contactsd is still consuming all cpu usage

Since this is a user to user forum, you might be better off contacting Apples Support directly to report this as a bug or feature request.

Feedback - macOS - Apple

Simply put, mixing Third Party Services ( Gmail accounts ) into macOS, they do not alway play well with one another.

If the user naialorlander whats to trouble shoot this issue, suggest disabling the Contact Application to Sync with the Google Service.

Then, restart the computer and Test if " contactsd is still consuming all cpu usage "

Where upon, arrive at your own conclusions.

Otherwise, suggest follow the previous advise and or contact the Developers of this Third Party Service to remedy this issue with Their Services

Apple Develops macOS - the Operating System.

Apple does not Develop their Operating System to work with Third Party Services or Applications

That is the sole Responsibly of the Third Party Developers to make their Software / Services to function on the Operating System it intended to be used on.

User wrote " Hello P. Phillips,

thank you for your kind reply.

Disabling third party services (gmail accounts of course) worked finally. It took almost a day to stabilize, but finally the cpu was calm.

Thanks again."

What has changed on this computer between then and now ?

Since upgrading to Ventura from Catalina, all of a sudden ContactsD running at 130% or higher A LOT of the time.. Almost always eating 40%+ cpu. Mail is also doing about the same. WHAT GIVES? Apple this is a disaster. Not having the ability for icloud to sync my contacts is not an option, but there's no way it needs to be eating that much local processor power constantly.

Thx for the snappy reply but this is not an isolated issue, and we know who is responsible for what. Most people, like myself, are not using 3rd party services. This seems to be an Apple issue and it's been ongoing for a loooong time.

Any news on this?

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