What is 'mds' and 'mdworker'?
What are they, and do I really need them!?
I am also using HP software for my digital camera so the slowness is probably related to that.
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.7)
MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.7)
Pondini wrote:
Spotlight is indeed a main user of mds and mdworker, but it's not the only one.
V.K. wrote:
Pondini wrote:
Spotlight is indeed a main user of mds and mdworker, but it's not the only one.
that's wrong AFAIK. I believe both processes are for spotlight only which includes indexing TM backups. I don't believe any AV programs use them directly.
STU9000 wrote:
I'm not really sure I understand what indexing is, but I'd guess this spotlight is building up a temporary database of files on my computer whenever I turn my computer on for quick keyword searches. I don't normally search for photos using spotlight so I turn that onto privacy mode.
I would also hazard a guess that the problem here stems from the fact that I am using third party software digital camera software and it is not communicating with Spotlight as to the whereabouts of the files? No, that is probably not quite right.
I don't understand why it needs to run every time I start up, should it not already have this information from the previous time it was being used.
What is 'mds' and 'mdworker'?