.
5. Quit System Preferences. Spotlight will reindex the contents of the disk or folder. This can take some time, depending on the amount of information being indexed."
Keep in mind that it will take some time to rebuild the Spotlight index, depending on the amount of data stored on your Mac, so you may consider starting this process after you're done using your Mac for the evening.
We hope this helps.
Cheers!
Thank you.
Yes I could stop indexing by dragging Macintosh HD to Privacy and then do my work,
however later I had to start indexing from scratch, so the 3 hours which were already done, were in vain.
Being able to pause indexing would be great!
Indexing my 3TB hard drive takes more than 5 hours.
How to stop indexing?
