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For 2), it’s because Finder only ever looks for things indexed by Spotlight. So it could be Spotlight lagging behind (that’s the ‘mdworker’ I’m sure you’ve seen

For 2), it’s because Finder only ever looks for things indexed by Spotlight. So it could be Spotlight lagging behind (that’s the ‘mdworker’ I’m sure you’ve seen many times hogging cpu), the Spotlight importer for that file type failing, or even just Spotlight deciding not to index various folders by default :( Off the top of my head I don’t remember exact folders it ignores, but it definitely does not index the full file system.

ryandrake 4y ago
Spotlight going out of its mind indexing is my current annoyance. mds and mdworker processes taking up 100% of my CPU for hours on end, blasting hot air into my already hot home office. I have a screenshot of 30+ mdworker_shared processes simultaneously doing god knows what, roasting my CPU. Nothing I do seems to help, including limiting spotlight to specific folders, disabling it for certain volumes from the command line, there's just no way tell Spotlight to not melt my CPU without turning off the service altogether. Total madness and it's an opaque black box.