How do I stop spotlight from constant indexing, slowing my Mac Pro to a crawl for hours?
Thank you for any help.
Mac Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5), 22 GB RAM
Try disabling for External Drives
Disable spotlight for External Drives
and then try reindexing
Spotlight: How to re-index folders or volumes - Apple Support
If you have a later OSX version yo can go to System Preferences>Spotlight and exclude files/folder/disks
system prefernces then spotlight then privacy. Drag your hard drive there to stop it.
Thank you for responding. As you know if I do I won't be able to find anything on my Pro afterwards.
I need instructions for fixing a possible corrupt index. Thank you for your time.
As I said in my previous reply, try reindexing SpotLight using the link I provided.
Thank you for your time.
My only external drive is my Time Machine Back-up! I am looking for how to fix a possible corrupt index.
I re-indexed everything many times which is no help.
How do I stop spotlight from constant indexing?
