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Mavericks constantly indexing spotlight
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Try forcing a complete re-index of your drive: If that fails to index, enter the following command in Terminal:
sudo mdutil -E /
Be aware that, depending on the size of your drive, the indexing process can take many hours to complete.
Hmmm... not helping. Seems to want to re-index every morning. I looked in console and spotted this. Any thoughts?
2/3/15 3:58:12.894 PM mdworker[7051]: (Error) Import: Could not create instance for plugIn 'file:///Applications/Audio%20&%20Video/Audio/GarageBand.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/GarageBandSpotlightImporter.mdimporter/'
2/3/15 3:58:12.894 PM mdworker[7051]: (Error) Import: BAD IMPORTER ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ file:///Applications/Audio%20&%20Video/Audio/GarageBand.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/GarageBandSpotlightImporter.mdimporter/
2/3/15 3:59:27.008 PM mdworker[7064]: (Error) Import: Could not create instance for plugIn 'file:///Applications/Audio%20&%20Video/Audio/GarageBand.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/LogicX_MDImport.mdimporter/'
2/3/15 3:59:27.008 PM mdworker[7064]: (Error) Import: BAD IMPORTER ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ file:///Applications/Audio%20&%20Video/Audio/GarageBand.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/LogicX_MDImport.mdimporter/
2/3/15 3:58:12.894 PM mdworker[7051]: (Error) Import: Could not create instance for plugIn 'file:///Applications/Audio%20&%20Video/Audio/GarageBand.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/GarageBandSpotlightImporter.mdimporter/'
2/3/15 3:58:12.894 PM mdworker[7051]: (Error) Import: BAD IMPORTER ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ file:///Applications/Audio%20&%20Video/Audio/GarageBand.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/GarageBandSpotlightImporter.mdimporter/
2/3/15 3:59:27.008 PM mdworker[7064]: (Error) Import: Could not create instance for plugIn 'file:///Applications/Audio%20&%20Video/Audio/GarageBand.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/LogicX_MDImport.mdimporter/'
2/3/15 3:59:27.008 PM mdworker[7064]: (Error) Import: BAD IMPORTER ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ file:///Applications/Audio%20&%20Video/Audio/GarageBand.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/LogicX_MDImport.mdimporter/
every morning still. estimating indexing time.... then indexing. usually completes in under an hour but... what is up?
Use Disk Utility to verify (not repair) the file system of every volume. Does each one appear to be OK?
In Terminal, run the following command then touch nothing until the end result is presented in Finder:
sudo mddiagnose
In Terminal, run the following command then touch nothing until the end result is presented in Finder:
sudo mddiagnose
Ok I ran sudo mddiagnose but the end results are huge. Is there something specific I should copy and paste in here?
Hey, I'm still having problems with this. I got busy and have just kind of been tolerating it but am motivated to troubleshoot this again. Should I run mddiagnose again and post the results here or is there something from the console log I should be looking at?
Sorry, I was out of the loop for a while and lost track of this.
The 'BAD IMPORTER' messages are probably not relevant to the unexpected periods of (re)indexing.
What's reported by Disk Utility?
The 'BAD IMPORTER' messages are probably not relevant to the unexpected periods of (re)indexing.
What's reported by Disk Utility?
Result of Disk Utility verification of the file systems
Please actively use Disk Utility to verify the HFS Plus file system.
Does the utility report that file systems are apparently OK?
Please actively use Disk Utility to verify the HFS Plus file system.
Does the utility report that file systems are apparently OK?
Hey Graham, I'll keep trying but disk utility isn't turning up anything. I tried to pay close attention to the time the indexing started this morning... and then looked at the console log to try to narrow the search... the system log. Anything loook out of the ordinary?
