Accountsd Mac cpu is high

accountsd process is eating 500% cpu and making macbook pro 15,1 useless after Catalina 10.15.7 update.

Even if you force this process to quit it comes back at ~500% CPU and make lots os apps to hang.


I have tried to disable iCloud Mail integration and other suggestions related to "accountsd" that fixed this issue in previous Catalina versions but nothing worked.


Any suggestions?




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MacBook Pro with Touch Bar

Posted on Sep 25, 2020 7:48 AM

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Posted on Oct 1, 2020 3:41 AM

OK, so this worked for me.


  1. Go to "~/Library/Accounts"
  2. Rename Accounts4.sqlite to Accounts4.sqlite.backup


CPU immediately went back to normal. Didn't need to logout out of Apple ID, or restart. Just that file rename did it. Thread here - https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/j05c8e/user_reports_show_that_macos_10157_clogs_up_the/

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