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10.5: Disable Spotlight completely
Authored by: rflorence on Fri, Nov 16 2007 at 8:24AM PST

Removing launchd .plist files is not a good idea: it requires a reboot to take effect, and then a reinstallation of the file and another reboot. The proper way to do this is to use the terminal to do:

sudo launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemon/FILENAME.plist

where FILENAME is the full name.

10.5: Disable Spotlight completely
Authored by: SkiingOnMars on Fri, Nov 16 2007 at 11:54AM PST

Specifically, this adds to following key to the plist:

<key>Disabled</key>
<true/>

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Authored by: jwigdahl on Fri, Nov 16 2007 at 2:06PM PST

Future-proof it as described here:

http://www.macosxhints.com/comment.php?mode=view&cid=56590