Spotlight constantly indexing (mds Abort Trap)

A couple days ago I noticed in top that mds kept cycling through pids, getting into the 2000-3000 range within an hour of bootup. I checked the system log and noticed this message occuring prior to the problem:
Nov 18 12:03:00 Optimus-Prime launchd: Server 0 in bootstrap 1103 uid 0: "/System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framewor k/Versions/A/Support/mds"[4806]: exited abnormally: Abort trap
As a result of this Abort trap, spotlight indexes constantly, prohibiting me from searching for anything.
I tried deleting the .Spotlight-V100 directories for my drives and rebooting, and that seemed to solve the problem until about 4 am today, when the symptoms showed up again.
Has anyone else noticed this occuring with their systems? Or maybe know of a solution short of deleting the directories and rebooting?

After being directed to the spotlight subforum, R C-R's post in http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=234031&tstart=0
seems to have fixed the issue.

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Spotlight constantly indexing and Time Machine endlessly preparing backup

Hi,
I have a Macbook Pro 5,5 and Mac OS X 10.8.4
Lately I noticed that Spotlight was pretty much constantly indexing, so I went to "System Preferences/Spotlight/Privacy" and I dragged my HD there to prevent Spotlight from indexing it. Then rebooted my laptop and removed my HD again, which caused my Spolight to start indexing again.
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Related to this, I assume, is my inability to backup through Time Machine. I feel like Time Machine is waiting for Spotlight to complete its indexing in order to start its backup-job, is that correct?
Thanks for your help,
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If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
syslog -k Sender mdworker -o -k Sender mds | grep -v boxd | tail | open -f -a TextEdit
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C).
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window (command-V).
The command may take a noticeable amount of time to run. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign (“$”) to appear.
A TextEdit window will open with the output of the command. If the command produced no output, the window will be empty. Post the contents of the TextEdit window (not the Terminal window), if any — the text, please, not a screenshot. The title of the window doesn't matter, and you don't need to post that.

Spotlight constantly indexing in a never ending loop

I've upgraded my older Aluminium iMac Early 2008 model from Tiger to Snow Leopard to Lion and then Mountain Lion.
Since Mountain Lion, I've been having indexing problems. The mds process just doesn't want to stop. I have tried all the solutions.
Turn off mds from launchtl and then delete the /.Spotlight.V100/ folder, relaunch via launchctl again, then stopping indexing using, mdutil deleting via mdutil. Reboot, then also trying the recommended Machintosh HD drag into privacy and out again. I've done them all. I've added bootcamp to my privacy and also sugarsync drive and also my incomplete torrent folder.
I've re-indexed my drive, it's just no longer funny anymore. The problem is that the indexing process is running away. I check it via fs_usage for mds, and I can see the files it's opening and writing. This is not mdworker which matched my manual activity, e.g. if I make a numbers worksheet background, then of course it saves the file automatically and I can see in mdworker that it quickly indexes that file and stops.
The culprit is mds. It just continually indexes certain folders and files, which are just normal files and folders which I work on, e.g. my business documents, mail download mailboxes, iphoto library, etc. There doesn't seem to be a pattern to what it's doing. The files and folders run so fast over the terminal screen when I use fs_usage, that I know it's mds, because I can tell the activitiy matches the lines written to the terminal screen.
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Normally, I have a silent computer after some indexing completes, but mostly it lasts only a day and then it starts chugging again.
Apart from re-installing, which I really don't want to do. What else is there I can try.

If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below to select it:
syslog -k Sender mdworker -o -k Sender mds | grep -v boxd | tail
Copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C).
Launch the Terminal application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
Paste into the Terminal window (command-V).
The command may take a noticeable amount of time to run. Wait for a new line ending in a dollar sign (“$”) to appear.
A TextEdit window will open with the output of the command. Post the contents of that window (not the Terminal window), if any — the text, please, not a screenshot. The title of the window doesn't matter, and you don't need to post that.
If any personal information appears in the output, anonymize before posting, but don’t remove the context.

Spotlight constantly indexing

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Any thoughts?

Hi Miriam, thanks for responding!
I have a couple folders in the privacy area, but it's all documents and the like, no applications or programs.
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I have an old problem that has resurfaced after creating a new user on my Mac. Mail search brings no results and Spotlight is constantly indexing - day in, day out. It never seems to get there. I tried turning my hard drive to private in Spotlight settings and then taking it out. Previously Spotlight seemed to get bogged down with external drives now it's stuck indexing my Mac.
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Topic : Spotlight does not search Mail messages
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1366101
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1341832
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1232504
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1403758
Topic : Mail Search comes up empty
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1378473
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Spotlight not indexing after hard drive replaced

Hi all
Just wondering if anyone knows how to encourage Spotlight to re-index? Just had my hard drive replaced as part of the recall, and now Spotlight wont index anything.
I've tried previous suggestions (adding and removing hard drive to privacy list, commands through terminal etc), but it's still not working. All the software is up to date (10.7.5).
Any ideas? It's incredibly annoying, and making working on this computer virtually impossible at the moment.
Cheers

If you have more than one user account, these instructions must be carried out as an administrator.
Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
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If there are runs of repeated messages, post only one example of each. Don't post many repetitions of the same message.
When posting a log extract, be selective. Don't post more than is requested.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into a message.
Some personal information, such as the names of your files, may be included — edit that out, too, but don’t remove the context.
Step 2
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Autofsd: /usr/sbin/automount terminated with signal Abort trap: 6

This is 100% recreatable. All I have to do is type:
sudo automount -vc
or plug in a USB drive.
4/11/12 8:09:32.959 AM com.apple.autofsd: Assertion failed: (strlcat((mntops_out), (","), (optlen)) < (optlen)), function process_fstab_mntopts, file /SourceCache/autofs/autofs-207.1/automountlib/ns_fstab.c, line 171.
4/11/12 8:09:33.016 AM ReportCrash: DebugSymbols was unable to start a spotlight query: spotlight is not responding or disabled.
4/11/12 8:09:33.288 AM autofsd: /usr/sbin/automount terminated with signal Abort trap: 6
4/11/12 8:09:33.345 AM ReportCrash: Saved crash report for automount[65895] version ??? (???) to /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/automount_2012-04-11-080933_localhost.crash
I have a bunch of NFS mounts defined in disk_util as well. Not that that should cause it. All mounts "verify" OK.

