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  1. Elicho

    MP 1,1-5,1 mds_stores high CPU usage after upgrading to Monterey

    Mac Pro 5,1 / Martin Lo´s Open Core 0.9.8 / Monterey 12.7.3 After upgrading to Monterey, after EVERY restart the mds_stores process (spotlight indexing) is running about 10-15 minutes, maxing out CPU completely and the fans running at highest speed. Does anyone know what´s the cause for this...
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  2. howdytom

    Please delete my post

    Please delete my post
  3. A

    Anyone any ideas as to what's disabled Spotlight (specifically the metadata utility process) - and how I enable it again...?

    Suddenly, for no obvious reason, searching Finder finds nothing. The reindexing Spotlight trick via SysPrefs didn't work, so I fired up Terminal and did the sudo mdutil -E / thing. It shot back: 2023-10-28 22:57:46.674 mdutil[4052:215381] mdutil disabling Spotlight: / ->...
  4. pen-helm

    ruined my Spotlight indexes

    Guys, I need help! I was getting repeated crashes of suggestd, and the web suggested rebuilding Spotlight indexes with mdutil. Now my Spotlight index is gone and I can't get it back :-( I booted in recovery mode and said $ sudo mdutil -E / /: 2022-04-28 01:50:02.085 mdutil[683:10921] mdutil...
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