Post-Install Spotlight indexing progress bar stuck at 100% for a day

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Post-Install Spotlight indexing progress bar stuck at 100% for a day

I just updated to Ventura 13.5.1 and the usual Spotlight reindexing started. After about half a day, I noticed the progress bar was at 100%. It's still at 100% a day later beyond that. Is this normal?

The machine seems pretty responsive so I question whether or not it's doing anything. I don't see any processes hogging any resources.

I was thinking about rebooting, but I have something running that needs to complete first.

Any ideas?

Regards, Patrick

Posted on Aug 22, 2023 3:41 AM

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Owl-53

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Aug 22, 2023 3:49 AM in response to Patrick123

Once the " something running that needs to complete first " has completed

1 - Restart in Safe Mode. This will perform a Disk Repair, clear cache files and only load Apple Software, extensions and fonts. The boot up will be slow and can take some time - Normal.

2 - Safe Mode will also eliminate Third Party Software, extensions and drivers from loading. It will only load the Minimum amount of Core Apple Processes to allow the the computer to function at a reduced Level of Performance

3 - Does the issue present in this mode ?

4 - Sometimes a Safe Boot followed by a Normal Boot will just put things right.

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