Mac Geekery

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?