Process:
automount [65895]
Path:
/usr/sbin/automount
Identifier:
automount
Version:
Code Type:
X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: autofsd [87]
Date/Time:
2012-04-11 08:09:32.965 -0700
OS Version:
Mac OS X 10.7.3 (11D50)
Report Version: 9
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Application Specific Information:
Assertion failed: (strlcat((mntops_out), (","), (optlen)) < (optlen)), function process_fstab_mntopts, file /SourceCache/autofs/autofs-207.1/automountlib/ns_fstab.c, line 171.
objc[65895]: garbage collection is OFF
Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib
0x00007fff8fed7ce2 __pthread_kill + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib
0x00007fff8a48c7d2 pthread_kill + 95
2   libsystem_c.dylib
0x00007fff8a47da7a abort + 143
3   libsystem_c.dylib
0x00007fff8a4b05de __assert_rtn + 146
4   automount
0x0000000103db2e21 0x103dac000 + 28193
5   automount
0x0000000103db2f22 0x103dac000 + 28450
6   automount
0x0000000103db153a 0x103dac000 + 21818
7   automount
0x0000000103db3468 0x103dac000 + 29800
8   automount
0x0000000103dadd1f 0x103dac000 + 7455
9   automount
0x0000000103dad5d0 0x103dac000 + 5584
Thread 1:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib
0x00007fff8fed8192 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib
0x00007fff8a48c594 _pthread_wqthread + 758
2   libsystem_c.dylib
0x00007fff8a48db85 start_wqthread + 13
Thread 2:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.libdispatch-manager
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib
0x00007fff8fed87e6 kevent + 10
1   libdispatch.dylib
0x00007fff90a795be _dispatch_mgr_invoke + 923
2   libdispatch.dylib
0x00007fff90a7814e _dispatch_mgr_thread + 54
Thread 3:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib
0x00007fff8fed8192 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib
0x00007fff8a48c594 _pthread_wqthread + 758
2   libsystem_c.dylib
0x00007fff8a48db85 start_wqthread + 13
Thread 4:
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib
0x00007fff8fed8192 __workq_kernreturn + 10
1   libsystem_c.dylib
0x00007fff8a48c594 _pthread_wqthread + 758
2   libsystem_c.dylib
0x00007fff8a48db85 start_wqthread + 13
Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit):
rax: 0x0000000000000000 rbx: 0x0000000000000006 rcx: 0x00007fff639a8dc8 rdx: 0x0000000000000000
rdi: 0x0000000000000303 rsi: 0x0000000000000006 rbp: 0x00007fff639a8df0 rsp: 0x00007fff639a8dc8
   r8: 0x00007fff75bc9fb8   r9: 0x00000000000000ab r10: 0x00007fff8fed7d0a r11: 0xffffff80002d8220
r12: 0x0000000103db59b8 r13: 0x0000000103df9000 r14: 0x00007fff75bcc960 r15: 0x0000000103db59ce
rip: 0x00007fff8fed7ce2 rfl: 0x0000000000000246 cr2: 0x0000000103df9000
Logical CPU: 0
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0x7fff8c023fff libcrypto.0.9.8.dylib (44.0.0 - compatibility 0.9.8) <3A8E1F89-5E26-3C8B-B538-81F5D61DBF8A> /usr/lib/libcrypto.0.9.8.dylib
0x7fff8c572000 -
0x7fff8c572fff libkeymgr.dylib (23.0.0 - compatibility 1.0.0) <61EFED6A-A407-301E-B454-CD18314F0075> /usr/lib/system/libkeymgr.dylib
0x7fff8c7b8000 -
0x7fff8ca9afff com.apple.security (7.0 - 55110) <252F9E04-FF8A-3EA7-A38E-51DD0653663C> /System/Library/Frameworks/Security.framework/Versions/A/Security
0x7fff8d102000 -
0x7fff8d107fff libpam.2.dylib (3.0.0 - compatibility 3.0.0) <D952F17B-200A-3A23-B9B2-7C1F7AC19189> /usr/lib/libpam.2.dylib
0x7fff8d296000 -
0x7fff8d39dfe7 libsqlite3.dylib (9.6.0 - compatibility 9.0.0) <EE02BB01-64C9-304D-9719-A35F5CD6D04C> /usr/lib/libsqlite3.dylib
0x7fff8d39e000 -
0x7fff8d39ffff libdnsinfo.dylib (395.6.0 - compatibility 1.0.0) <718A135F-6349-354A-85D5-430B128EFD57> /usr/lib/system/libdnsinfo.dylib
0x7fff8f019000 -
0x7fff8f0b9fff com.apple.LaunchServices (480.27.1 - 480.27.1) <4DC96C1E-6FDE-305E-9718-E4C5C1341F56> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/LaunchS ervices.framework/Versions/A/LaunchServices
0x7fff8f36a000 -
0x7fff8f371fff com.apple.NetFS (4.0 - 4.0) <B9F41443-679A-31AD-B0EB-36557DAF782B> /System/Library/Frameworks/NetFS.framework/Versions/A/NetFS
0x7fff8f3e5000 -
0x7fff8f427ff7 libcommonCrypto.dylib (55010.0.0 - compatibility 1.0.0) <A5B9778E-11C3-3F61-B740-1F2114E967FB> /usr/lib/system/libcommonCrypto.dylib
0x7fff8febf000 -
0x7fff8fec0ff7 libremovefile.dylib (21.1.0 - compatibility 1.0.0) <739E6C83-AA52-3C6C-A680-B37FE2888A04> /usr/lib/system/libremovefile.dylib
0x7fff8fec1000 -
0x7fff8fee1fff libsystem_kernel.dylib (1699.22.73 - compatibility 1.0.0) <69F2F501-72D8-3B3B-8357-F4418B3E1348> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_kernel.dylib
0x7fff8fee2000 -
0x7fff8fefffff libxpc.dylib (77.18.0 - compatibility 1.0.0) <26C05F31-E809-3B47-AF42-1460971E3AC3> /usr/lib/system/libxpc.dylib
0x7fff8ff6e000 -
0x7fff8ffbcfff libauto.dylib (??? - ???) <D8AC8458-DDD0-3939-8B96-B6CED81613EF> /usr/lib/libauto.dylib
0x7fff8ffbe000 -
0x7fff8ffcdff7 libxar-nossl.dylib (??? - ???) <A6ABBFB9-E4ED-38AD-BBBB-F9958B9CEFB5> /usr/lib/libxar-nossl.dylib
0x7fff90321000 -
0x7fff903a4fef com.apple.Metadata (10.7.0 - 627.28) <1C14033A-69C9-3757-B24D-5583AEAC2CBA> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/Metadat a.framework/Versions/A/Metadata
0x7fff9046a000 -
0x7fff9047cff7 libbsm.0.dylib (??? - ???) <349BB16F-75FA-363F-8D98-7A9C3FA90A0D> /usr/lib/libbsm.0.dylib
0x7fff904ea000 -
0x7fff904fdff7 libCRFSuite.dylib (??? - ???) <034D4DAA-63F0-35E4-BCEF-338DD7A453DD> /usr/lib/libCRFSuite.dylib
0x7fff904fe000 -
0x7fff90502fff libdyld.dylib (195.5.0 - compatibility 1.0.0) <F1903B7A-D3FF-3390-909A-B24E09BAD1A5> /usr/lib/system/libdyld.dylib
0x7fff90503000 -
0x7fff9059dff7 com.apple.SearchKit (1.4.0 - 1.4.0) <4E70C394-773E-3A4B-A93C-59A88ABA9509> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/SearchK it.framework/Versions/A/SearchKit
0x7fff90a76000 -
0x7fff90a84fff libdispatch.dylib (187.7.0 - compatibility 1.0.0) <712AAEAC-AD90-37F7-B71F-293FF8AE8723> /usr/lib/system/libdispatch.dylib
0x7fff90c54000 -
0x7fff90cc7fff libstdc++.6.dylib (52.0.0 - compatibility 7.0.0) <6BDD43E4-A4B1-379E-9ED5-8C713653DFF2> /usr/lib/libstdc++.6.dylib
0x7fff90dbc000 -
0x7fff90dbcfff com.apple.CoreServices (53 - 53) <043C8026-8EDD-3241-B090-F589E24062EF> /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Versions/A/CoreServices
0x7fff90df9000 -
0x7fff90e07ff7 libkxld.dylib (??? - ???) <65BE345D-6618-3D1A-9E2B-255E629646AA> /usr/lib/system/libkxld.dylib
0x7fff91731000 -
0x7fff91732fff liblangid.dylib (??? - ???) <CACBE3C3-2F7B-3EED-B50E-EDB73F473B77> /usr/lib/liblangid.dylib
0x7fff91807000 -
0x7fff918ebe5f libobjc.A.dylib (228.0.0 - compatibility 1.0.0) <871E688B-CF57-3BC7-80D6-F6476DFF109B> /usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib
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Calls made by other processes targeting this process:
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thread_create: 0
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Calls made by this process:
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thread_create: 0
thread_set_state: 0
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59.3M
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MacOSX SL constantly indexing or similar

