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Spotlight hogging your processor? MDS running Amok?

Having trouble with your system Bogging down? Take a look in the Activity Monitor and check the CPU load for MDS and/or MDWORKER. Are they consuming a large portion of your CPU? If so, here\’s some hints on how to debug this situation…. If you use this unix command sudo fs_usage -w -f filesys mdworker […]

MDWorker on strike? Not talking to lsBoxd?

Have you started to notice these error messages in your console log? mdworker[299]: Unable to talk to lsboxd sandboxd[296] ([299]): mdworker(299) deny mach-lookup com.apple.ls.boxd kernel[0]: Sandbox: sandboxd(314) deny mach-lookup com.apple.coresymbolicationd Then your not alone… In most cases, this appears to have started with Mountain Lion 10.8.2…. Some symptoms that have been reported are: Spotlight randomly […]

How Apple uses Anodizing finishes and how it\’s created…

The beautiful anodized aluminum finish on many Apple products keeps them from corrosion, provides a hard and (mostly) scratch resistant surface, and even — in the case of the iPod nano and shuffle — a beautiful color tint. But have you ever wondered about the process of anodizing? To give yourself an edge the next […]

YOUMACON 2011 FANVIDEO

[youtube http://www.youtube.com?v=WYEMyIPoZSI] Well, I couldn\’t resist, I am going through some of Ackson\’s Creatives cosplay con footage… And there are some very nice DC costumes here, Miss Martian, Zatanna, Robin, etc….