Macos – How to disable Spotlight in Snow Leopard

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It seems previous Spotlight disabling method that worked in Leopard, no longer works in Snow Leopard.

How can I disable Spotlight in Snow Leopard?

Best Answer

Open up terminal app and type in:

mdutil -a -i off

mdutil -- manages the metadata stores used by Spotlight

-a applies for all volumes

-i turns indexing on or off

For more help type in terminal:

man mdutil

EDIT:

If you prefer not to use the Terminal, you can use this paid software Spotless.

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