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A possible fix for high Finder CPU usage
Authored by: sanandak on Oct 26, '09 10:22:57AM

I'm running Snow Leopard (10.6.1) and just had this problem. Deleting Library/Preferences/com.apple.finder.plist
and then logging out and back in fixed it.

For how long...? Who knows.

Thanks to OP for suggesting this. Wish Apple would take a look at this problem!

S



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A possible fix for high Finder CPU usage
Authored by: robogobo on Oct 26, '09 02:11:04PM

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.

Try giving it a chance to complete before trying to kill it or logging out. And remember that the percentages are a sum of all cores.



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