Hi everyone.
I´ve already been through a couple of threads covering "Constantly indexing" but could´t find a simililar situation as I´m not sure if really Spotlight is the issue here. I know I know: Snow Leopard might be old school but so am I.
My iMac-late2011/MayOSX-SL is running this now the third day:
/System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app/Contents/MacOS/Finder
/System/Library/TextEncodings/Unicode Encodings.bundle/Contents/MacOS/Unicode Encodings
/private/var/folders/jZ/jZ2KTuydFVa+tlzLQGml1++++TI/-Caches-/com.apple.IntlDataC ache.le.sbdl
/System/Library/ColorSync/Profiles/sRGB Profile.icc
/System/Library/Fonts/Keyboard.ttf
/System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/Resources/GLRendererFloat .bundle/GLRendererFloat
/System/Library/Caches/com.apple.IntlDataCache.le.kbdx
/usr/share/icu/icudt40l.dat
/System/Library/Fonts/LucidaGrande.ttc
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreUI.framework/Versions/A/Resources/SArtFile .bin
/System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.fram ework/Versions/A/Resources/Extras2.rsrc
/System/Library/Fonts/Helvetica.dfont
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CoreUI.framework/Versions/A/Resources/ArtFile. bin
/System/Library/Frameworks/OpenGL.framework/Versions/A/Resources/GLEngine.bundle /GLEngine
/System/Library/Extensions/ATIRadeonX3000GLDriver.bundle/Contents/MacOS/ATIRadeo nX3000GLDriver
/System/Library/Keyboard Layouts/AppleKeyboardLayouts.bundle/Contents/Resources/AppleKeyboardLayouts-L.d at
/private/var/folders/jZ/jZ2KTuydFVa+tlzLQGml1++++TI/-Caches-/com.apple.LaunchSer vices-025501.csstore
/usr/lib/dyld
/private/var/db/dyld/dyld_shared_cache_x86_64
/dev/null
->0xffffff80147c5840
->0xffffff80147c5840
/private/etc/security/audit_control
count=1, state=0x2
at this line it goes: Users/me/ all kind of files scattered over my system like Downloads/iTunes/Documents etc etc
->0xffffff80147c3380
->0xffffff80147c2f00
->0xffffff80147c2180
->0xffffff80147c3b00
/System/Library/Frameworks/Carbon.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/HIToolbox.fram ework/Versions/A/Resources/Extras2.rsrc
/private/etc/security/audit_class
and I have no clue what it´s doing, if it´s a failure, if it ever will stop or what it is at all. All I can say it´s so annoying that I stay away from my iMac, because the process steals up to 100% CPU capacity, so working on that machine is hard to do.
Is there anybody who can tell me more about - or if and how I can stop this, because I need to do some jobs now.
Any help is much appreciated. Thanks in advance and have a nice day.
Cheers
F.

