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		pcl on Dec 23, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Newest MacBook Pro is the first MacBook not recomm... If you just want to beat it over the head with a stick, you can simply turn indexing off on a per-volume basis: `sudo mdutil -i off /` You can also exclude certain directories or volumes in the Privacy section of Spotlight preferences.

mmjaa on Dec 24, 2016 | [–]

Yeah this makes Xcode and Mail unusable in my opinion so its not really an option .. I simply have to empty the disk and let Spotlight re-index it. One of those facts of MacOS life ..

davidf18 on Dec 23, 2016 | [–]

But if you turn it off, then you can't use Spotlight to find files at all, whereas if it is on, then one can use it.

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