At 8:43 AM -0800 2/23/2009, Gary D. wrote: >10.4.11 on a MDD > >I would like to stop Spotlight from indexing volumes on the Backup >HDD so that I don't always get double >results.
Easy enough. >I open the Privacy tab and drag the volumes into the window -nothing >happens. I click on the + and select the volumes - nothing happens. >If I drag the normal volumes into the window, everything works as >advertised. Am I doing something wrong or do I have a corruption of >some kind? The spotlight system prefs are mostly broken. Besides - it doesn't stop the indexing, it just suppresses some of the search results. Generally, a waste of time. Instead, disable the indexing using mdutil - the direct interface to Spotlight. From your admin account, issue these commands in Terminal: sudo mdutil -i off /Volumes/fred sudo mdutil -E /Volumes/fred Replace "fred" with the actual name of the volumes in question. Note that the first command will ask you for your admin password, as sudo makes the command run as 'root' - a necessity for this operation. "-i off" disables indexing and "-E" erases the existing index on that volume. You can check the status of indexing, with this command: sudo mdutil -s /Volumes/* - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
