Disable Spotlight Indexing?

[jack s.]

Hi, I am installing Pro Tools 8.0.3cs2 on my new 2.53 GHz MacBook Pro with an Intel i5 processor. In the setup instructions I told that I should disable spotlight indexing of "background" drives. What does this mean? Does my external FireWire drive count as a background drive? Any info you can give me would be much appreciated. Thanks!
-Jack

[jack s.]

Oh yeah, I forgot to add that I am running OS 10.6.3 and following the instructions for configuring my system for use with an mBox 2. Thanks!
-Jack

[basslik]

Originally Posted by jack s.

Oh yeah, I forgot to add that I am running OS 10.6.3 and following the instructions for configuring my system for use with an mBox 2. Thanks!
-Jack

You will be disabling in preferences on the Mac's internal drive. external drive has nothing to do with it.

here you go
YouTube - How to disable spotlight

[Rail Jon Rogut]

In System Preferences select Spotlight and then the Privacy tab... Hit the plus sign and add all your record drives to the list.

Rail

[jack s.]

Originally Posted by Rail Jon Rogut

In System Preferences select Spotlight and then the Privacy tab... Hit the plus sign and add all your record drives to the list.

Rail

But not the external drive I gather then?

[basslik]

Originally Posted by jack s.

But not the external drive I gather then?

it will be the all the dives, hit the plus

[Rail Jon Rogut]

Originally Posted by jack s.

But not the external drive I gather then?

ALL your record drives - be it internal or external.

Rail

[Final Lap Guy]

Actually it's best to disable all of your drives period, even the OS boot drive. The process of Spotlight indexing any drives screws with PT.

[jack s.]

Is the OS boot drive the same thing as the internal drive then? Sorry if this is a dumb question...I'm not terribly computer savvy.

[Rail Jon Rogut]

Originally Posted by Final Lap Guy

Actually it's best to disable all of your drives period, even the OS boot drive. The process of Spotlight indexing any drives screws with PT.

I've never had a problem with indexing the system drive & any version of Pro Tools - and if you use OS X Mail you need Spotlight enabled for a full search.

Rail