How to stop Spotlight hogging disk space on macOS

AppleInsider
Apr 1, 2025, 10:56 pm381 pts
Spotlight in macOS stores some of its indices and search data on your Startup Disk. Here's how to minimize Spotlight using disk space. Here's how to reduce Spotlight's disk space use in macOS Sequoia. Spotlight is Apple's file indexing technology, which stores a database of the files on your Mac and their…

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