If you have previously disabled the Mac OS X Spotlight feature and you now find that you would like to turn it on again, following these steps to do so.
- Launch Terminal and type the following command:
sudo nano /etc/hostconfig - Find the following entry in the hostconfig file:
SPOTLIGHT=-NO- - Change
SPOTLIGHT=-NO-toSPOTLIGHT=-YES- - Save /etc/hostconfig by hitting Control-O and the return key. Next hit Control-X to exit the nano editor.
- Disable the Spotlight index by typing the following in the Terminal:
sudo mdutil -i on / - When you reboot, Spotlight will be enabled again.
If you would like to disable the Mac OS X Spotlight feature, follow our guide on How To Completely Disable Mac OS X Spotlight.
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I didn’t see SPOTLIGHT in the config list, along with AFPSERVER, AUTHSERVER, etc, even on a machine where Spotlight had not been disabled. This is OS X 10.5.7, fwiw…