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Spotlight Server Disabled - Help

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Moses

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Apr 7, 2006
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I'm running 10.6.1 and Spotlight has suddenly stopped working. I've tried the usual terminal-based fixes (e.g. re-indexing, etc) but it keeps telling me that "Spotlight Server is disabled" and I can't re-enable it using the normal terminal commands that I've found through google.

Also, my external hard drive has stopped working all of a sudden, firewire connection.

All I've done recently is install World of Warcraft.

I've tried repairing permissions, zapping pram, etc.

Help?
 
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Moses

macrumors member
Original poster
Apr 7, 2006
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Moses said:
I'm running 10.6.1 and Spotlight has suddenly stopped working. I've tried the usual terminal-based fixes (e.g. re-indexing, etc) but it keeps telling me that "Spotlight Server is disabled" and I can't re-enable it using the normal terminal commands that I've found through google.

Also, my external hard drive has stopped working all of a sudden, firewire connection.

All I've done recently is install World of Warcraft.

I've tried repairing permissions, zapping pram, etc.

Help?
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Woo, fixed it after some terminal jockeying. I used the following commands:

cd /System/Library/LaunchDaemons
sudo launchctl load -w com.apple.metadata.mds.plist

I know nothing about Unix, but this worked.
 
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Sytheii

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Jun 20, 2011
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Moses said:
Woo, fixed it after some terminal jockeying. I used the following commands:

cd /System/Library/LaunchDaemons
sudo launchctl load -w com.apple.metadata.mds.plist

I know nothing about Unix, but this worked.
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Hello, I am incredibly new to OSX, and my spotlight wasnt functioning correctly either, actually, i could click on it, and nothing appeared, so i followed the troubleshooting steps here

http://osxdaily.com/2007/02/15/spot...otlight-menu-with-these-troubleshooting-tips/

and I tried all of those, and now I actually get 2 notes to popup now, prefrences and search...

so I tried your little terminal code, and now, it spotlight searches, but it only returns image results, which needless to say is not helpful :(

Any idea on how to resolve this issue?

Any help would be appreciated.
 
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perpetualstudy

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Jun 19, 2012
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spotlight Server Disabled - Help

Moses said:
Woo, fixed it after some terminal jockeying. I used the following commands:

cd /System/Library/LaunchDaemons
sudo launchctl load -w com.apple.metadata.mds.plist

I know nothing about Unix, but this worked.
Click to expand...

tried many other suggestions kindly offered by others. none worked, but yours worked like a charm!

many many thanks!
Daniel
 
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