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  1. T

    Dual-Boot multiple MacOS versions - issues

    I have recently setup a 12,2 mid 2011 27" iMac (with dual internal SATA SSDs and 32 GB RAM + Thunderbolt 1 USB 3.0 adaptor) to dual boot with it's native High Sierra plus (using OpenCore Legacy Patcher) Ventura. High Sierra is installed on it's own 1TB SSD, while there are multiple APFS volumes...
    • theWoosh
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    • apfs crash dual boot high sierra macos 10.13 spotlight indexing
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: macOS
  2. 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...
    • Elicho
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    • fans running mds_stores spotlight indexing
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Mac Pro
  3. howdytom

    Please delete my post

    Please delete my post
  4. 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: / ->...
  5. 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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