
The developer continues to update and support the app, which is still free on the Mac App Store. I tested the latest version of Clean My Drive 2 on an M1 Mac, and am happy to report it still works perfectly. Thanks to, their troubleshooting Mac OS X e-books, and their website for the detailed explanation of why other methods sort of work. Sudo mdutil -E /path_to_volume and press returnĪt the Terminal prompt, type exit then press return.

If you are using Mac OS X 10.5 or later, skip to step 9.Īt the Terminal prompt, type the following command, again substituting the correct path: Spotlight will immediately cease to index the specified volume. path_to_volume/: Indexing disabled for volume. If prompted for a password, type your admin password, then press return.

Navigate to Macintosh HD > Applications > Utilities and open Terminal.Īt the Terminal prompt, type the following command, replacing path_to_volume with the real path:
