September 29, 2026

The mac mini -- does MacOS have locate?

Indeed it does!

But before you can use it, you need to do this: 

sudo launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.locate.plist
You get told to run the above the first time you try to run locate.
You are warned that generating the database will take some time.

Indeed after 20 minutes (or less), locate works.

Have any comments? Questions? Drop me a line!