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mds-crash-state? What's wrong!?
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<blockquote data-quote="Tyler2000" data-source="post: 382794" data-attributes="member: 30582"><p>It's version 10.4.9 if it matters. No I haven't figured it out. I'm not incredibly computer technical and I can't interpret any of the information I've found. For example:</p><p>"# The Spotlight indexing process may crash, leaving the file mds-crash-state in the volume's .Spotlight-V100 directory. This file appears to prevent Spotlight from indexing the volume again — even if the volume is removed from Privacy — until the volume's .Spotlight-V100 directory has been removed via the command:</p><p></p><p> 1. sudo rm -ri /path_to_volume/.Spotlight-V100 </p><p></p><p># where /path_to_volume is the path of the volume in question. [1]</p><p># The volume can then be reindexed by any of the following methods:</p><p></p><p> 1. Restarting your Mac.</p><p> 2. Using Disk Utility to first unmount, then mount the volume.</p><p> 3. Issuing the command: sudo mdutil -E /path_to_volume "</p><p></p><p>I don't know how to issue commands, mount/unmount volumes, and restarting my computer didn't do anything.</p><p></p><p>By the way, I can't even access the internet at all. I'm using another computer to attend the forum.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for the help thus far.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tyler2000, post: 382794, member: 30582"] It's version 10.4.9 if it matters. No I haven't figured it out. I'm not incredibly computer technical and I can't interpret any of the information I've found. For example: "# The Spotlight indexing process may crash, leaving the file mds-crash-state in the volume's .Spotlight-V100 directory. This file appears to prevent Spotlight from indexing the volume again — even if the volume is removed from Privacy — until the volume's .Spotlight-V100 directory has been removed via the command: 1. sudo rm -ri /path_to_volume/.Spotlight-V100 # where /path_to_volume is the path of the volume in question. [1] # The volume can then be reindexed by any of the following methods: 1. Restarting your Mac. 2. Using Disk Utility to first unmount, then mount the volume. 3. Issuing the command: sudo mdutil -E /path_to_volume " I don't know how to issue commands, mount/unmount volumes, and restarting my computer didn't do anything. By the way, I can't even access the internet at all. I'm using another computer to attend the forum. Thanks for the help thus far. [/QUOTE]
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