OMG, why is the accountsd (mail) process using all CPU resources when there is no wifi connected? As soon as I enable wifi CPU usage drops to nothing...
This has been an issue for me for the past month or so (I think since updating to catalina) .
Am I the only one?
Thanks for any input!
K.
MacBook Pro 15", OS X 10.11
Some blame gmail accounts, for me it was outlook accounts.
Found the solution which worked for me here:https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/accountsd-mail-process-and-cpu-usage.2212236/post-28128430
I tried the following and it seems to have been enough to solve the issue for me :
- Quit Mail, Messages, Contacts, Notes
- in System Preferences > Internet Accounts, select your Exchange account
- Uncheck everything (Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Reminder, Notes)
- Wait a few minutes
- Reboot
- In System Preferences > Internet Accounts, select again your Exchange account and enable the services you need to sync
Some blame gmail accounts, for me it was outlook accounts.
Found the solution which worked for me here:https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/accountsd-mail-process-and-cpu-usage.2212236/post-28128430
I tried the following and it seems to have been enough to solve the issue for me :
- Quit Mail, Messages, Contacts, Notes
- in System Preferences > Internet Accounts, select your Exchange account
- Uncheck everything (Mail, Contacts, Calendar, Reminder, Notes)
- Wait a few minutes
- Reboot
- In System Preferences > Internet Accounts, select again your Exchange account and enable the services you need to sync
I downgraded to Mojave and now everything is ok . Catalina is not ready, I’ll wait for the next OS and wait until the users will use it and the feedbacks will be good.
To downgrade it, I used a previous backup, all my files are stored on the cloud, so I didn’t lose any file.
Have the same issue. When I close mail application then the fan and cpu is going down.
It's a huge problem and I think to downgrade to Mojave, I can't use my MacBook Pro with Intel core I9 and 32GB of RAM, it's crazy !!!
Same thing happening here. All my music recording programs are running incredibly slow on my souped up iMac. This thing using about 75% of my CPU. I've signed in and out of accounts and it seems to be iCloud is the problem.
I have the exact same problem.
I can't find any solution. This is the first post were anyone is describing the same problem.
Agreed, same issue with a 2019 i9 MacBook Pro (32GB). On several occasions while travelling I've lost WiFi, and this bug drained my MacBook battery in no time.
No, same thing still going on here, and ever since the version update. Looks like it's one of Catalina's many failings that have been deemed non-essential to patch. I usually only notice anything going on when the fan starts making so much noise I can hear it through my headphones, and then I just kill accounsd in the process manager. So far, it appears to restart without further problems every time. It's annoying though, as this whole process takes me out of whatever I was doing and casually slashes my battery by about 10%.
accountsd (mail) process and CPU usage.
