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)