MDS(8) BSD System Manager's Manual MDS(8)NAMEmds — metadata server
SYNOPSISmdsDESCRIPTIONmds is the metadata server. It serves all clients of the metadata APIs,
including Spotlight.
There are no configurations to mds, and users should not run mds manu‐
ally.
SEE ALSOmdfind(1), mdls(1), mdutil(1)Mac OS January 19, 2006 Mac OS