Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Macintosh1984

macrumors 6502
Original poster
Dec 15, 2012
339
47
Hello everyone!

A clarification on where macOS saves the Spotlight index.

I have an external hard drive with an encrypted DMG inside, where I save my personal data from time to time.

The question is, when I open the DMG, is the Spotlight index in the DMG? Is it in the hard disk where the DMG is present? Or is the DMG volume data added to the Spotlight index on my startup disk?
 
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.