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Accountsd CPU usage high in macOS Catalina

I have mail open and and my CPU usage is between 111- 300% int he activity monitor. It is extremely slow, and bogs down the rest of my machine. The fan is on constantly. I have attempted to Force Quit, Reindex, Remove Accounts, etc.


Anybody else seeing this?


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MacBook Pro Retina

Posted on Oct 22, 2019 5:31 PM

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Posted on Oct 23, 2019 8:57 AM

I have this issue as well, and it is usually paired with high cpu use of the accountsd process. I have tried:


  1. Re-install Catalina
  2. Deleted all email accounts and recreated.
  3. Deleted Mail preferences / accounts preferences / related preferences
  4. Disabled contacts syncing
  5. Disabled calendar syncing
  6. Safe Mode Reboot


So far, nothing has fixed the issue. A reboot helps for 10-15 minutes, and the problem starts up again.

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Accountsd CPU usage high in macOS Catalina

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