Listers,
I'm answering my own question for the archives and interested listers.
I called Apple and they could not help me end the WD Smartware D Process. They
sent me to Western Digitil. I then talked to Western Digital and they said
there was a known problem with WD Smartware and Lyon. He wanted me to
uninstall WD Smarware but he didn't know how to help me do that. Just tossing
it in the trash didn't help. Finally while on hold I found the uninstall
program buried in a folder called extras in the annoying WD Smartware
partition. I ran the uninstall and restarted my computer. My CPU is acting
normally again and my fan is off.
This does not make me feel confident in WD drives for my Mac!
Eric Caron
On Jul 10, 2012, at 2:24 PM, Eric Caron wrote:
> Dear Listers,
>
> I've noticed for some time that my Mac book has been running its fan
> and also extra slow. On occasion I've checked Activity monitor and
> apparently Missed something important. I found today a process called WD
> SmartwareD and my CPU percentage is usually over %90! I remember seeing WD
> Smartware on my Western Digital external drive. I have all hard disks except
> time Capsule disconnected from the computer and yet this process is still
> going. Further, when I go to the toolbar and select quit process I can't get
> it to stop. It says I'll have to enter a administrative password but I don't
> see where to do that. then the quit process button goes dim. In the
> meantime my CPU is still working like crazy and the fan is working very hard.
>
> How can I quit this process?
>
> eRic
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