Spotlight-indexing?

[DICKSTER]

Simple question? how can I tell if spotlight has indexed main hd? Also, does it index my 2 external hds; one is a Maxtor 1 teribyte hd-other is a 500g.
OSX.5.6-Macpro Work station-320g hd-2.8 ghz-10gig ram.----------
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[Satcomer]

First is the free Terminal ( /Applications/Utilities/Terminal) you can copy and paste the command: sudo mdutil -E / and provide your Admin password.

This will force Spotlight to re-index your Home folder. To re-index the whole drive first type (in Terminal): cd /Volumes/TheNameofYourHardDrive/ then type the: sudo mdutil -E / .

Lastly if you want a GUI application that is free that you can do this is download Onyx and it has a section to rebuild Spotlight's index as well as maintenance routines that a Mac user should do once every three months.

 

[DICKSTER]

Thanks - Satcomer for the help!-I do have onyx and I forgot you can use it for indexing rebuild.
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