You can also try going to your user library folder in your user/home folder. Select Preferences/
com.apple.finder.plist. Move the .plist to your desktop.
Re-launch Finder by logging out/in and test. If it works okay, delete the plist from the desktop.
If the same, return the .plist to where you got it from, overwriting the newer ones.

Spotlight always indexes mac on startup

I've read several reports on Spotlight rebuilding indexes on startup. I found this issue on both my macs (with TIme Machine either on or off).
Here's what I've done trying to solve the problem:
1) I removed all of the spotlight indexes from all the disks and forced a re-index;
2) Removed all the *.mdimporter files from /Library/Spotlight
3) Erased all the system and application's caches with Onyx.
Are there any other solutions?

I don't mean to presume that all your guys' issues are related to this, but I am having this problem as well, and am quite sure it's due to a faulty logic board, and/or the inability of the machine to properly access RAM and other key components. My MBP 2.16, 1 GB constantly makes helicopter sounds that are emitted from the right speaker area. Apple replaced the first logic board in this machine while it was under warranty, and apparently put another defective one in. Overall, Apple hasn't been to helpful since.

Spotlight forever indexing

Can anyone indicate how I can get spotlight to index properly? I've tried suggestions such as:
Placing HD in Privacy and then removing.
Using mdutil to stop and restart indexing.
Cursing.
Here is an example of the system log:
Sep 6 08:10:25 birds-imac.home mds[35]: (/)(Warning) IndexQuery in bool preIterate_FSI(SISearchCtx_FSI *):Throttling inefficient file system query
Sep 6 08:10:27 birds-imac.home mds[35]: (/)(Warning) IndexQuery in virtual bool SISearchCtx_FSI::performSearch(struct PartialQueryResults *):Retried searchfs 4 times
Sep 6 08:42:20 birds-imac.home mds[35]: (/)(Warning) IndexQuery in bool preIterate_FSI(SISearchCtx_FSI *):Throttling inefficient file system query
Sep 6 08:42:28 birds-imac.home mds[35]: (/)(Warning) IndexQuery in bool preIterate_FSI(SISearchCtx_FSI *):Throttling inefficient file system query
Sep 6 08:42:33 birds-imac.home mds[35]: (/)(Warning) IndexQuery in virtual bool SISearchCtx_FSI::performSearch(struct PartialQueryResults *):Retried searchfs 4 times
I don't know what else to try.
Thanks,
Traj

