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> the mds process dies with a variety of ugly errors, access violation, assert
> errors and
> a variety of other excuses…
The following works for us whenever we have an
out-of-control mds/mdworker process.
As root, do
launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist
(may take a few seconds to complete)
Remove all user folders in
/var/tmp/mds if any.
Remove all folders in
/var/db/Spotlight-V100/Store-V1/Stores/
Wait a few seconds and do
launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata.mds.plist
Spotlight will now be very busy reindexing everything
for a while.
Best,
Paul