Q: icbaccountsd: Excessive number of unncessary syncs - Denying request for sync!
From time to time, my console gets flooded with hundreds of icbaccountsd messages until, finally, this "icbaccountsd: __17-[ICBServer sync]_block_invoke: Excessive number of unncessary syncs - Denying request for sync!" appears (interestingly, the message has a typo, suggesting that this is not a common error). I have tried a few things with no result (I can trigger this every time I open Internet Accounts in System Preferences). As my MBP 10.9.1 is quite slow (and really slow when waking up from sleep) and Mail is from time to time unresponsive (with frequent "void CGSUpdateManager" and "UI updates were finally reenabled by application "Mail" after 23.26 seconds"), I would like to know if this could be related.
Thanks.
MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)
Posted on Dec 28, 2013 3:04 AM
Another update:
Once I connected the restored iPhone (clean, no apps) to iCloud, my Mac was logged out of the iCloud account (no Signed Out). The password was missing, some of the services were active (Safari, Find my Mac) and some were inactive (Mail, Notes, AddressBook) but I could not change anything, as the Pref pane was asking for the password (email, contacts, and notes gone). In the Console, I read something about Keychain. Instead of adding the password again, that I've done before with multiple issues including multiple copies of Contacts in AddressBook, I decided to Sign Out from iCloud. Reviewed Keychain, but everything seemed OK (no problems after verification). I found multiple Apple ID entries and deleted all of them (all these with some restarts... this looks more and more like Windows). Signed in in iCloud again.... and since then everything fine. No more icbaccountsd messages. Now, reinstalling all apps in my iPhone (no fun at all).
Good luck,
Posted on Dec 30, 2013 1:18 AM