Notes app causes high CPU load after upgrade to Big Sur

After upgrading to Big Sur the Notes app causes high CPU load. c. 3000 notes, all synchonized with iCloud. SOmetimes the load goes down, but will be up after a few minutes.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.0

Posted on Nov 15, 2020 8:54 AM

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Notes Quitting Unexpectedly iMac 27" late 2014, macOS Big Sur 11.7.2. I always keep my system software and apps updated to the latest revision. Notes is version 4.8.1 (1872). Recently, within the last couple of months, any time I have Notes open at the same time as I'm using Safari or Mail, it will always close suddenly after being open for a few minutes. I do have a large number of notes saved, many with photos embedded, but I've been using Notes in this way for quite a long time (years) without any difficulties. My iMac has plenty of RAM (32 GB) and storage is not full (> 50GB available). Each time it displays the problem report and says that it will be sent to Apple immediately when I reopen Notes. Notes is working fine other than this frequent application crash which does not seem to cause any loss of data. I use Malwarebytes to check my system for Malware and have occasionally had it identify and quarantine malware that it finds, but since this problem with Notes has started occurring I've had a few Malwares identified and removed and it has not made a difference. Any suggestions on what may be causing this and what I could do to troubleshoot or repair the problem?
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erhebjc

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4 points

Jan 5, 2021 6:50 AM in response to tom-62

Same here. Not solved by melissa_m77 suggestion :(

Feb 22, 2021 12:11 AM in response to dmitry210

Does NOT work, even when iCloud Sync for Notes is enabled !

erhebjc

Level 1

4 points

Feb 22, 2021 12:17 AM in response to AlbertVonMoosseedorf

Same here. Sync activated. Sync deactivated. Resynced. Promblem stays the same.

Latest version of Big Sur

bulkaeu

Level 1

4 points

Feb 22, 2021 1:17 AM in response to dmitry210

It looks like Apple wants us to stop use Notes :(

I don't have so much time to move all of them

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Notes app causes high CPU load after upgrade to Big Sur