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A possible fix for high Finder CPU usage
Authored by: zman60 on Jul 02, '09 04:16:16AM

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.

I agree with another contributor that Apple should spend a little effort and improve the finder. It is crazy to read these threads that go back for years.



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A possible fix for high Finder CPU usage - beware of GIFs
Authored by: KalleK on Sep 13, '09 01:42:07AM

I also agree with zMan60. Let's see if Snowleopard is going to change anything.

I had the same problem for two days - Finder CPU usage at 95-106%. Reading this thread then inspired me to delete a GIF animation from the late 1990's (2 megs, downloaded two days ago to be used in a lecture) from the desktop. Deleting it did the trick.

(MacBook C2D 2G, 10.5.8)



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