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Slow Macbook Air with new SSD and Monterey install...
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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1945882" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>"mds" and "mdimport" are Spotlight processes. If they are what is causing the slowdown, either Spotlight is still indexing the drive after doing an install of the OS, or, if the problem has gone on for days, Spotlight probably has a corrupted database.</p><p>If the latter is the case, that's easy to fix:</p><p></p><p></p><p>Go to Sys Prefs --> Spotlight --> click the Privacy tab. </p><p></p><p>Then drag your boot (that is, startup) HD into the Privacy window. You may</p><p>not need to restart but I do it anyway. </p><p></p><p>After restart, remove your boot drive from the Privacy tab (click on it and then use the</p><p>minus sign). </p><p></p><p>Spotlight should then create a fresh new index. It may take some</p><p>time (maybe a couple of days if you have lots of data on your drive) to finish, so be patient.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1945882, member: 190607"] "mds" and "mdimport" are Spotlight processes. If they are what is causing the slowdown, either Spotlight is still indexing the drive after doing an install of the OS, or, if the problem has gone on for days, Spotlight probably has a corrupted database. If the latter is the case, that's easy to fix: Go to Sys Prefs --> Spotlight --> click the Privacy tab. Then drag your boot (that is, startup) HD into the Privacy window. You may not need to restart but I do it anyway. After restart, remove your boot drive from the Privacy tab (click on it and then use the minus sign). Spotlight should then create a fresh new index. It may take some time (maybe a couple of days if you have lots of data on your drive) to finish, so be patient. [/QUOTE]
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