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My iMac, running Mojave 10.14.3, has slowed way down. Checked the Activity Monitor and see that "callhistorypluginhelper" seems to be hogging the CPU%. What is this for? Do I need it or can I disable it?
FWIW: when I start Facetime it takes many minutes before my contacts and history become available on the left side of the screen. Thx
iMac Line (2012 and Later)
As you have probably already determined, the "callhistorypluginhelper" is associated with FaceTime. It is a daemon, or background process. If you go here . . .
~/Library/Application Support/CallHistoryDB/
. . . you will find some interesting files; in particular, the "CallHistory.storedata".
This is a database file which you can open with apps such as the free "DB Browser for SQLite". Just google it if you are interested. However, unless you are familiar with mySQL databases, you probably won't understand anything, even if you do figure out how to open it.
The actual binary is located here, but I wouldn't mess with it:
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CallHistory.framework/Support/CallHistoryPluginHelper
As far as why it is "hogging the CPU%", that is beyond me. It shouldn't be, as far as I know. Mine doesn't. Barely 1%.
I hope that helps a little. :)
As you have probably already determined, the "callhistorypluginhelper" is associated with FaceTime. It is a daemon, or background process. If you go here . . .
~/Library/Application Support/CallHistoryDB/
. . . you will find some interesting files; in particular, the "CallHistory.storedata".
This is a database file which you can open with apps such as the free "DB Browser for SQLite". Just google it if you are interested. However, unless you are familiar with mySQL databases, you probably won't understand anything, even if you do figure out how to open it.
The actual binary is located here, but I wouldn't mess with it:
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/CallHistory.framework/Support/CallHistoryPluginHelper
As far as why it is "hogging the CPU%", that is beyond me. It shouldn't be, as far as I know. Mine doesn't. Barely 1%.
I hope that helps a little. :)
callhistorypluginhelper & memory
