The Spotlight processes that I read about are mds and mdworker. I haven't changed anything significant lately (that I think is significant) but the system might think otherwise. I just don't know what else to look for.
Regards, Scott Rossi Creative Director Tactile Media, UX Design On Sep 12, 2012, at 9:53 PM, Kay C Lan <lan.kc.macm...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Scott Rossi <sc...@tactilemedia.com>wrote: > >> The one thing I found online is that the Spotlight >> indexing process can sometimes go crazy and intermittently bog down the >> processor -- Onyx supposedly allows you to disable this but I'm not certain >> this is the problem (not a regular culprit in Activity Monitor). >> > > What are you looking for in Activity Monitor? mdworker not Spotlight is > what you are looking for. Also, you can see the pulsating dot in the > Spotlight magnifying glass. > > Have you changed anything recently? New HD, new External HD, new > TimeMachine HD or TimeCapsule. > > I have TimeMachine and Carbon Copy Cloner backups and if they ever run > simultaneously then things can bog down, so I'll pause one. > > Other than that the worst I've ever had is Spotlight indexing, and it's > just as you describe. > > Good luck. > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
