I actually have spot light disabled in snow leppard as well. If cocktail works with lion, I will use it to disable spot light, it will do this by unchecking one option. I know where I keep everything on my computer, so I have no need for spotlight, those resources are better used for other things. On Jul 26, 2011, at 10:27 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
> Warning! Warning! Warning! Warning! Warning! This is not! going to be for the > faint at heart. It's all software-sided, you won't be taking things apart, > LOL! but it's still ***not!*** something I advise a nuby trying to take on > unless you follow my instructions to, a, T! > > Again, let's get a few things straight: I, nor any mods, nor any members, > nor Apple will be held responsible for anything that may occur from doing > th3e following process. You agree by doing this to hold everyone on the list > including myself as well as Apple totally blameless. Though I'm not saying > to do this, it's a sure fix. > > First of all, the problem at hand: > > I hate saying this, but after hours of research the past few days, I've > determined that it's the mds server daemon that is causing the over-heating > of up to 2 thousand rpm on the fan and about 85 degrees celcius, which is, by > the way, over twice! gasp! Yikes! what the fan temp, should be! > > I'm not totally sure why, but I tell you, it has to do with the way Spotlight > in Lion indexes things. for those who like Lion, I'll say this: Fine! leave > it on and don't do this procedure, but I'll also say, don't come crying to me > nor Apple when your logicboard fries from overheating. I say this not to > scare you, but, realisticly, if you're anything like me, your fans will be > running about twice as fast and your smc will be about twice as hot. > > Mark, I'm sorry if I'm out of line by posting these directions, but as I am > saying again and again after again, You! do this soly! at your own risk! > > Let's get started! I'll say again, follow me to a T! If you don't, then > don't look at me if something doesn't work, or breaks. > > 1. Quick with command+Q every single app you currently have opened, > obviously except for Mail, so that you can keep reading how to do this. > > 2. Go to system preferences, then to Spotlight > > 3. On the search results tab, vo+right arrow over to the table, and interact > with it, then in the first column, uncheck every? single one! of the boxes on > each row. I know, you're going WTF! That's gonna disable my spotlight! Yes. > It will. You're correct. %That's the only? way we're for now, until an > update comes out gonna fix this. I'm sorry, it's either this, or have an > over-heating logicboard. > > 4. Now, go to the exclusions tab, and vo+Space on the add button. > > . In the browser window, interact with the browser, then hit command+shift+C > to go to computer. > > 6. locate Macintosh HD. don't! open it, just arrow to and select it. I > repeat: don't! open it, just highlight it. > > 7. Stop interacting with the browser, and go to the open/choose button, or > whatever it's called, can't remember exactly. > > 8. When told this could effect other applications from the search feature > working, just say yes/ok to add it to the exclusions list. Trust me, you'll > be fine. > > 9. Press command+W to close System Preferences. > > O? K! Now, for the really brutal work! I know I've said this before, but I > say again, follow me, to? a, T! > > 1. Open your Utilities folder with command+shift+U, then command+O on > terminal.app. > > 2. Disable the indexing of spotlight by typing > > sudo mdsutil -a -i off > > Then press return. > > Type your administrator password, then hit return. > > Great! Now indexing should be disabled. > > 3. Now, unload the spotlight daemonn by typing: > > sudo launchctl unload -w > /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.metadata/mds/plist > > Then press return. You may again need to enter your password, but probably > not. > > If you get a message that the daemon already is unloaded, then you're done! > If not, that should unload things, at which point you're done, either way! > > Now, if you really wanna be a smart butt, and totally make the spotllight > menu bar item totally vannish for the time being, in terminal type the > following two commands. I should add all these commands are case sensitive, > so if you messed up above, it's ok, you didn't do any harm, just go do 'em > again. > > Here's the command to make the spotlight disappear. I'd not advise doing > this, but if you really? want to, here's what to type: > > sudo chmod 600 > /System/Library/CoreServices/Search.bundle/Contents/MacOS/Search > > Then for the change to take effect, type: > > killall SystemUIServer > > And hit return. > > Then quit Terminal with command+Q. > > Boom! Congradulations, no more spotlight, and boom! no more hot computer! > > Once I've been notified that Apple has made an update to address this, I'll > write another e-mail post on how to undo all this crap. > > Again, I didn't say this was for the faint of heart, and if something blew up > in your face along the way, again, I didn't say! to do this! I said, do it > soly at your own risk. > > Chris. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. 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