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Old 01-01-2010, 06:29 PM
 
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Spotlight on my MacBook won't stop indexing (for three days now). I am almost never able to use it for searching. Any suggestions how I can stop Spotlight indexing?

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Old 01-01-2010, 09:38 PM
 
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Can you turn it off in System Preferences?
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Old 01-02-2010, 09:21 AM
 
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Spotlight on my MacBook won't stop indexing (for three days now). I am almost never able to use it for searching. Any suggestions how I can stop Spotlight indexing?

(screen shot)
The only thing I can think of would be to restart the Macbook.

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Can you turn it off in System Preferences?
Unless there is an invisible button, I don't think so.
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