Thread Slow MBP since yosemite, still with el capitan
Slow MBP since yosemite, still with el capitanHi team, I have a mid-2012 MBP, i5, 4 GB ram, running El Capitan 10.11.4 (15E65). My macbook has been slow since the upgrade to Yosemite, and has not improved with El Cap. This is most noticeable when starting up, w...view more
Thread Spotlight's CPU usage is out of control for no reason
Spotlight's CPU usage is out of control for no reasonI'm finding more and more Macs running 10.11.4 where Spotlight is just out of control for no reason that I can discern. If no one is logged in, Spotlight is using no CPU. As soon as someone logs in,...view more
Spotlight search and dictionary app bug.I have a consistent problem with spotlight searching and the Dictionary app. When I try to find a term, e.g. "chair", in Spotlight, I can click on it (or hit enter) to open the Dictionary app. But then the app report...view more
Thread make spotlight work like it did in snow leopard
make spotlight work like it did in snow leopardI have complained about this to apple many times. Suggestions, chats, etc. I get nowhere. I downloaded "easy find" but it isn;t that great either. My question is to make search (spotlight) work like it did in Snow leo...view more
spotlight apps vs. contactsHow do you get Spotlight to return the name of an application as the primary result? I type "Evernote" and, initially, Spotlight shows the app. But then it also finds an Contacts record (used for Evernote ...view more
Spotlight IndexAgent Log MessagesAny thoughts as to why the console keep logging this over and over and over? 5/2/16 8:45:45.176 PM com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: (com.apple.spotlight.IndexAgent[78053]) Could not find uid associated with se...view more
too many mdworker processesI currently have 21 mdworker processes running. A couple are over 7% of CPU...Overall, it's about 30% CPU utilization. I'm on 10.11.4, so up to date. If I reboot, it will be just a couple of instances, but once I run...view more
Thread why can't Apple show the progress on indexing?
why can't Apple show the progress on indexing?Is there a resaon that Apple keeep taking away useful information from us the users? E.g. if you wish to implement re-indexing, it used to show the progress and be seen as soon as you click on Spotlight and have a sma...view more
Thread Spotlight and saved searches do not find files which are there
Spotlight and saved searches do not find files which are thereSince several OSX updates I do not understand how spotlight finds stuff anymore. With Sherlock (yes call me grandpa) I was sure, that everything has been searched for. With Spotlight, I don't have this certainty. A lo...view more
Broken QuicklookUIHelper and Quicktime XSince updating to 10.11.4 I seem to have broken QuicklookUIHelper and Quicktime X. In console I see the error "(kFigMediaValidatorError_VideoCodecNotSupported)" despite having the Prores Codecs installed (I have Compr...view more
Calendar keeps freezing..Hey Guys, My calendar keeps freezing, i've taken the liberty to scour the forums for ideas as to what may be causing the issue, New Hardware MacBook Air (Early 2015) OS X El Capitan (10.11.4) 8 GB Ram (500GB FLASH...view more
Thread keep stoplight from searching mail messages
keep stoplight from searching mail messagesStoplight just won't stop searching for mail messages, despite the fact I've set preferences to NOT search mail when I try to find something on my Mac. What's up with that? MacbookPro, mid2010, using el Capitan (bu...view more
SpotlightSpotlight suddenly quit and won't come back. Simultaneously the desktop picture disappeared. Rebooted to find all language inputs had been removed except the default US English.view more
'All my files' emptySo i just bought a new macbook air around 2 days ago, and the first thing i noticed was that when i open finder, the 'all my files' section was completely empty, i didn't give it much at first, since i haven't downloa...view more
strange spotlight behavior 10.11.3 (15D21)Spot light has gone bonkers or I don't understand how it works. Used to be just fine. For example, when I searched today for a document beginning with the capital letters DFG (I know I have many) an icon of my Contact...view more
Thread Since upgrading to El Capitan can't eject drives
Since upgrading to El Capitan can't eject drivesI find myself unable to eject flash drives and hard drives. I'm a photographer and regularly have to load flash drives for clients, this is usually a quick plug in, copy photos, eject and move onto the next thing. &nb...view more