First, why there is the need to disable MAC system Spotlight:
Some users because of the use of relatively old Apple computer in the running of a newer system; It is also possible that you are a speed control, can not stand the occasional card Dayton operation, must be all causes of the cause of the elimination of all the reasons for the lag, or you may not use the spotlight function, from the green point of view, not wasted system resources , so close and so on ...
Second, disable the spotlight effect of MAC system:
Third, disable the MAC system Spotlight Method and recovery method:
Disable method: Open terminal, enter the following in the terminal:
sudo launchctl unload-w/system/library/launchdaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist
Recovery method, open terminal, enter in Terminal:
sudo launchctl load-w/system/library/launchdaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist
And then restart it. ====================
Delete the spotlight icon and enter it at the terminal:
1, cd/system/library/coreservices/
2, sudo mv search.bundle/search2.bundle/
Then exit the Systemuiserver process on the activity monitor.
To restore the spotlight icon to the menu bar method, enter in the terminal:
1, cd/system/library/coreservices/
2, sudo mv search2.bundle/search.bundle/
Then exit the Systemuiserver process on the activity monitor.
Why is there a need for Spotlight to disable MAC systems: