From b686fa54ab3d651b3ab189544fcbcedd0856bab3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rafaël Jafferali
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2025 23:48:02 +0200
Subject: Added explanations to activate Spotlight search on the mounted volume

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 Mounting-on-login-for-OSX.md | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
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diff --git a/Mounting-on-login-for-OSX.md b/Mounting-on-login-for-OSX.md
index 4b6d6ca..06876e4 100644
--- a/Mounting-on-login-for-OSX.md
+++ b/Mounting-on-login-for-OSX.md
@@ -48,3 +48,25 @@ Save the editor content as a *.plist file under `~/Library/LaunchAgents/gocryptf
 
 Log out and log in again to see if it works.
 If you have issues getting it working, you can remove the comments (`<!--` and `-->`) from debugging section. Don't forget to adjust the location of the debug log file. If you now re-login you will get some information in the log file that might help to resolve your issues.
+
+You may also have to remove `&quot;` in the line pertaining to the `--extpass` argument, which then becomes:
+```
+<string>--extpass=security find-generic-password -s gocryptfs -w</string>
+```
+
+## How to activate Spotlight search on the mounted volume
+In the template plist file above, between the line containing the `--extpass` string and the line containing `/path/to/encrypted/folder`, insert the following lines:
+```
+		<string>-allow_other</string>
+		<string>-ko</string>
+		<string>local</string>
+```
+
+Then, when the volume is mounted, run the following command:
+```
+mdutil -i on /Users/your-username/path/to/plain/folder
+``` 
+
+If you then run `mdutil -sa`, it should display a list of volumes, including the mounted volume followed by the status `Indexing enabled`.
+
+Indexing can take a few hours. You can click on Spotlight icon on the tray and type a few letters to see the indexing progress bar.
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