Q: mdutil -t
I have OS X 10.8.5 and have noted the following message in the console log...
02/10/2016 12:59:47.893 sandboxd[579]: ([572]) mdworker32(572) deny mach-lookup com.apple.PowerManagement.control (import fstype:hfs fsflag:480D000 flags:240000005E diag:0 uti:com.microsoft.word.openxml.document plugin:/Library/Spotlight/Microsoft Office.mdimporter - find suspect file using: sudo mdutil -t 567061)
Can anyone tell me what the mdutil -t is telling me. When run it points to one of my own files, in this case one in the documents Directory.
Regards,
Martin
iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
Posted on Oct 2, 2016 5:49 AM
Hello Drew,
You have a valid point in that the console log can be full of scary stuff most of which does seem to have a effect of the use of the machine. I only got caught up with this particular message as I had been having an issue with a frozen machine which just may have been due to a Spotlight index issue, or not. Coincidentally the log at that time had many sandboxd error messages which I wanted to get to the bottom of and I had hoped that the message here would shed more light on the whole issue. It would appear this is not the case.
As you have answered my original question I will close this as fixed. Thanks again for you input.
Regards,
Martin
Posted on Oct 4, 2016 8:18 AM