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Disable Mac Spotlight (mds_stores) because it uses too much CPU and disk space

# Disable spotlight
sudo mdutil -a -i off
# Restart the Mac

# I reclaimed 3.5Gb of disk space

# Delete database (was only 12K for me)
sudo rm -rf /.Spotlight-V100/

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