Work-around Ivy/Haswell idle KP

resources/sys_patch_helpers.py

@@ -138,8 +138,27 @@ class sys_patch_helpers:
         # corrupted Opaque shaders.
         # To work-around this, we disable WindowServer caching
         # And force macOS into properly generating the Opaque shaders
+        if self.constants.detected_os < os_data.os_data.ventura:
+            return
         print("- Disabling WindowServer Caching")
         # Invoke via 'bash -c' to resolve pathing
         utilities.elevated(["bash", "-c", "rm -rf /private/var/folders/*/*/*/WindowServer/com.apple.WindowServer"])
         # Disable writing to WindowServer folder
         utilities.elevated(["bash", "-c", "chflags uchg /private/var/folders/*/*/*/WindowServer"])
+
+    def disable_mediaanalysisd(self):
+        # On macOS Ventura, mediaanalysisd now hard locks the system when
+        # it runs in the background processing photos. The purpose is to
+        # build a database of keywords per image, however uses Metal 2
+        # features that are unsupported on Metal 1
+        # Thus, we write lock mediaanalysisd's defaults file to avoid it
+        # from finding the Photo Library
+        if self.constants.detected_os < os_data.os_data.ventura:
+            return
+        print("- Disabling mediaanalysisd")
+        media_pathing = Path("~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mediaanalysisd.plist").expanduser()
+        if media_pathing.exists():
+            utilities.elevated(["rm", "-f", media_pathing])
+        utilities.elevated(["touch", media_pathing])
+        # Write lock the file
+        utilities.elevated(["chflags", "uchg", media_pathing])