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Finder not responding because of Fileproviderd 100% CPU usage

Hello,


My Finder is not responding anymore.

The items on my desktop are not organised anymore.

I also noticed that Fileproviderd is at 100% CPU usage.

When I open Spotlight Search it is indexing, I left it running for hours but only little progress.


Already restarted the computer, removed Google Drive, OneDrive etc.

When starting up in Safe-Mode I have the same problem.


My machine:

Apple M1 Max

Mac OS Ventura 13.2 (22D49)


Any ideas?

Thanks




Posted on Feb 11, 2023 7:16 AM

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Posted on Feb 11, 2023 6:58 PM

Found a solution:

I deleted all files associated with GoogleDrive and OneDrive by Microsoft.

I followed the following suggestion from another online user.


https://support.google.com/drive/thread/123248194/drive-for-desktop-mac-keeps-crashing-asking-for-restart-how-to-uninstall-and-reinstall?hl=en


I attempted the steps below, which allows Google Drive Desktop Mac to run normally after login and no crashes occurring when syncing starts:
Did a Time Machine backup just to be safe.
Reinstalled Google Drive Desktop for Mac
Deleted Folder/Files suspectedly related to Google Drive:
/Library/Application Support/Google/DriveFS
/Users/username/Library/Application Support/Google/DriveFS
/Library/Google/DriveFS
/Users/username/Library/Containers/com.google.drivefs.finderhelper
/Users/username/Library/Containers/com.google.drivefs.finderhelper.findersync
/Users/username/Library/Application Scripts/com.google.drivefs.finderhelper
/Users/username/Library/Application Scripts/com.google.drivefs.finderhelper.findersync
/Users/username/Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/Actives/com.google.drivefs
/Users/username/Library/Application Support/FileProvider/com.google.drivefs.fpext
Emptied my Bin
Restarted my Mac
Google Drive Desktop app loads up, syncing, asked me for Google Account sigh-in
Google Drive Desktop app running normally, without needing to re-set up my folder preferences etc.



Here a screenshot of my bin with the deleted files.


I did it twice as I missed some files before and I used the in-folder search to find everything related to drivefs and OneDrive.

FileproviderD is now only using 0,2% CPU.

Hope that helps other users.

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Feb 11, 2023 6:58 PM in response to bastian210

Found a solution:

I deleted all files associated with GoogleDrive and OneDrive by Microsoft.

I followed the following suggestion from another online user.


https://support.google.com/drive/thread/123248194/drive-for-desktop-mac-keeps-crashing-asking-for-restart-how-to-uninstall-and-reinstall?hl=en


I attempted the steps below, which allows Google Drive Desktop Mac to run normally after login and no crashes occurring when syncing starts:
Did a Time Machine backup just to be safe.
Reinstalled Google Drive Desktop for Mac
Deleted Folder/Files suspectedly related to Google Drive:
/Library/Application Support/Google/DriveFS
/Users/username/Library/Application Support/Google/DriveFS
/Library/Google/DriveFS
/Users/username/Library/Containers/com.google.drivefs.finderhelper
/Users/username/Library/Containers/com.google.drivefs.finderhelper.findersync
/Users/username/Library/Application Scripts/com.google.drivefs.finderhelper
/Users/username/Library/Application Scripts/com.google.drivefs.finderhelper.findersync
/Users/username/Library/Google/GoogleSoftwareUpdate/Actives/com.google.drivefs
/Users/username/Library/Application Support/FileProvider/com.google.drivefs.fpext
Emptied my Bin
Restarted my Mac
Google Drive Desktop app loads up, syncing, asked me for Google Account sigh-in
Google Drive Desktop app running normally, without needing to re-set up my folder preferences etc.



Here a screenshot of my bin with the deleted files.


I did it twice as I missed some files before and I used the in-folder search to find everything related to drivefs and OneDrive.

FileproviderD is now only using 0,2% CPU.

Hope that helps other users.

Finder not responding because of Fileproviderd 100% CPU usage

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