Birds-iMac:~ traj$ sudo opensnoop -n mdworker
Password:
UID    PID COMM          FD PATH
   89   2110 mdworker       3 /dev/dtracehelper
501   2111 mdworker       3 /dev/dtracehelper
   89   2110 mdworker       3 /dev/autofs_nowait
   89   2110 mdworker      -1 /var/empty/.CFUserTextEncoding
   89   2110 mdworker       3 /dev/autofs_nowait
   89   2110 mdworker      -1 /var/empty/.CFUserTextEncoding
   89   2110 mdworker       4 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework /Versions/A/Support
   89   2110 mdworker       4 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework /Versions/A/Support/mdworker
   89   2110 mdworker       4 /.vol/16777219/29166387/mdworker/..namedfork/rsrc
   89   2110 mdworker       4 /.vol/16777219/29166387/mdworker/..namedfork/rsrc
   89   2110 mdworker       4 /.vol/16777219/29166387/mdworker/..namedfork/rsrc
   89   2110 mdworker      -1 /Library/Sandbox/Profiles/mdworker-bundle.sb
   89   2110 mdworker      -1 /System/Library/Sandbox/Profiles/mdworker-bundle.sb
   89   2110 mdworker       4 /usr/share/sandbox/mdworker-bundle.sb
   89   2110 mdworker       5 /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000b400002s/C//sandbox-cache.db
   89   2110 mdworker       4 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework
501   2111 mdworker       3 /dev/autofs_nowait
501   2111 mdworker       4 /Users/traj/.CFUserTextEncoding
501   2111 mdworker       4 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework /Versions/A/Support
501   2111 mdworker       4 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework /Versions/A/Support/mdworker
501   2111 mdworker       3 /dev/autofs_nowait
501   2111 mdworker       4 /Users/traj/.CFUserTextEncoding
501   2111 mdworker       4 /.vol/16777219/29166387/mdworker/..namedfork/rsrc
501   2111 mdworker       4 /.vol/16777219/29166387/mdworker/..namedfork/rsrc
501   2111 mdworker       4 /.vol/16777219/29166387/mdworker/..namedfork/rsrc
501   2111 mdworker      -1 /Library/Sandbox/Profiles/mdworker-bundle.sb
501   2111 mdworker      -1 /System/Library/Sandbox/Profiles/mdworker-bundle.sb
501   2111 mdworker       4 /usr/share/sandbox/mdworker-bundle.sb
501   2111 mdworker       5 /var/folders/z2/mf6zt6m16cb_ztb6pmxmtn7m0000gn/C//sandbox-cache.db
501   2111 mdworker       4 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework
   89   2110 mdworker       4 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework /Resources
   89   2110 mdworker       4 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework /Resources/English.lproj
   89   2110 mdworker      -1 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework /Resources/Base.lproj
   89   2110 mdworker       4 /System/Library/Frameworks/CoreServices.framework/Frameworks/Metadata.framework /Resources/schema.plist
   89   2110 mdworker       4 /usr/share/icu/icudt49l.dat
   89   2110 mdworker       4 /Library/Spotlight
   89   2110 mdworker       4 /Library/Spotlight
   89   2110 mdworker      -1 /Library/Spotlight/en.lproj
   89   2110 mdworker      -1 /Library/Spotlight/Base.lproj
   89   2110 mdworker       4 /Library/Spotlight/GBSpotlightImporter.mdimporter
   89   2110 mdworker       4 /Library/Spotlight/GBSpotlightImporter.mdimporter/Contents
   89   2110 mdworker       4 /Library/Spotlight/GBSpotlightImporter.mdimporter/Contents/Info.plist
   89   2110 mdworker       4 /Library/Spotlight/GBSpotlightImporter.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/GBSpotlightImp orter
   89   2110 mdworker       4 /Library/Spotlight/GBSpotlightImporter.mdimporter/Contents/Resources
   89   2110 mdworker       4 /Library/Spotlight/GBSpotlightImporter.mdimporter/Contents/Resources
   89   2110 mdworker       4 /Library/Spotlight/GBSpotlightImporter.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/English.lp roj
   89   2110 mdworker      -1 /Library/Spotlight/GBSpotlightImporter.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/Base.lproj
   89   2110 mdworker       4 /Library/Spotlight/GBSpotlightImporter.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/schema.xml
   89   2110 mdworker       4 /Library/Spotlight/GBSpotlightImporter.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/English.lp roj/schema.strings
   89   2110 mdworker       4 /Library/Spotlight/GBSpotlightImporter.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/GBSpotlightImp orter
   89   2110 mdworker       5 /Library/Spotlight/GBSpotlightImporter.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/GBSpotlightImp orter
   89   2110 mdworker       4 /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000b400002s/C//mds/mds.lock
   89   2110 mdworker       6 /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000b400002s/C//mds/mdsObject.db_
   89   2110 mdworker       7 /private/var/db/mds/system/mdsObject.db
   89   2110 mdworker       6 /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000b400002s/C//mds/mdsDirectory.db_
   89   2110 mdworker       7 /private/var/db/mds/system/mdsDirectory.db
   89   2110 mdworker       6 /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000b400002s/C//mds/mdsObject.db
   89   2110 mdworker       6 /System/Library/Security
   89   2110 mdworker      -1 /var/empty/Library/Security
   89   2110 mdworker       4 /var/folders/zz/zyxvpxvq6csfxvn_n00000b400002s/C//mds/mdsDirectory.db
   89   2110 mdworker       4 /System/Library/Keychains/EVRoots.plist
   89   2110 mdworker       4 /etc/localtime
   89   2110 mdworker       4 /Library/Spotlight/GBSpotlightImporter.mdimporter/Contents/Info.plist
   89   2110 mdworker       4 /Library/Spotlight/GBSpotlightImporter.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/GBSpotlightImp orter
501   2111 mdworker       4 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Application.mdimporter/Contents/version.plist
501   2111 mdworker      -1 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Application.mdimporter/Contents/_CodeSignature/Co deEntitlements
501   2111 mdworker      -1 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Application.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/English .lproj
501   2111 mdworker      -1 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Application.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/English .lproj/English.lproj
501   2111 mdworker      -1 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Application.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/Base.lp roj/English.lproj
501   2111 mdworker       4 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter
501   2111 mdworker       4 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents
501   2111 mdworker       4 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Info.plist
501   2111 mdworker       4 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/Archives
501   2111 mdworker       4 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources
501   2111 mdworker       4 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources
501   2111 mdworker       4 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/English.lp roj
501   2111 mdworker      -1 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/Base.lproj
501   2111 mdworker       4 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/Archives
501   2111 mdworker       5 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/Archives
501   2111 mdworker       4 /Users/traj/Library/Preferences/com.apple.security.revocation.plist
501   2111 mdworker       4 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/tr.lproj
501   2111 mdworker       4 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/uk.lproj
501   2111 mdworker       4 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/zh_CN.lpro j
501   2111 mdworker       4 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/zh_TW.lpro j
501   2111 mdworker       4 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/version.plist
501   2111 mdworker      -1 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/_CodeSignature/CodeE ntitlements
501   2111 mdworker       4 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/Dutch.lpro j
501   2111 mdworker      -1 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/English.lp roj/Dutch.lproj
501   2111 mdworker      -1 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/Base.lproj /Dutch.lproj
501   2111 mdworker       4 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/English.lp roj
501   2111 mdworker      -1 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/English.lp roj/English.lproj
501   2111 mdworker      -1 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/Base.lproj /English.lproj
501   2111 mdworker       4 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/French.lpr oj
501   2111 mdworker      -1 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/English.lp roj/French.lproj
501   2111 mdworker      -1 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/Base.lproj /French.lproj
501   2111 mdworker       4 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/German.lpr oj
501   2111 mdworker      -1 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/English.lp roj/German.lproj
501   2111 mdworker      -1 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/Base.lproj /German.lproj
501   2111 mdworker       4 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/Italian.lp roj
501   2111 mdworker      -1 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/English.lp roj/Italian.lproj
501   2111 mdworker      -1 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/Base.lproj /Italian.lproj
501   2111 mdworker       4 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/Japanese.l proj
501   2111 mdworker      -1 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/English.lp roj/Japanese.lproj
501   2111 mdworker      -1 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/Base.lproj /Japanese.lproj
501   2111 mdworker       4 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/Spanish.lp roj
501   2111 mdworker      -1 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/English.lp roj/Spanish.lproj
501   2111 mdworker      -1 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/Base.lproj /Spanish.lproj
501   2111 mdworker       4 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/ar.lproj
501   2111 mdworker      -1 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/English.lp roj/ar.lproj
501   2111 mdworker      -1 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/Base.lproj /ar.lproj
501   2111 mdworker       4 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/ca.lproj
501   2111 mdworker      -1 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/English.lp roj/ca.lproj
501   2111 mdworker      -1 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/Base.lproj /ca.lproj
501   2111 mdworker       4 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/cs.lproj
501   2111 mdworker      -1 /Users/traj/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/Resources/English.lp roj/cs.lproj
501   2111 mdworker      -1

