mdutil Manage the metadata stores used by Spotlight for indexing. Show the indexing status of the startup volume: mdutil -s {{/}} Turn on/off the Spotlight indexing for a given volume: mdutil -i {{on|off}} {{path/to/volume}} Turn on/off indexing for all volumes: mdutil -a -i {{on|off}} Erase the metadata stores and restart the indexing process: mdutil -E {{path/to/volume}}