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Where does Spotlight store its metadata index?

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Mar 15, 20269718 views

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Where does Mac OS X store Spotlight comments associated with a file? Is it stored as HFS+ file metadata, or is the information kept by the OS somewhere else?

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The metadata is inside a hidden folder at the root of the indexed volume.

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Where does Spotlight store its metadata index?

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