Force Spotlight to Index a FW HDD

Hello!
Well, I recently aquired (as in 2 days ago) a Seagate 400GB FireWire/USB drive. I have it connected via FW.
Well, after formatting it to Mac Extended format, I partitioned it for a 60G section (intended for a secondary boot volume) and a 320 GB volume.
Yesterday, I coppied all 6 gig of data from our old G4's hard drive. Tonight, I want to look for a couple of files - but spotlight hasn't indexed anything - so not even find will find the files.
How do you force spotlight to index a hard drive?
-Dan

To force a volume to index just drag it into the privacy window for a moment and then drag it out.
-mj
[email protected]

Spotlight still indexing after upgrading to 10.6.7

I upgraded my 3-1/2 year old black MacBook to OS X 10.6.7 the other day, and after I rebooted, Spotlight began indexing my drive and has been stuck at "Estimating index time" ever since.
Is this a known issue, or am I the only one?
I'm not sure why it started indexing again, but how can I get it to stop?

Hi,
Try to stop NAT, than start Setup Gateway Assistant again, may be help.
Note: you should be sure your firewall is in correct setup. My NAT some time stop and can not start again because of my firewall "open" much ports than nessesary.

Command line FTP - Abort trap: 6

Using command line FTP via Terminal. After establishing an FTP connection, any incorrectly entered command or text exits the application and throws an "Abort trap: 6" error. Correctly entered commands complete correctly. This occurs on two completely separate installations of 10.9. It does not occur if an FTP session is not established.
Crash report below:
Process:
ftp [66246]
Path:
/usr/bin/ftp
Identifier:
ftp
Version:
13
Code Type:
X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: bash [66242]
Responsible:
Terminal [66239]
User ID:
501
Date/Time:
2013-11-28 14:18:47.791 -0500
OS Version:
Mac OS X 10.9 (13A603)
Report Version: 11
Anonymous UUID: 5F7421D8-9AD3-040F-5116-BC3150DCC215
Sleep/Wake UUID: CD3EA3CA-2BB7-4E70-AA5C-9A581EDFB661
Crashed Thread: 0 Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
Exception Type: EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000
Application Specific Information:
detected source and destination buffer overlap
Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread
0   libsystem_kernel.dylib
0x00007fff8bcbc866 __pthread_kill + 10
1   libsystem_pthread.dylib
0x00007fff837a635c pthread_kill + 92
2   libsystem_c.dylib
0x00007fff86794bba abort + 125
3   libsystem_c.dylib
0x00007fff86794d31 abort_report_np + 181
4   libsystem_c.dylib
0x00007fff867b88c5 __chk_fail + 48
5   libsystem_c.dylib
0x00007fff867b88d5 __chk_fail_overlap + 16
6   libsystem_c.dylib
0x00007fff867b8906 __chk_overlap + 49
7   libsystem_c.dylib
0x00007fff867b8973 __strlcpy_chk + 68
8   ftp
0x00000001013a921b pswitch + 171
9   ftp
0x00000001013adeca lostpeer + 218
10 ftp
0x00000001013a5c34 getreply + 1556
11 ftp
0x00000001013a5f98 command + 472
12 ftp
0x00000001013a7025 initconn + 613
13 ftp
0x00000001013a8577 recvrequest + 903
14 ftp
0x00000001013aac72 cmdscanner + 1026
15 ftp
0x00000001013aa685 main + 3877
16 libdyld.dylib
0x00007fff8eeb15fd start + 1
Thread 0 crashed with X86 Thread State (64-bit):
rax: 0x0000000000000000 rbx: 0x00007fff72c1c310 rcx: 0x00007fff5e864308 rdx: 0x0000000000000000
rdi: 0x0000000000000507 rsi: 0x0000000000000006 rbp: 0x00007fff5e864330 rsp: 0x00007fff5e864308
   r8: 0x00000000ffffffc0   r9: 0x00007fff5e864300 r10: 0x0000000008000000 r11: 0x0000000000000206
r12: 0x0000000000000000 r13: 0x00000001013a5cc0 r14: 0x0000000000000006 r15: 0x00000001013bc1d4
rip: 0x00007fff8bcbc866 rfl: 0x0000000000000206 cr2: 0x00000001013cb000
Logical CPU:
0
Error Code:
0x02000148
Trap Number:
133
Binary Images:
0x10139a000 -
0x1013b5fff ftp (13) <BDAAC6FF-F37C-3024-BF1A-85090D231BEA> /usr/bin/ftp
0x1013cc000 -
0x1013eaffb libedit.3.dylib (39) <1B0596DB-F336-32E7-BB9F-51BF70DB5305> /usr/lib/libedit.3.dylib
0x7fff6f1ea000 -
0x7fff6f21d817 dyld (239.3) <D1DFCF3F-0B0C-332A-BCC0-87A851B570FF> /usr/lib/dyld
0x7fff83395000 -
0x7fff8339eff3 libsystem_notify.dylib (121) <52571EC3-6894-37E4-946E-064B021ED44E> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_notify.dylib
0x7fff8379e000 -
0x7fff837a3fff libmacho.dylib (845) <1D2910DF-C036-3A82-A3FD-44FF73B5FF9B> /usr/lib/system/libmacho.dylib
0x7fff837a4000 -
0x7fff837abff7 libsystem_pthread.dylib (53.1.4) <AB498556-B555-310E-9041-F67EC9E00E2C> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_pthread.dylib
0x7fff8563d000 -
0x7fff8563efff libunc.dylib (28) <62682455-1862-36FE-8A04-7A6B91256438> /usr/lib/system/libunc.dylib
0x7fff85745000 -
0x7fff85749ff7 libcache.dylib (62) <BDC1E65B-72A1-3DA3-A57C-B23159CAAD0B> /usr/lib/system/libcache.dylib
0x7fff863d7000 -
0x7fff863feffb libsystem_info.dylib (449.1.3) <7D41A156-D285-3849-A2C3-C04ADE797D98> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_info.dylib
0x7fff863ff000 -
0x7fff86406ff7 liblaunch.dylib (842.1.4) <FCBF0A02-0B06-3F97-9248-5062A9DEB32C> /usr/lib/system/liblaunch.dylib
