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Disabling Spotlight Indexing
Hey all,
Just working back through the optimisation guide and noticed spotlight had been re-enabled, on trying to disable it permanently again I'm getting a kickback in terminal. -- sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist Unload failed: 5: Input/output error Try running `launchctl bootout` as root for richer errors. -- I'm able to disable it until reboot using - "sudo mdutil -a -I off" Running the same command with SIP disabled in recovery mode yields "Command not found". Is anyone able to give some insight before I reach out to support?
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Pro Tools 2024.3.0|Perpetual MTRX Studio HDX1 Sync-X S3 Dock Mac Mini 2018 - 3.2GHz i7 6-core macOS 13.6 RAM 64GB DDR4 GPU AMD 6900XT 16GB Monitor LG 32UL950-W Last edited by TrentWilliams; 09-30-2023 at 02:54 PM. |
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Re: Disabling Spotlight Indexing
What macOS version are you running? Is 11.6 in your signature correct? What have you been doing to it? Major InSitu updates?
As the error message said what does bootout show? e.g. [edit: Bzzt wrong bootout example, see comment below it does not help anyhow] (Works fine for me on an Intel MBP running a fresh install of Sonoma). Spotlight is a mess, but if you want to index say some of your drives you can mark the other drives private... but just look out if you do for Spotlight indexing still getting upset/spinning/chewing CPU (or I/O on HDD). Last edited by Darryl Ramm; 09-30-2023 at 03:24 PM. |
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Re: Disabling Spotlight Indexing
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Sorry, signature is out of date - running 13.6 Running bootout gives back "Usage: launchctl bootout <domain-target> [service-path1, service-path2, ...] | <service-target>"
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Re: Disabling Spotlight Indexing
Doh Ya already unloaded it.
Try putting it back.. $ sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist then taking it away... $ sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist |
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Re: Disabling Spotlight Indexing
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Is there a way I can see current enabled/disabled status of spotlight in terminal? Running: sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist Yields: Load failed: 5: Input/output error Try running `launchctl bootstrap` as root for richer errors.
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Re: Disabling Spotlight Indexing
Oops and my bad for messing up the bootout example. Which would actually not have given any more clues anyhow, e.g. on my system...
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$ sudo launchctl list | grep mds - 0 com.apple.metadata.mds.scan - 0 com.apple.metadata.mds.index - 0 com.apple.msrpc.mdssvc - 0 com.apple.metadata.mds.spindump $ sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist Unload failed: 5: Input/output error Try running `launchctl bootout` as root for richer errors. $ sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist $ sudo launchctl list | grep mds 4584 0 com.apple.metadata.mds.scan 4583 0 com.apple.metadata.mds.index - 0 com.apple.msrpc.mdssvc 4581 0 com.apple.metadata.mds - 0 com.apple.metadata.mds.spindump $ sudo launchctl bootout system/com.apple.metadata.mds $ sudo launchctl list | grep mds - 0 com.apple.metadata.mds.scan - 0 com.apple.metadata.mds.index - 0 com.apple.msrpc.mdssvc - 0 com.apple.metadata.mds.spindump $ sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist Unload failed: 5: Input/output error Try running `launchctl bootout` as root for richer errors. $ sudo launchctl bootout system/com.apple.metadata.mds Boot-out failed: 3: No such process |
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Re: Disabling Spotlight Indexing
Ive been using AppTamer to throttle Spotlight Indexing and force it to the Efficiency cores.
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Kerry Smith http://apothekerry.com Mac Studio Ultra : 128GB RAM : Ventura 13.6 : Carbon : PT Ultimate 2023.12 : S1 : Metagrid Pro |
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Re: Disabling Spotlight Indexing
Spotlight should be enabled. Which optimizations are you looking at.
Spotlight needs to be enabled for Workspace to function. Unless you’re doing long record passes. https://avid.secure.force.com/pkb/ar...ng/Optimize-12 |
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Re: Disabling Spotlight Indexing
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In the optimisation guide for Ventura: Disable Spotlight Indexing Running Spotlight on macOS Ventura can impact Pro Tools playback performance. To turn off Spotlight permanently: In the Terminal, run "sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist" To turn off Spotlight until reboot: In the terminal, run sudo mdutil -a -i off. Consider running this command when you know you will be using Pro Tools on startup. Exclude any folder or drives from Spotlight indexing and parsing that may be causing Spotlight to parse files during audio playback. This is particularly relevant when parsing large image or video files.
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Re: Disabling Spotlight Indexing
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Running: Code:
sudo launchctl list | grep mds Code:
- 0 com.apple.metadata.mds.scan - 0 com.apple.metadata.mds.index - 0 com.apple.msrpc.mdssvc 111 0 com.apple.metadata.mds - 0 com.apple.metadata.mds.spindump This appears as though it's unloaded, I'm unsure about: Code:
111 0 com.apple.metadata.mds
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