Accountsd Mac cpu is high

The same has happened to me.

I don't have MS Exchange accounts, and the only way to stop it has been by logging out of my AppleID account.

Update with the update combo has not helped either.

None of the other solutions provided has been effective.

It seems obvious that this is a bug in Apple update 10.15.7

I have the exact same problem on my MacBook Air since the upgrade.

I called the Apple Care this afternoon. We tried some « stuff » that didn’t worked.

They advised me to reinstall Catalina..

I’ll tell you if it worked

Did you get any answers?

Same problem at my MacPro 2019.

ComboUpdate doesn’t help.

I was waiting for 3 hours with more than 500% cpu usage and the normal status returns.

So wait a couple of hours and let the prozess find his normal ending.

I hope that helps for the people too.

I'm having the same problem:

Macbook Pro 13 inch early 2015

Had 2 exchange accounts and 2 Gmail, using Mail and Calendar.

I deleted both accounts and their Library files to reset the Mail and Calendar app, but accountsd CPU usage is still very high, close to 300% and making my Macbook unusable.

just because of a minor update, really?

I had the same issue after upgrading to Catalina 10.15.7 . High CPU usage, fan noise... I removed all the internet accounts except iCloud (in system preferences), then restart the Mac and log in again. The problem was solved.

I hope this helps.

Same problem. I honestly haven't stopped having problems with my Macbook pro since I bought it. Heating, process problems, instability in the operating system, security problems. Limitations with the hardware. Definitely the last Apple product I buy. How i miss old apple

I experienced the exact same thing with 500%+ CPU use coming from “accountsd “. However I seem to have found the issue. It had to do with my Apple ID.

I logged out and the computer cooled down and the CPU usage went straight back to normal levels.

I then logged back in and the CPU use fired up towards 3-400% again, but quickly went down to normal levels once again.

I have not had this problem happen again after I logged out then back in.

Hope this works for you!

I switched off "commerce" in the Activity Monitor, as recommended on another blog, and that resolved the issue. accountsd CPU usage immediately dropped from 400% to 200%...then eventually went to near zero after about 15 minutes. Have to see if I need to do it again after my next cold boot.

When I ask the system now it says it is fully up to date. So my question is why this update wasn't installed automatically?! Why do we have to search in Internet, to go until this page, to downscroll and finally to read your (helpfull) comment to be able to maybe solve this problem by downloading a "Combo Update" (that is btw taking ages to download) ??! This is crazy.

When I ask the system now it says it is fully up to date. So my question is why this update wasn't installed automatically?! Why do we have to search in Internet, to go until this page, to downscroll and finally to read your (helpfull) comment to be able to maybe solve this problem by downloading a "Combo Update" (that is btw taking ages to download) ??! This is crazy.

Just had the same problem after updating my 2019 MacBook Pro to MacOS Catalina 10.15.7. I contacted support by chat and in the end the only solution was to re-install MacOS (see below) it was a success. My laptop is back to normal 😊

To reinstall the MacOS (and keep your files) :

1) power off the MacBook.

2) Then start it back up and press and hold the Command-R keys together till you get the Apple icon.

3) Once in MacOS Recovery select Reinstall MacOS.

this dream came to me from one moment to the next. I updated from 10.15.6 to 10.15.7, deleted my Google accounts, reset my keychain ... nothing worked. Then I signed out of the Apple ID and signed in again. My computer asked me for my local password, presumably to change something in the setup and that did the magic. The CPU load went back immediately.

Same here, right after 10.15.7 upgrade. Deleted all accounts in Mail (except for the iCloud one ...), tried the keychain trick (this one worked ... or seems to have been ... for a day but ... here we go again).

Few years ago I could never imagine I'd be stuck with this kind of issues on a Mac ... :-(

I discovered this bug after every kind of those recommendations again.

but I had a quiet and performant time today, after I quit all processes with over 10% CPU usage and a „d“ in the end of its name. Additional I quit the process WindowServer and after the new login my Mac was quiet...and did a good job.

if somebody need more details, let me know.