0x7fff86738000 -
0x7fff867c1ff7 libsystem_c.dylib (997.1.1) <61833FAA-7281-3FF9-937F-686B6F20427C> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_c.dylib
0x7fff87057000 -
0x7fff87071fff libdispatch.dylib (339.1.9) <46878A5B-4248-3057-962C-6D4A235EEF31> /usr/lib/system/libdispatch.dylib
0x7fff87831000 -
0x7fff8784cff7 libsystem_malloc.dylib (23.1.10) <FFE5C472-B23A-318A-85BF-77CDE61900D1> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_malloc.dylib
0x7fff8784d000 -
0x7fff87853ff7 libsystem_platform.dylib (24.1.4) <331BA4A5-55CE-3B95-99EB-44E0C89D7FB8> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_platform.dylib
0x7fff87891000 -
0x7fff878c1fff libncurses.5.4.dylib (42) <BF763D62-9149-37CB-B1D2-F66A2510E6DD> /usr/lib/libncurses.5.4.dylib
0x7fff8790e000 -
0x7fff87915fff libcompiler_rt.dylib (35) <4CD916B2-1B17-362A-B403-EF24A1DAC141> /usr/lib/system/libcompiler_rt.dylib
0x7fff88783000 -
0x7fff88784ffb libremovefile.dylib (33) <3543F917-928E-3DB2-A2F4-7AB73B4970EF> /usr/lib/system/libremovefile.dylib
0x7fff89c51000 -
0x7fff89c62ff7 libsystem_asl.dylib (217.1.4) <655FB343-52CF-3E2F-B14D-BEBF5AAEF94D> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_asl.dylib
0x7fff8a0f9000 -
0x7fff8a128fd2 libsystem_m.dylib (3047.16) <B7F0E2E4-2777-33FC-A787-D6430B630D54> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_m.dylib
0x7fff8a3d9000 -
0x7fff8a3deff7 libunwind.dylib (35.3) <78DCC358-2FC1-302E-B395-0155B47CB547> /usr/lib/system/libunwind.dylib
0x7fff8a98c000 -
0x7fff8a98dff7 libsystem_sandbox.dylib (278.10) <A47E7E11-3C76-318E-B67D-98972B86F094> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_sandbox.dylib
0x7fff8af34000 -
0x7fff8af82fff libcorecrypto.dylib (161.1) <F3973C28-14B6-3006-BB2B-00DD7F09ABC7> /usr/lib/system/libcorecrypto.dylib
0x7fff8bc64000 -
0x7fff8bca6ff7 libauto.dylib (185.5) <F45C36E8-B606-3886-B5B1-B6745E757CA8> /usr/lib/libauto.dylib
0x7fff8bca7000 -
0x7fff8bcc3ff7 libsystem_kernel.dylib (2422.1.72) <D14913DB-47F1-3591-8DAF-D4B4EF5F8818> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_kernel.dylib
0x7fff8c2ee000 -
0x7fff8c2efff7 libSystem.B.dylib (1197.1.1) <BFC0DC97-46C6-3BE0-9983-54A98734897A> /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib
0x7fff8c557000 -
0x7fff8c55bfff libsystem_stats.dylib (93.1.26) <B9E26A9E-FBBC-3938-B8B7-6CF7CA8C99AD> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_stats.dylib
0x7fff8c5b9000 -
0x7fff8c60bfff libc++.1.dylib (120) <4F68DFC5-2077-39A8-A449-CAC5FDEE7BDE> /usr/lib/libc++.1.dylib
0x7fff8d547000 -
0x7fff8d6f4f27 libobjc.A.dylib (551.1) <AD7FD984-271E-30F4-A361-6B20319EC73B> /usr/lib/libobjc.A.dylib
0x7fff8e6af000 -
0x7fff8e6b1ff7 libquarantine.dylib (71) <7A1A2BCB-C03D-3A25-BFA4-3E569B2D2C38> /usr/lib/system/libquarantine.dylib
0x7fff8e6b2000 -
0x7fff8e6b2ff7 libkeymgr.dylib (28) <3AA8D85D-CF00-3BD3-A5A0-E28E1A32A6D8> /usr/lib/system/libkeymgr.dylib
0x7fff8ead7000 -
0x7fff8eae1fff libcommonCrypto.dylib (60049) <8C4F0CA0-389C-3EDC-B155-E62DD2187E1D> /usr/lib/system/libcommonCrypto.dylib
0x7fff8ee6c000 -
0x7fff8ee95ff7 libc++abi.dylib (48) <8C16158F-CBF8-3BD7-BEF4-022704B2A326> /usr/lib/libc++abi.dylib
0x7fff8eeae000 -
0x7fff8eeb1ff7 libdyld.dylib (239.3) <62F4D752-4089-31A8-8B73-B95A68893B3C> /usr/lib/system/libdyld.dylib
0x7fff8eeb2000 -
0x7fff8eebafff libsystem_dnssd.dylib (522.1.11) <270DCF6C-502D-389A-AA9F-DE4624A36FF7> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_dnssd.dylib
0x7fff8eec8000 -
0x7fff8eeefff7 libsystem_network.dylib (241.3) <8B1E1F1D-A5CC-3BAE-8B1E-ABC84337A364> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_network.dylib
0x7fff8fc6a000 -
0x7fff8fc6cff3 libsystem_configuration.dylib (596.12) <C4F633D9-94C8-35D9-BB2D-84C5122533C7> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_configuration.dylib
0x7fff902b0000 -
0x7fff902b7ff3 libcopyfile.dylib (103) <5A881779-D0D6-3029-B371-E3021C2DDA5E> /usr/lib/system/libcopyfile.dylib
0x7fff904e1000 -
0x7fff904e2ff7 libsystem_blocks.dylib (63) <FB856CD1-2AEA-3907-8E9B-1E54B6827F82> /usr/lib/system/libsystem_blocks.dylib
0x7fff9056d000 -
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0x7fff906ef000 -
0x7fff906f0ff7 libDiagnosticMessagesClient.dylib (100) <4CDB0F7B-C0AF-3424-BC39-495696F0DB1E> /usr/lib/libDiagnosticMessagesClient.dylib
External Modification Summary:
Calls made by other processes targeting this process:
task_for_pid: 0
thread_create: 0
thread_set_state: 0
Calls made by this process:
task_for_pid: 0
thread_create: 0
thread_set_state: 0
Calls made by all processes on this machine:
task_for_pid: 86695
thread_create: 1
thread_set_state: 0
VM Region Summary:
ReadOnly portion of Libraries: Total=70.9M resident=25.4M(36%) swapped_out_or_unallocated=45.5M(64%)
Writable regions: Total=44.5M written=400K(1%) resident=468K(1%) swapped_out=0K(0%) unallocated=44.0M(99%)
REGION TYPE
VIRTUAL
===========
=======
Kernel Alloc Once
4K
MALLOC
36.2M
MALLOC (admin)
16K
STACK GUARD
56.0M
Stack
8192K
VM_ALLOCATE
16K
__DATA
684K
__LINKEDIT
65.5M
__TEXT
5520K
shared memory
4K
===========
=======
TOTAL
171.8M

