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MacOS Spotlight issues

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sudo killal mds sudo killall -9 mds

mdutil

# Turn indexing off and on
sudo mdutil -i off /
sudo mdutil -i on /

# Erase and rebuild index
sudo mdutil -E /

# Status
sudo mdutil -s /
# If you get "Spotlight server is disabled." -> see below ↓

Spotlight server is disabled

sudo mddiagnose

/usr/bin/find / -name .metadata_never_index -maxdepth 1
/usr/bin/find /System/Volumes/Data -name .metadata_never_index -maxdepth 1
/usr/bin/find /Volumes -name .metadata_never_index -maxdepth 2

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