[X4U] Re: What is mds?

[Kirk McElhearn]

On Jan 13, 2006, at 5:32 PM, kp wrote:

> After installing 10.4.4 I started running 100% CPU and all memory  
> was occupied after about 10 minutes leaving nothing but page/outs.  
> According to Activity Monitor the culprit is "mds" and I seem  
> unable to locate any info on what this is, let alone how to fix.

That's the spotlight indexing process. It'll stop after it has  
indexed your drive.

Best,


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