I don't need spotlight on macOS 10.15 Catalina.
Referencing https://apple.stackexchange.com/q/400812/
Here's a picture of my spotlight thing, which was only visible when I paid the $10 for daisydisk
When I double click down on this thing it has files like dbStr-2.map.data which is 189gb etc, but on the internet it says to never delete file that start with dbStr... because the mac will be irreparably ruined. I'm a PC guy, let's be honest. So, can I just drag those hateful green sectors into the circle on the bottom that says "Drag and drop files here to collect them"
Also, I typed

sudo mdutil -i off
.
Is that going to mean spotlight doesn't make another enormous index on by 500gb disk like a cancer?
Asked by Henrietta Martingale
(161 rep)
Feb 19, 2022, 09:43 PM
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