Show HN: Spotlight Off – Automatically Disable macOS Spotlight Indexing

Category: devtools

Tags: macos, menu-bar-app, spotlight, external-drives, swift

Score: 5.5/10 (Innovation: 4, Technical: 5, Documentation: 8, Utility: 5)

Spotlight Off is a macOS menu bar utility that automatically disables Spotlight indexing on external drives when they are connected, using mdutil. It adds practical touches like exception handling, index cleanup, and .DS_Store management, making it a handy tool for users who want to control disk I/O and clutter on removable media.

Target audience: macOS power users, developers, and IT administrators

Repository: https://github.com/titleunknown/Spotlight-Off · Swift · NOASSERTION · 15 stars

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