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A possible fix for high Finder CPU usage
I'm running 10.5.6, and I've had a problem where my Finder eats up the CPU and the fans nearly send my laptop into orbit. Deleting these three files (although it might have just been one of them) and restarting has so far fixed this problem.
A possible fix for high Finder CPU usage
I have 10.5.5 and I also found high CPU usage from finder. This same fix, 'shotgun' approach did the trick. Prior to doing this, I saw the processes which were causeing the problem but I could not figure out why those processes were a problem. This thread shows a number of potential culprits and I suspect one or more of them can be the root cause. In my case, the preferences being rebuilt worked. I had tried to repair the hard drive, used Onyx, and a number of other things.
A possible fix for high Finder CPU usage - beware of GIFs
I also agree with zMan60. Let's see if Snowleopard is going to change anything.
A possible fix for high Finder CPU usage
I'm running Snow Leopard (10.6.1) and just had this problem. Deleting Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
A possible fix for high Finder CPU usage
Not sure if you noticed how old the original hint is. Amazing how long these problems stick around. On the other hand, I wouldn't be so quick to assume the Finder is stuck when it's using alot of the CPU. It's doing a lot more now than it did in 2004. |
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