Is it normal for Spotlight to index my Time Machine drive every time it's plugged in? I remember Spotlight doing the occasional index, but I just don't remember having to wait for Spotlight to index every single time it's plugged in.
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Spotlight Indexing Time Machine?
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richard.mac
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the Time Machine icon appears on the external drive after the index. only takes a couple of seconds. just leave it plugged it.