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Comment on The runaway ATSServer process by Dominic

Dominic — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:21:31 +0000

This was a lifesaver for me. Thanks!

Comment on The runaway ATSServer process by JimB

JimB — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 18:47:23 +0000

Thankful I found this article.

Comment on [BarcampLondon3] Obscure Mac-apps by Chi Ireland

Chi Ireland — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:18:22 +0000

Keep all the articles coming. I love reading through your things. Cheers.

Comment on [BarcampLondon3] Obscure Mac-apps by David

David — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 14:18:29 +0000

At least 5 of these aren’t obscure at all, but they’re all great apps, so keep up the good word!

Comment on [BarcampLondon3] Obscure Mac-apps by Emery Agricola

Emery Agricola — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:38:13 +0000

Thanks dude, that’s really helpful info, thankyou.

Comment on The runaway ATSServer process by defen

defen — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:05:40 +0000

Hello, if the consuming CPU situation persist after copying PDF’s; there may be some locked (PDF) files as in my case. The indexing was blocked with those locked PDF’s (Spotlight was without a plus sign in the center, CPU was cca. 50 %) To screen the locked files within the massive collection: make a copy of the folder with PDF’s, move it to trash and empty it. The locked files will remain in trash, ’cause they need to be manually unlocked; now you can find and unlock them in the original folder. The indexing (CPU cca. 40 %) was now able to proceed in normal way (Spotlight with a plus sign in the centre) Eventualy my CPU drops to 0-1-2% after the indexing was finished (after X (2-4) days for 51.1 GB of PDF’s).

Comment on The runaway ATSServer process by Dennis

Dennis — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:04:42 +0000

Thank-you. I am an uptight #@!%$ when it comes to temps on my 3 yr old MBP… I had never encountered this before, the runaway (seems) process indexing pdfs. I had just unrared 25megs (megs, man, not gigs) and the bloody fans went ape, temp hit 165 and I was hesitant to reboot thinking that with no fans running on the reboot (incorrect) the machine would melt. I will disseminate this info to my MBP friends. Hope devs at Apple TAKE NOTE and mend this.

Comment on The runaway ATSServer process by Ed

Ed — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:54:06 +0000

Thanks a bunch! I just came home from some errands and noticed my processor and temperature going hog-wild. Going to the Spotlight System Preference panel and deselecting PDFs took care of this instantly.

Comment on The runaway ATSServer process by Alex

Alex — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:43:20 +0000

Thanks ! Saved my day (and my battery).

Comment on The runaway ATSServer process by Zubin

Zubin — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:36:21 +0000

Thanks, I had this problem too. I’ve disabled Spotlight completely as I don’t use it (Quicksilver is much better). Poor folks who don’t venture into Terminal to find out what to Google for!