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<blockquote data-quote="technologist" data-source="post: 537831" data-attributes="member: 4134"><p>You can manipulate the spotlight indexer from the Terminal</p><p><a href="http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/mdutil.1.html" target="_blank">http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/mdutil.1.html</a></p><p></p><p>For example,</p><p>[CODE]sudo mdutil -i off (and then drag the drive icon into the Termainal window)[/CODE] should turn the spotlight indexer off for that drive.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="technologist, post: 537831, member: 4134"] You can manipulate the spotlight indexer from the Terminal [url]http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man1/mdutil.1.html[/url] For example, [CODE]sudo mdutil -i off (and then drag the drive icon into the Termainal window)[/CODE] should turn the spotlight indexer off for that drive. [/QUOTE]
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