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How To Re-enable Mac OS X Spotlight

by Ben on September 23, 2008

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- to SPOTLIGHT=-YES-
Save /etc/hostconfig by hitting Control-O and [...]

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How To Completely Disable Mac OS X Spotlight

by Ben on September 23, 2008

One of the primary features of the Mac OS X operating system is their search feature called Spotlight. Many Mac OS X users depend on this great feature but others don’t find it necessary. For those of you who don’t find it necessary, it can improve the performance of your Mac OS X system if [...]

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