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Spotlight indexing (for Spotlight search: ⌘+Space). In System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy, you can add folders or disks to prevent Spotlight from indexing
by mtwshngtn 4y ago
Spotlight indexing (for Spotlight search: ⌘+Space). In System Preferences > Spotlight > Privacy, you can add folders or disks to prevent Spotlight from indexing them.
- vbezhenar 4y agoI turned it off, it did not help. It still starts on boot and spends minutes indexing who knows what. I never use this Spotlight feature. I guess it looks for forbidden files on my disk, I heard that Apple does that and you need CPU to compute hashes.
- sbuk 4y agoI'd get that checked out. It's definitely not normal behaviour.
- ryandrake 4y agoFWIW my very expensive 2017 iMac has the same behavior. CPU pegged 24/7 by "mds" and "mdworker_shared". Just opening Activity Manager right now, I see about 20 mdworker_shared processes, each claiming ~11% CPU. I think disabling Spotlight get this under control, but then again, I like and use Spotlight. Surely Apple is capable of writing software that doesn't need to run full blast constantly.
- sbuk 4y agoJust checked mine - 13" MPB 2018 - just booted no mds, mdworker_shared initially at 1.7% cpu now process has exited.
- ryandrake 4y agoYea, trust me, it's annoying. I have no idea why it's happening, and web searches and stack overflow have not been particularly helpful. I have resigned myself to just living with a warmer room and having my mac's fans running constantly. This problem has been going on for years, and it's obviously not on Apple's Radar (pun intended).
- sbuk 4y agoLol! If you live near a store, take it in. I’ve had lots of good experiences with Apple stores and soft/hardware issues. The ‘geniuses’ can be a a bit full of themselves, but all in all outcomes are good.