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Created September 13, 2011 21:10
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Spotlight not functional
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Machine:
PowerPC G5 Mac OS X 10.5.8
Symptoms:
1. Spotlight completely non-functional.
2. Running `sudo mdutil -i on /` results in error code -1.
3. No 'mds' or 'mdworker' running in Activity Manager.
Solution:
sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist
This will start up the mds daemon, immediately starting indexing of your drives.
Solution permanent? Unknown.
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