2021-06-15

macOS Spotlight

• [緣起] 想要釋放出一些記憶體，其次因為預計產生大量資料，想避免 Spotlight 對大量檔案做索引 Indexing
• ​https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/388882/how-to-disable-spotlight-and-mds-stores-on-mac-os-catalina

  sudo mdutil -a -i off
  

• ​https://www.technipages.com/macos-sierra-enable-disable-spotlight

  sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist
  

• 副作用：後來發現影響是 Finder 沒辦法正常找到檔案，Spotlight 快速鍵也找不到 Application 了
  • 試了幾種方法都不管用
  • ​https://blog.pcrisk.com/mac/12708-spotlight-search-not-working-on-mac-how-to-fix#kill-systemuiserver
  • ​https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/368054/spotlight-doesnt-show-applications
  • ​https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/337706/spotlight-re-indexing-takes-too-long-or-doesnt-work
• 檢測工具
  • ​https://www.titanium-software.fr/en/applications.html
  • ​https://etrecheck.com/features

macOS launchctl

• [緣起] 如何從 launchctl list 結果反查 plist 位置？

  jazzwang:~$ launchctl list | grep -i spot
  -	0	com.apple.corespotlightservice
  477	0	com.apple.corespotlightd
  396	0	com.apple.Spotlight
  ~$ sudo launchctl procinfo 396 | grep plist
  	path = /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.Spotlight.plist