Or maybe remove the whole
/Library/Spotlight/Microsoft Office.mdimporter/
Microsoft Office related directory tree?
Best and thanks,
Eduardo
On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 1:34 AM, Eduardo Pestana <
epestana.fink.l...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Jack
> I did as you said. I ran several times
>
> lsof | grep mdimport
>
> and the output was frozen at what is shown below at the end of this email.
>
> Please take a look at the last two entries (I copied them right here)
>
>> /Spotlight/Microsoft Office.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft Office
>> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 4907776 7789405
>> /Library/Spotlight/Microsoft
>> Office.mdimporter/Contents/Frameworks/MetroFramework.framework/Versions/12/MetroFramework
>>
>
> It has been more than 2 years since I stopped using Microsoft Office. I
> thought I had removed it completely.
>
> Is it safe to remove the two aforementioned files?
>
> Thanks,
> Eduardo
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> $ lsof | grep mdimport
>> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 49264 9556274
>> /System/Library/Spotlight/Application.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/Application
>> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 121232 1854381
>> /System/Library/Spotlight/RichText.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/RichText
>> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 103264 5469131
>> /System/Library/Spotlight/PDF.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/PDF
>> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 42400 6841160
>> /Applications/TeX/TeXShop.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/TeX.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/TeX
>> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 153760 5469115
>> /System/Library/Spotlight/Image.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/Image
>> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 78576 9941500
>> /Developer/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/SourceCode.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/SourceCode
>> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 49728 1856285
>> /System/Library/Spotlight/Archives.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/Archives
>> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 70592 9556292
>> /System/Library/Spotlight/vCard.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/vCard
>> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 47808 1885741
>> /System/Library/Spotlight/Bookmarks.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/Bookmarks
>> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 46912 8541711
>> /Applications/TeX/BibDesk.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/BibImporter.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/BibImporter
>> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 49616 5469143
>> /System/Library/Spotlight/SystemPrefs.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/SystemPrefs
>> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 120624 5469106
>> /System/Library/Spotlight/Audio.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/Audio
>> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 38076 8732272
>> /Applications/cyberDuck3.1.2folder/Cyberduck.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/Cyberduck
>> Spotlight Importer.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/Cyberduck Spotlight Importer
>> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 27780 5524942
>> /Applications/DjView.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/DjVu.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/DjVu
>> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 61504 2523817
>> /System/Library/Spotlight/iCal.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/iCal
>> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 89040 5469139
>> /System/Library/Spotlight/PS.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/PS
>> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 97168 9556280
>> /System/Library/Spotlight/Automator.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/Automator
>> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 38300 11078
>> /Applications/Black
>> Ink.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/CrosswordImporter.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/CrosswordImporter
>> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 63184 8098536
>> /System/Library/Spotlight/QuickTime.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/QuickTime
>> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 190416 544690
>> /Library/Spotlight/iWeb.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/iWeb
>> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 69744 9013218
>> /Applications/NeoOffice.app/Contents/Library/Spotlight/neolight.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/neolight
>> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 1065908 544726
>> /Library/Spotlight/Wolfram Notebook.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/Wolfram
>> Notebook
>> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 5913168 7789411
>> /Library/Spotlight/Microsoft Office.mdimporter/Contents/MacOS/Microsoft
>> Office
>> mdworker 2642 edu txt REG 14,2 4907776 7789405
>> /Library/Spotlight/Microsoft
>> Office.mdimporter/Contents/Frameworks/MetroFramework.framework/Versions/12/MetroFramework
>>
>>
>
> On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 5:15 PM, Jack Howarth <howa...@bromo.med.uc.edu>wrote:
>
>> I believe if the indexing is choking on a corrupted file
>> you can identify that while the indexing is hung with...
>>
>> lsof | grep mdimport
>>
>> from a Terminal window.
>> Jack
>>
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