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10.4: Force Spotlight to reindex a drive
Authored by: claviclaws on Apr 30, '05 12:17:01PM

Also useful is the -f flag: I keep all my music on my iPod; Apple (probably in an attempt satisfy the RIAA etc etc etc) hasn't allowed Spotlight to index your iPod's music (although all other files on the iPod are indexed), even when specifying the correct directory. Fortunately the 'force' flag bypasses this inconvenience:

$ sudo mdimport -f /Volumes/your_iPod/iPod_Control/

for indexed music goodness.



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