Daily Archives: September 3, 2007

Unexpected error using mdimport

If you are using mdimport and get the message Can’t checkin with server named com.apple.metadata.mdserver, then it’s quite possible that Spotlight’s metadata datatore is broken. To fix the problem run sudo mdutil -E /Volumes/MyVolume to erase the broken datastore. If … Continue reading

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