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ReadyNAS 104 Constant Activity from Mac OS
Wondering if anyone has any suggestions on a problem I'm seeing. I have several Macs across my intranet (all gigabit with cat 6 cabling); two of them typically talk to my ReadyNAS 104. One is a Mac...
So I think I have it figured out now. In the past, I've specifically added the share to my "Privacy" list in Spotlight's preferences to prevent it from being indexed. For whatever reason, OS X is forgetting that I've added it to the list of exclusions, so when I mount the share, Spotlight starts indexing it. Sometimes, as soon as I drag the icon for the share into Spotlight's "Privacy" list, the activity on the ReadyNAS stops; other times it doesn't, but Spotlight's "Privacy" list definitely always forgets that I've excluded that share as soon as the share is ejected, so the next time I mount the share, Spotlight starts indexing it again. I think it's connected to the issue reported here:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Using-your-ReadyNAS/Spotlight/m-p/931074#M70357
...where Spotlight is trying to reindex the share every time it's mounted.
I'm going to file this as a bug with Apple in the hopes they can get Spotlight to behave better.
Thanks again for your help!
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So I think I have it figured out now. In the past, I've specifically added the share to my "Privacy" list in Spotlight's preferences to prevent it from being indexed. For whatever reason, OS X is forgetting that I've added it to the list of exclusions, so when I mount the share, Spotlight starts indexing it. Sometimes, as soon as I drag the icon for the share into Spotlight's "Privacy" list, the activity on the ReadyNAS stops; other times it doesn't, but Spotlight's "Privacy" list definitely always forgets that I've excluded that share as soon as the share is ejected, so the next time I mount the share, Spotlight starts indexing it again. I think it's connected to the issue reported here:
https://community.netgear.com/t5/Using-your-ReadyNAS/Spotlight/m-p/931074#M70357
...where Spotlight is trying to reindex the share every time it's mounted.
I'm going to file this as a bug with Apple in the hopes they can get Spotlight to behave better.
Thanks again for your help!
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