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Yesterday I have noticed a problem with CPU usage. When the fans reached 6000 rpm on idle computer I started to think what actually was happening. Using Terminal and Activity Monitor I found that process called mdworker is taking 100% of my CPUs.  mdworker is responsible for indexing disks for Spotlight and Time Machine. I usually use both, so I can’t simply turn indexing off.  I tried to restart my Mac but it is pointless in this case. I figured out that is it probably scanning a folder which is constantly changing. For me that is “Downloads“, so I decided to exclude it from indexing and it actually helped.

How to exclude a folder from indexing:

1.Go to: System Preferences –> Spotlight

2. Open the tab “Privacy” and add or drag your folder to the list.

For now on mdworker is acting properly. Is takes 40-50% of my CPU for about 10-20 seconds after the boot and 1-5 secs  in 20 minutes or so intervals.

I updated wordpress and all plugins. I also changed the template- it was high time for  this. 

About a week ago I finally got my new battery. After working on an old one for four weeks I  love having computer up on battery for more than 20 minutes. My last battery had a problem- when it’s charge was below 80% it would stop work and my Mac simply had to shut down immediatelly. Here are some screenshots of coconut battery ( very useful app which shows various battery info).

Old stats:

New battery stats ( I really like  the line “Cycles: 1″)

By the way… My mac is 25 months old… But I still remember unboxing it. Time  passes by far too quickly!!!