This doesn't help you much, but that looks like a bug.

How can I stop Spotlight from indexing external drives?

I work in an environment where we plugin several different costumer harddrives all day long as part of our working process. Often only to extract one file from a given drive. Therefore its annoying that Spotlight automatically starts indexing these drives, because it slows down everthing, but also because our windows costumers suddenly see these weird mac files on their drives, that are invisible to the macuser. The Privacy setting is not of much use, as its impossible to add oru costumers drives to the list - we simply don't know the drive until we see it.
How can spotlight stop indexing?

The Privacy option is okay for private users, but at work we receive alot of harddrives from costumers and we simply cannot spend the extra time waiting for a drive to be indexed every time it is connected. That drive may never be connected again as it belongs to a costumer, and it is impossible for us to add drives to the Privacy pane, because we do not know they exist before we see them infront of us. The ption to disable all external drives from being indexed would be great. Or that the indexing can be stopped in the spotlight menu, or that the indexing will not start until 10 minutes after the drive has been mounted - and only if the drive is inactive.

Stop Spotlight from indexing new drives

I know how to block a drive in Spotlight's privacy settings.
What I'm looking for is a way to stop Spotlight from indexing a drive every time I plug one in. I'm often connecting external drives for work & spotlight immediatley starts to index & I go in and add it to the blocked list in Spotlight> Privacy.
Is there a way to just have Spotlight NOT try to index a new drive?

Sorry, I missed that part.
Try this, add this file to the external drive.
touch /Volumes/name of the external drive/.metadata_never_index
This will add a file called .metadata_never_index to the root of that drive.
You can also disable spotlight
sudo mdutil -a -i off
To re-enable Spotlight:
sudo mdutil -a -i on

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