May 28 09:57:42 MyCOMPUTER kernel[0]: hfs: summary table not allowed on FS with block size of 2048
May 28 09:57:42 MyCOMPUTER kernel[0]: hfs: could not initialize summary table for Google Chrome 43.0.2357.73-44.0.2403.18 Beta Update
May 28 09:57:42 MyCOMPUTER kernel[0]: hfs: mounted Google Chrome 43.0.2357.73-44.0.2403.18 Beta Update on device disk4s2
May 28 09:57:50 MyCOMPUTER.local WindowServer[142]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Dock" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
May 28 09:57:50 MyCOMPUTER.local WindowServer[142]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Dock" after 1.58 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.13 seconds)
May 28 09:58:15 MyCOMPUTER.local mds_stores[145]: (Error) SecureStore: Access token 3 changed uid from -1 to 501
May 28 09:58:32 MyCOMPUTER.local launchctl[422]: launchctl: Dubious permissions on file (skipping): /Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
May 28 09:58:33 MyCOMPUTER.local distnoted[424]: # distnote server agent absolute time: 208.977299042 civil time: Thu May 28 09:58:32 2015 pid: 424 uid: 89 root: no
May 28 09:58:34 MyCOMPUTER.local com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Session 100015 created
May 28 09:58:34 MyCOMPUTER.local Adium[377]: BUG in libdispatch client: kevent[EVFILT_READ] delete: "Bad file descriptor" - 0x9
May 28 09:58:35 MyCOMPUTER.local iTunes[379]: failed to create BKAgent: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4097 "Couldnt communicate with a helper application."
May 28 09:58:35 MyCOMPUTER.local WindowServer[142]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Finder" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
May 28 09:58:35 MyCOMPUTER.local WindowServer[142]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Finder" after 1.44 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
May 28 09:58:37 MyCOMPUTER.local WindowServer[142]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Finder" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
May 28 09:58:38 MyCOMPUTER.local WindowServer[142]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Finder" after 2.28 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
May 28 09:58:46 MyCOMPUTER.local WindowServer[142]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Finder" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
May 28 09:58:47 MyCOMPUTER.local WindowServer[142]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Finder" after 2.05 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
May 28 09:58:51 MyCOMPUTER.local iTunes[379]: ApplePushService: APSConnection being used without a delegate queue
May 28 09:58:57 MyCOMPUTER.local iTunes[379]: AVF error: AVDLoadAllAccelerators machine not supported
May 28 09:57:42 MyCOMPUTER kernel[0]: hfs: summary table not allowed on FS with block size of 2048
May 28 09:57:42 MyCOMPUTER kernel[0]: hfs: could not initialize summary table for Google Chrome 43.0.2357.73-44.0.2403.18 Beta Update
May 28 09:57:42 MyCOMPUTER kernel[0]: hfs: mounted Google Chrome 43.0.2357.73-44.0.2403.18 Beta Update on device disk4s2
May 28 09:57:50 MyCOMPUTER.local WindowServer[142]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Dock" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
May 28 09:57:50 MyCOMPUTER.local WindowServer[142]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Dock" after 1.58 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.13 seconds)
May 28 09:58:15 MyCOMPUTER.local mds_stores[145]: (Error) SecureStore: Access token 3 changed uid from -1 to 501
May 28 09:58:32 MyCOMPUTER.local launchctl[422]: launchctl: Dubious permissions on file (skipping): /Library/LaunchAgents/com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
May 28 09:58:33 MyCOMPUTER.local distnoted[424]: # distnote server agent absolute time: 208.977299042 civil time: Thu May 28 09:58:32 2015 pid: 424 uid: 89 root: no
May 28 09:58:34 MyCOMPUTER.local com.apple.SecurityServer[15]: Session 100015 created
May 28 09:58:34 MyCOMPUTER.local Adium[377]: BUG in libdispatch client: kevent[EVFILT_READ] delete: "Bad file descriptor" - 0x9
May 28 09:58:35 MyCOMPUTER.local iTunes[379]: failed to create BKAgent: Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4097 "Couldnt communicate with a helper application."
May 28 09:58:35 MyCOMPUTER.local WindowServer[142]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Finder" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
May 28 09:58:35 MyCOMPUTER.local WindowServer[142]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Finder" after 1.44 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
May 28 09:58:37 MyCOMPUTER.local WindowServer[142]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Finder" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
May 28 09:58:38 MyCOMPUTER.local WindowServer[142]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Finder" after 2.28 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
May 28 09:58:46 MyCOMPUTER.local WindowServer[142]: disable_update_timeout: UI updates were forcibly disabled by application "Finder" for over 1.00 seconds. Server has re-enabled them.
May 28 09:58:47 MyCOMPUTER.local WindowServer[142]: common_reenable_update: UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Finder" after 2.05 seconds (server forcibly re-enabled them after 1.00 seconds)
May 28 09:58:51 MyCOMPUTER.local iTunes[379]: ApplePushService: APSConnection being used without a delegate queue
May 28 09:58:57 MyCOMPUTER.local iTunes[379]: AVF error: AVDLoadAllAccelerators machine not supported
I had the same problem, couldn't get anything to fix it. Only upgrading to Yosemite made it stop.