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I keep getting this every minute in my log file.

com.apple.xpc.launchd[1]: Service exited due to SIGKILL | sent by mds[315]


Not sure what it is or how to stop it.


Thank You for any help you can give me.

Mac mini 2018 or later

Posted on Jul 9, 2021 8:23 AM

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Posted on Jul 9, 2021 10:31 AM

Agree with @ etresoft on all points. Somewhere is the evaluation of macOS the Console functionally has wained to the point of only useful for Apple Software Engineers to understand. Would not spend any time sorting through log or Console except maybe if there was a Crash and only then look in Crash Log in Console to confirm the crash


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Jul 9, 2021 10:31 AM in response to Kb2lzh

Agree with @ etresoft on all points. Somewhere is the evaluation of macOS the Console functionally has wained to the point of only useful for Apple Software Engineers to understand. Would not spend any time sorting through log or Console except maybe if there was a Crash and only then look in Crash Log in Console to confirm the crash


I keep getting this every minute in my log file.

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