Rebuilding the Spotlight index on M2 Max Mac not working. Finder Search remains unresponsive even after a week after rebuild start. Followed instructions at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201716

bartogeerts wrote:

Rebuilding the Spotlight index on M2 Max Mac not working. Finder Search remains unresponsive even after a week after rebuild start. Followed instructions at Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support. Restarted several times. Tried focus on a small folder, Search still comes out blank

A week...(?)

Spotlight re-indexes in a matter of minutes.

Verify your Spotlight Settings

>System Settings>Siri & Spotlight verify your selections

Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac—

The best way I have experienced, above all other methods is using the Macintosh HD drag and drop method,

add it to Privacy— and then remove it to initiate the re-index.

you can see it working, add something to the search field:

ref:

Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support

If you are having a bigger issue try a SafeBoot Use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support will sort many anomalies

note:

The current stable release of Ventura including bug fixes, security updates is macOS Ventura 13.4.1c (22F770820d)

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support

Keep your Mac up to date - Apple Support

Do not forget you have Finder>Settings to make changes specific to Finder...

I have done all of these. Spotlight starts indexing, then mdutil -s /

/:

Error: unknown indexing state.