Spotlight Not Searching External Drives

I am no longer able to search Google Drive for files I need since updating to macOS Monterey.


Re-indexing not working by adding the Drive to System Pref => Spotlight ==> Privacy and removing it as per the online instructions.


How can this be turned back on? As I have to use Drive as part of my business agreements for file storage.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.0

Posted on Dec 14, 2021 01:20 PM

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Posted on Dec 14, 2021 01:37 PM

First, if you are still on 12.0.1 try updating to 12.1 which was released 12/13/2021. After update give it time to reindex drives.

If still problem see:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/253306632?page=1

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