Jim Porell

Q: too many mdworker processes

I 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 spotlight, it starts to grow again. Any advice?

 

Can I just Force Quit all of these instances?

 

BTW, the PID's are in clusters, so they seem to get spawned together when started.

MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)

Posted on May 2, 2016 8:55 AM