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I’ve a major 10.15 issue on two Macs where doing any kind of calculation in Spotlight maxes out all cores on the CPU for 10-15 minutes.
by knolan 6y ago
I’ve a major 10.15 issue on two Macs where doing any kind of calculation in Spotlight maxes out all cores on the CPU for 10-15 minutes.
- CharlesW 6y agoFriend, it's time for a clean install. You should never have to do one, but macOS isn't yet iPadOS, and cruft happens.
- iNerdier 6y agoSorry but that’s absolutely rubbish. You shouldn’t have to wipe everything from a computer to have it usable, ever.
- reaperducer 6y agoYou shouldn’t have to wipe everything from a computer to have it usable, ever. Thanks, I laughed a little at that. People have been saying exactly that for as long as operating systems have been on disk. I was thinking just a few days ago that I must have installed OS/2 50 or 60 times in its day. I can't calculate the number of weeks of my life I've wasted babysitting clean operating system installs. You're right, it shouldn't happen. But we're decades away from that being the reality.
- Chazprime 6y ago+1 The Catalina beta was a sh!tshow on my MacBook Pro, as was the first (upgraded) release. A fresh install made most of the issues go away.
- knolan 6y agoIt’s a new 16” that I set up new.
- CharlesW 6y agoWow, then my apologies for offering non-applicable advice. I'm crazy-curious what it could be.
- jtbayly 6y agoI just read about this here: https://talk.tidbits.com/t/psa-catalina-spotlight-is-broken-calculator-excessive-load/12654 https://talk.tidbits.com/t/psa-catalina-spotlight-is-broken-... It's one of the most recent reasons I have yet to update to Catalina.
- mmastrac 6y agoOh huh. I use that feature pretty often. I have my fan speeds ramped up to max 24/7 so I never noticed mds_stores going crazy but - yep there it goes.