Gerade wenn man eine Festplatte anschließt, auf der Daten unabsichtlich gelöscht wurden und man nun versuchen möchte auf diese Platte eine Datenrettung durchzuführen, startet Spotlight beflissen einen Index-Vorgangang und überschreibt vielleicht dadurch gleich einige der gelöschten Daten: Deshalb diese Anleitung, um Spotlight zu deaktivieren (eigentlich von hier):
Disabling Spotlight
1. Launch Terminal and type the following:sudo nano /etc/hostconfig2. Navigate using the arrow keys down the following entry:SPOTLIGHT=-YES-3. ChangeSPOTLIGHT=-YES- to SPOTLIGHT=-NO-4. Save /etc/hostconfig by hitting Control-O and the return key, next hit Control-X to exit the nano editor 5. Next, you’ll want to disable the index by typing the following in the Terminal:mdutil -i off /6. And to erase the current Spotlight index, type:mdutil -E /7. That’s pretty much it, on your next reboot, Spotlight will be completely disabled.
Re-Enable Spotlight
1. If you want to enable Spotlight again, follow the same steps as above, but change SPOTLIGHT=-NO- to SPOTLIGHT=-YES- 2. and then type mdutil -i on / in the Terminal 3. Reboot, and Spotlight is back as usual
Spotlight deaktivieren
Disabling Spotlight
1. Launch Terminal and type the following:sudo nano /etc/hostconfig2. Navigate using the arrow keys down the following entry:SPOTLIGHT=-YES-3. ChangeSPOTLIGHT=-YES- to SPOTLIGHT=-NO-4. Save /etc/hostconfig by hitting Control-O and the return key, next hit Control-X to exit the nano editor 5. Next, you’ll want to disable the index by typing the following in the Terminal:mdutil -i off /6. And to erase the current Spotlight index, type:mdutil -E /7. That’s pretty much it, on your next reboot, Spotlight will be completely disabled.Re-Enable Spotlight
1. If you want to enable Spotlight again, follow the same steps as above, but change SPOTLIGHT=-NO- to SPOTLIGHT=-YES- 2. and then type mdutil -i on / in the Terminal 3. Reboot, and Spotlight is back as usual