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The instructions for fixing a Mac's corrupted spotlight index are amazing. I was planning to do it earlier this year, but the number of manual actions was just
by jeffbee 1y ago
The instructions for fixing a Mac's corrupted spotlight index are amazing. I was planning to do it earlier this year, but the number of manual actions was just too ridiculous. Then, after it was broken for months, it spontaneously started working again.
- rpgbr 1y agoIt's a little heterodox, but not hard at all[1] and it takes literally less than a minute to trigger the rebuilding. [1] https://support.apple.com/en-us/102321 https://support.apple.com/en-us/102321
- jeffbee 1y agoThe ones I was reading involved recovery mode and editing inodes.
- alsetmusic 1y agoI’ve rebuilt my spotlight db several times over the years by adding root to the exceptions list and removing. Whatever you found was going way overboard.