commands.sh

mdutil

macos

Manage the metadata stores used by Spotlight for indexing.

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Examples (4)

Show the indexing status of the startup volume

mdutil -s /

Turn on/off the Spotlight indexing for a given volume

mdutil -i on|off path/to/volume

Turn on/off indexing for all volumes

mdutil -a -i on|off

Erase the metadata stores and restart the indexing process

mdutil -E path/to/volume
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