Spotlight in macOS stores some of its indices and search data on your Startup Disk. Here’s how to minimize Spotlight using disk space.
Spotlight is Apple’s file indexing technology, which stores a database of the files on your Mac and their contents. When you type something into the Spotlight search bar by clicking on its icon in the menu bar in macOS, this index provides a fast and efficient lookup of what you’re searching for.
Over time, the indices Spotlight keeps on your Mac can grow to huge sizes – several hundred megabytes or more.
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