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Hi to all,
since a couple of weeks I have some load issues while I am rebooting my macbook pro (15" 2017). According to EtreCheck the process mds_stores uses about 239% of the CPU load. How can I solve this issue?
Attached you will find my EtreCheck Report.
For any help I would be grateful.
MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 12.4
First you have two anti-virus apps installed. You should never have more than one anti-virus app installed at a time since they will step on each others toes.
However, you do not need any anti-virus software, cleaning apps, or third party security software on a Mac. The built-in security features of macOS combined with due diligence on your part by practicing safe computing habits is more than adequate to keep your Mac (or any computer) safe and operating properly. See this excellent article which is full of extremely useful information writen by a well respected community member:
Effective defenses against malware and other threats- Apple Community
You should uninstall both Avira and CleanMyMac by following the developers' instructions. These types of apps usually cause more problems than they solve as they interfere with the normal operation of macOS and usually cause performance issues as well. If you are still having problems after completely uninstalling both of these apps, then run EtreCheck again (with "Full Disk Access") and post the new report here so we can review it again with the updated information.
First you have two anti-virus apps installed. You should never have more than one anti-virus app installed at a time since they will step on each others toes.
However, you do not need any anti-virus software, cleaning apps, or third party security software on a Mac. The built-in security features of macOS combined with due diligence on your part by practicing safe computing habits is more than adequate to keep your Mac (or any computer) safe and operating properly. See this excellent article which is full of extremely useful information writen by a well respected community member:
Effective defenses against malware and other threats- Apple Community
You should uninstall both Avira and CleanMyMac by following the developers' instructions. These types of apps usually cause more problems than they solve as they interfere with the normal operation of macOS and usually cause performance issues as well. If you are still having problems after completely uninstalling both of these apps, then run EtreCheck again (with "Full Disk Access") and post the new report here so we can review it again with the updated information.
Hi HWTech, first thanks for your link and your advice. Consequently, I deleted both software (Antivir and MacClean). Neverthteless, running Etrecheck again couldn't solve the issue with MDS... But it does not anymore report that I have more than one Antivir program.
Please see my Etrecheck report below:
You do have some third party software installed with which I am not familiar so I will need to leave that assessment to other more knowledgeable contributors since I am not a macOS software expert.
You can try rebuilding the Spotlight index:
Rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac - Apple Support
Good morning,
I redid my scan with etrecheck and have still reports about high CPU load. Especially because of crashes of Photos (incl. photoanalysisd), and AMPDevicesAgent. Anyone who could help me out?
"CleanMyMac" claims another victim.
Thanks for the link HWTech. Unfortunately it did not work... Any further suggestions?
Little Snitch Agent.app will certainly interfere with ALL Network Activities
MDS_Stores Issues (heavy load according EtreCheckPro)
