So I have freed up a ton of storage on my MacBook but it is still constantly overheating and can't keep a charge. Could you please check what these strange processes are? mdworker_shared is using up a ton of CPU.
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 13.7
First, if you look at the dates installed, you have a LOT of apps older than the computer at play, probably brought over by Migration Assistant. I see DivX. There is some evidence that badly outdated versions of DivX can slow computer operations. If you use it, update it. If not, dump it. Same for the other "moldy oldies."
Your SSD's performance scores and metrics tell me it is in good nick.
Both of these piggy processes:
mdworker_shared (17) 114.60 % (Apple)
mdsync 33.40 % (Apple)
are related to Spotlight indexing and could be causing your heat issues. Reducing its workload may help.
Start by doing System Settings > Spotlight and reducing the number of things Spotlight is indexing. By default, Spotlight searches everything, including some categories that do not nee do be searched. I whittled mine down to this and can still find what I need:
Clicking the "Search Privacy" button at the bottom of the Spotlight settings page wil let you exclude external drives. (You cannot exclude your Time Machine drive in macOS 15, but may be able to in Ventura macOS 13).
To make sure something about your work station or usage patterns are not blocking the flow of air in or out of the computer, see this Apple article:
Keep your Mac laptop within acceptable operating temperatures - Apple Support
The 13-inch 2017 Macbook Pro has but one cooling fan and no side vents for cool air intake, so some diligence is needed to keep it running within safe temps. Top items with your model are never putting anything over the keyboard, and keeping anything on the desk from getting within about 150mm of the hinge area in the back.
First, if you look at the dates installed, you have a LOT of apps older than the computer at play, probably brought over by Migration Assistant. I see DivX. There is some evidence that badly outdated versions of DivX can slow computer operations. If you use it, update it. If not, dump it. Same for the other "moldy oldies."
Your SSD's performance scores and metrics tell me it is in good nick.
Both of these piggy processes:
mdworker_shared (17) 114.60 % (Apple)
mdsync 33.40 % (Apple)
are related to Spotlight indexing and could be causing your heat issues. Reducing its workload may help.
Start by doing System Settings > Spotlight and reducing the number of things Spotlight is indexing. By default, Spotlight searches everything, including some categories that do not nee do be searched. I whittled mine down to this and can still find what I need:
Clicking the "Search Privacy" button at the bottom of the Spotlight settings page wil let you exclude external drives. (You cannot exclude your Time Machine drive in macOS 15, but may be able to in Ventura macOS 13).
To make sure something about your work station or usage patterns are not blocking the flow of air in or out of the computer, see this Apple article:
Keep your Mac laptop within acceptable operating temperatures - Apple Support
The 13-inch 2017 Macbook Pro has but one cooling fan and no side vents for cool air intake, so some diligence is needed to keep it running within safe temps. Top items with your model are never putting anything over the keyboard, and keeping anything on the desk from getting within about 150mm of the hinge area in the back.
mdworker and mdsync are trying to make backups. You have not connected the backup drive, so it is competing with your other work by making snapshots on the Boot Drive.
If you would connect your backup drive and tell Time Machine to 'back up now', it would unload all that stuff AND give you back some drive space as well.
In addition to everything else, you have a number of LaunchDaemons and LaunchAgents that no longer have associated executable files to launch (see the report section titled "Cleanup"). Depending on how the .plists are configured, they may be routinely - or almost continuously - trying to launch those executables.
A number of items on your system may be poorly designed, or badly out of date - including Shift browser (using 3GB of RAM for its renderer), BlackBerry technology (a decade out of date), and anything by ZTE and Huawei.
Alan Jones is spot-on when he says those tasks are doing spotlight indexing. They are ALSO used for making backups, which relies heavily on spotlight indexing.
Your last recorded-to-disk backup is shown as more than 10 days old.
Help with macbook Pro overheating / short battery life (Etrecheck report attached)
