Spotlight and Misc

[Tom Lawrence]

Absolute beginner to SuperDuper and only just started cloning.

I notice that when I start up on the cloned drive and go to use Spotlight, it always has to go through an indexing procedure. The second time took less than 10 minutes but wondered why it has to do this since it never happens on internal drive.

To start up on the clone, I press restart in the Apple menu and hold down the Option(Alt in Switzerland) key after I hear the Apple gong. Then I choose the drive. Does the computer switch back automatically to the internal drive when quitting the clone to enter say sleep mode; or if you press restart without holding down the option key again? What is the quickest way to know whether you are booted on the clone or internal drive?