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  1. J

    Spotlight mdworker_shared causing repeated kernel panics when checking storage in ‘about this mac’

    So, just checked my storage using the Storage tab on the ‘About this Mac’ window. It took a few moments ‘Calculating…’, then reported the disk usage. Oddly, it kept intermittently flicking back to ‘Calculating…’ for a fraction of a second, but reporting of various sections and free space...
  2. J

    Mail search no longer works after Big Sur 11.4 Update

    I understand this issue has been discussed numerous times since the introduction of Mac Big Sur. I have searched these forums and others, and have yet to find someone who was unable to find a "fix." After upgrading to Big Sur 11.4 yesterday, the search feature for Mail no longer works. I have...
  3. S

    Incredible CPU drain from corespotlightd

    Hello Everyone, Ever since the last .1 upgrade to macOS 11.2.1 (20D74) I have had an incredible CPU drain from the background applicationEver since the last .1 upgrade to macOS 11.2.1 (20D74) I have had an incredible CPU drain from the background application corespotlightd. As this is an...
  4. M

    Problems with synchronisation

    Hi everyone, I don't think anybody has reported something like this. Yesterday I did a clean install of Big Sur on my MacBook Pro 13'' 2017. Previous version was Mojave. Installation went ok but there are a few things off, one of them is actually boring me a lot.. Passwords are not...
  5. vanveengames

    Spotlight Much Worse?

    Just updated today, spotlight seems worse in every way. 1. It sometimes fails to find a file, I can type the exact name and extension of a file on my desktop or in my sites folder, and it will just outright not find it. Default option is to google it, yeah thanks 2. Calculations are worse...