From 29545819e1d9e6ddddc71769fa5f5537d1828e81 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael <30936296+mtan93@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2021 12:56:00 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Create fix-spot-index.sh

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 fix-spot-index.sh | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
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 create mode 100644 fix-spot-index.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+# This script is designed to fix Spotlight indexing issues
+# by removing the existing Spotlight index and forcing Spotlight
+# to create a new search index.
+
+echo Turning Spotlight indexing off
+
+/usr/bin/mdutil -i off /
+
+echo  Deleting the Spotlight folder on the root level of the boot volume
+
+/bin/rm -rf /.Spotlight*
+
+echo Turning Spotlight indexing on
+
+/usr/bin/mdutil -i on /
+
+echo Forcing Spotlight re-indexing on the boot volume
+
+/usr/bin/mdutil -E /