1 Please see my recent post about problems with folders (or volumes) with file ".metadata_never_index_unless_rootfs"). In Catalina 10.15.7 it does work, and caused me a …

2016年3月11日 · Source: How to Prevent .DS_Store File Creation Alternatively to prevent indexing create empty file .metadata_never_index on the drive. Used by the OS X system as a …

Save the files to a volume that has a file named .metadata_never_index at the root of that volume’s filesystem. Related questions: Exclude files from "central metadata store" How to …

2012年4月8日 · When plugging a USB stick into a Mac, OS X creates a number of hidden files on the stick, including a Spotlight index and Trash folder. Example from the terminal for a USB …

2021年8月5日 · I found I could create .metadata_never_index file on the USB drive to prevent spotlight indexing, but this way will tell others I am using MacOS so I can not use it. I don't …

2018年1月18日 · For a project I need to analyze my browser web log file data. But I don't know where it resides and how to get data from it? Can anyone help me?

2016年7月24日 · There is no known method to exclude from Spotlight a file or a folder based on a pattern (ex.: its name). However it's possible to exclude a folder from Spotlight by adding to it …

2021年8月5日 · RE: "I realized even if I disable indexing with mdutil, next time it gets mounted, the indexing will be enabled by default. " -- Open Terminal to the root of the target volume and …

10 I learned today that you can use a sudo touch /.metadata_never_index_unless_rootfs in the root directory of each drive to separate Indexes from OS X Boot-Drives. It is a special version …

2011年3月12日 · Since spotlight continuously updates the index, sometime the file precedence gets changed around and I might type in "saf" and press return expecting to get Safari, but …