Like Windows, the Mac has lots of processes running. My current nemesis is something called mdworker which stands for metadata worker. That means nothing to me. But, apparently, this is the process that indexes files for Spotlight. So you can get it to go crazy after bad shutdowns where the Spotlight data indexes are screwed [...]
MDworker bogging Mac
August 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Geek
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Mac OS X 10.5.4 problems
July 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Geek
Well there is a bug fix release for OS X. Here are the things to watch out for:
Mac OS X 10.5.4 (#4): Spotlight problems; random shutdowns; poor performance; more – MacFixIt
Spotlight problems Some users have reported Spotlight problems after updating to Mac OS X 10.5.4, a relatively common occurrence with major system updates.
One reader writes:
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MacBook Air Core Shutdowns and Freezes
July 7th, 2008 · No Comments · MacBook Air
Well, maybe I’m hard on hardware, but have four problems with my MacBook Air right now in order of problems:
Intermittent Freezing (aka Core Shutdown)
Originally I thought that this was because my hard disk has corruption problems. ClamAV would run and then system would lock, so then I disabled this, but still had it. Then had [...]
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