Mds_stores on Frank Zhang: Engineering Noteshttps://www.fzhang.dev/en/tags/mds_stores/Recent content in Mds_stores on Frank Zhang: Engineering NotesHugoenTue, 10 Nov 2026 09:30:00 +0800mds_stores high CPU on Mac? Tell mds, mds_stores, mdworker_shared and corespotlightd apart before you fix anythinghttps://www.fzhang.dev/en/posts/spotlight-processes-mds-stores-high-cpu/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 09:30:00 +0800https://www.fzhang.dev/en/posts/spotlight-processes-mds-stores-high-cpu/Those Spotlight names are not one process. Read the process list and the index switch first. Deleting an index folder is not the opening move.