hello there,
I would like to remove/disable some mdimporter plugins to prevent spotlight ‘caring’ about those types of files.
mdimport -L shows:
“/System/Library/Spotlight/Image.mdimporter”,
“/System/Library/Spotlight/Audio.mdimporter”,
“/System/Library/Spotlight/Font.mdimporter”,
“/Applications/OmniGraffle Professional.4.1.1.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/OmniGraffle.mdimporter”,
“/System/Library/Spotlight/PS.mdimporter”,
“/Library/Spotlight/Microsoft Entourage.mdimporter”,
“/Library/Spotlight/Microsoft Office.mdimporter”,
“/System/Library/Spotlight/iPhoto.mdimporter”,
“/System/Library/Spotlight/RichText.mdimporter”,
“/Applications/OmniOutliner.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/OmniOutliner.mdimporter”,
“/System/Library/Spotlight/QuickTime.mdimporter”,
“/System/Library/Spotlight/Mail.mdimporter”,
“/Library/Spotlight/AppleWorks.mdimporter”,
“/Library/Spotlight/Keynote.mdimporter”,
“/Library/Spotlight/SourceCode.mdimporter”,
“/System/Library/Spotlight/QuartzComposer.mdimporter”,
“/System/Library/Spotlight/vCard.mdimporter”,
“/System/Library/Spotlight/Application.mdimporter”,
“/Library/Spotlight/Pages.mdimporter”,
“/System/Library/Spotlight/
PDF.mdimporter”,
“/Applications/Cyberduck.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/Cyberduck Spotlight Importer.mdimporter”,
“/System/Library/Spotlight/Bookmarks.mdimporter”,
“/System/Library/Spotlight/Chat.mdimporter”,
“/System/Library/Spotlight/SystemPrefs.mdimporter”,
“/Users/mickangel/Library/PreferencePanes/Growl.prefPane/Contents/Resources/GrowlHelperApp.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/GrowlImporter.mdimporter”,
“/System/Library/Spotlight/iCal.mdimporter”
The one I’d like to remove is for Cyberduck, but in fact the removing or disabling of any mdimporter plugins is an interesting question in itself. I’ve tried googling: most relevant results are for ADDING a new plugin.
I could simple remove the mdimporter bundle but I assume that there is a more elegant way of doing it.
Any ideas?
Hi,
sorry, I can`t help you since I got to your post on account of wanting to do the exact same thing. On my Powerbook the mdimport process is using way to much CPU and I suspect cyberduck to be the reason. I`ll tell you as soon as I found a solution.
Julia