I noticed excessive CPU usage by exchangenotesd and exchangesyncd (instead of memory usage reported by others). This is under Sonoma (14.0)
When I deleted my Exchange (Outlook) mail account (and hotmail account), my system got a lot quieter.
Anybody can offer other solution than deleting the account?
iMac 27″, macOS 12.6
Removed outlook account from my list of Mail accounts and the problem was gone. This is my work email, which is primarily running on my windows laptop. I had it on my iMac to monitor. On the windows machine no issues. I’ll see if the problem persists when I use proper Outlook App iso Apple’s Mail App. Btw, no problems when have the account attached to Mail on my iPhone. Strange.
Removed outlook account from my list of Mail accounts and the problem was gone. This is my work email, which is primarily running on my windows laptop. I had it on my iMac to monitor. On the windows machine no issues. I’ll see if the problem persists when I use proper Outlook App iso Apple’s Mail App. Btw, no problems when have the account attached to Mail on my iPhone. Strange.
So instead of deleting all the exchange accounts from "internet accounts". I just toggled off the contacts and notes syncing in that section.
Then moved to activity monitor and killed those 2 processes, they restart automatically but at an acceptable CPU usage
Yeah me too Exchangenotesd and Exchangenotesd since Sonoma and currently on Sonoma 14.1.1
Hello Gerd-Jan Lortzer,
You may wish to try testing things out in a new user account on the Mac. This will help to see if the issue may be specific to something in the current user account or if it's system-wide: Add a user or group on Mac - Apple Support
Restarting the Mac can also help in some some instances as well: Shut down or restart your Mac - Apple Support
If this is an Intel-based Mac, and not an Apple silicon one, then you may also try an SMC reset which can help with some performance-related issues. This page has the steps for that if needed: Reset the SMC of your Mac - Apple Support
Cheers.
Thanks, that worked for me as well
yes completely agree i did the same thing delete outlook account from list of mail accounts.
And now I'm using proper outlook app, and the problem didn't reappear.
Therefore I concluded there is a bug with Mail app and Exchange/ outlook account.
Thank you
Excessive CPU usage by exchangenotesd and exchangesyncd
