Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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If you’ve ever moved your user account to an external SSD shrsl.com/4sdeo with WESTERN DIGITAL NVME
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and struggled with Spotlight or iCloud Drive search not working, this update changes everything.
In this video, I show you how macOS now automatically creates a symlink for external home folders — making Spotlight fully index iCloud Drive and your external user folder - account just like it should. It seems Apple quietly patched it in Sequoia 15.6.1. Thanks you APPLE!

0:00 News Bulletin!
0:20 Spotlight demo
1:18 Why it now works (Symbolic Link)
2:55 Search pictures with Spotlight on external photos app
3:16 Apple seems to have fixed Spotlight wiht 15.6.1 Home folder LIVES ON!
4:05 Thanks for watching!
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