Comments on: Mac High CPU After Copying PDF Books ATSServer mdworker

By: Richfiles

Richfiles — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:15:30 +0000

I just let spotlight run overnight. I’ve appreciated spotlights search abilities on more than one occasion. I still have to remind myself to just use it though. I can wast 5 minutes digging through my files, before I face palm and take 5 seconds to do the same with spotlight. If it goes crazy from time to time, Then I’ll save and restart my machine. Usually, I let it run for months, so it actually serves me well to get a fresh start from time to time.

By: despai

despai — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 22:39:24 +0000

this is a shit. i connected 2tb external drive and began scanning my hard drive!! i thought trojan, now i feel good with spotlight desactivated. Thanks for the info dude ;-P

By: ATSServer and PDF | margjakob

ATSServer and PDF | margjakob — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:35:58 +0000

[...] found the solution here. It says that, if I have new pdf (and other kind of files), Spotlight will make a database of the [...]

By: bob s

bob s — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:28:11 +0000

I had the same problem, but the cause was not Spotlight. It was Quick Look. Opening a folder with the bad .pdfs in it caused my system to hang. I found a solution: download Adobe PDF reader, and change the default application for .pdf’s. Fixed it right away.

By: Deryk Wenaus

Deryk Wenaus — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:43:21 +0000

very helpful post. thanks. it solved my problem I had just downloaded many pdf files, but would have never imagined that this was the issue. thanks. Deryk

By: frank

frank — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 10:46:14 +0000

sounds like vista, nice work apple. how annoying can you get?

By: Venera7 » ¿Demasiados PDF’s? Tunea tu Spotlight

Venera7 » ¿Demasiados PDF’s? Tunea tu Spotlight — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:11:52 +0000

[...] los dos están tan activos y tan coordinados, el problema es el mismo: Spotlight. Mi problema apareció cuando empecé a descargar unos documentos en formato PDF y de texto de gran [...]

By: Ivan Leo

Ivan Leo — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:46:15 +0000

I had the same problem this morning and I agree with you… Spotlight is too ambitious.