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How to tell if Spotlight is indexing.

Using Sierra 10.12.3 and Spotlight is acting weird.

No matter what I put in to search for it shows the same result.

So I thought "reindex"... but now I followed the instructions how do I know it is actually indexing?

MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS Sierra (10.12.2), iMac, Mini, MacBook Pro, iPhone

Posted on Apr 1, 2017 9:39 PM

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Posted on Apr 2, 2017 1:03 AM

When Spotlight reindexing is in progress, click the Spotlight search icon in the menu bar

and enter index in the text area next to the icon.

At first a pulsating bar and then a steady progress bar next to Indexing will appear.

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