Final cut beachballing and heavy CPU usage from mds_Stores

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Runtime: 3:28

Performance: Good

Problem: Beachballing

Description: 

Final cit pro is beach balling. I’ve tried everything, I have my 4TB S

SD formatted the right way, have a lot of free space on the Mac’s hard

drive and created a new library for the project.

It’s a regular 10 minute, 4k video. And everytime click on something,

I get the spinning wheel for about 20 seconds 

What could be happening? It’s a MacBook Pro M2 Max with 32 gb of ram

Also have up to 95% CPU usage for a process called mds_stores for a wh

ile now

Major Issues:

    Anything that appears on this list needs immediate attention. 

    Unsigned files - There are unsigned software files installed that could be malicious and should be reviewed.

    Heavy CPU usage - Some processes are using an unusually high amount of CPU.

Minor Issues:

    These issues do not need immediate attention but they may indicate future problems or opportunities for improvement. 

    Heavy RAM usage - Apps are using a large amount of RAM.

    Apps crashing - There have been numerous app crashes.

    Apps with heavy CPU usage - There have been numerous cases of apps with heavy CPU usage.

    Clean up - There are orphan files that could be removed.

    System modifications - There are a large number of system modifications running in the background.

    Runaway user process - A user process is using a large percentage of your CPU.

    Heavy I/O usage - Your system is under heavy I/O use. This will reduce your performance.

    Limited permissions - More information may be available with Full Disk Access.

    Kernel extensions present - This computer has kernel extensions that may not work in the future.

    Sharing enabled - This computer has sharing services enabled that could be a security risk.