macOS Catalina -- what is searchpartyuseragent??
Anyone know what "searchpartyuseragent" is?
And why it might be burning up 100% of a CPU on my MBP while I'm on battery?
Thanks!
Andrew
MacBook Pro 15”, macOS 10.15
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Anyone know what "searchpartyuseragent" is?
And why it might be burning up 100% of a CPU on my MBP while I'm on battery?
Thanks!
Andrew
MacBook Pro 15”, macOS 10.15
I suggest you have a problem with your system installation that may be causing the problem.
A Troubleshooting Procedure that may Fix Problems with macOS El Capitan or Later
You should try each, one at a time, then test to see if the problem is fixed before going on to the next.
Be sure to backup your files before proceeding if possible.
1. Select Disk Utility from the Utility Menu and click on the Continue button.
2. When Disk Utility loads select the drive (out-dented entry) from the Device list.
3. Click on the Erase button in Disk Utility's toolbar. A panel will drop down.
4. Set the Format type to APFS (for SSDs only) or Mac OS Extended (Journaled.)
5. Click on the Apply button, then wait for the Done button to activate and click on it.
6. Quit Disk Utility and return to the Utility Menu.
7. Select Install OS X and click on the Continue button.
OK, we know what it belongs to now - but this doesn't solve the problem. I can see this as well, all the time. Even if I kill it, the process comes back several times during the day, always causing my fans to spin up. It's unclear to me what this process is doing, especially since it happens when I am not even using the Find My app.
Any idea how to solve this permanently?
It is part of the new Find My in Catalina. Kill it if it's using too much CPU%.
macOS Catalina -- what is searchpartyuseragent??