Google Drive CPU usage is high after upgrading to Sequoia

The last Version 100.0.2.0 resolve this problem in my M1 pro.

I was having yhus CPU overconsumption issue for a while, and ir got resolved doing the update.

Just click in the Google Drive icon at the bar, and then select "More Options Menu" and then select "Help.

At the page, click in "Install and set up Drive for desktop for macOS",

Download and install the update without needing to uninstall the previous version, and that’s it!

HRT3039 wrote:

I noticed the same thing on a 13'' M2 MBP running Sequoia. Whenever I connect my external monitor the CPU usage of Google Drive goes up to 40-50%. It drops to almost 0% when I disconnect the drive. This happens consistently and must be at least part of the problem. Maybe Google Drive thinks the monitor is an external disk that it tries to scan?

Confirmed here too! As soon as I unplugged my monitors the CPU drop to almost nothing.

Definitely more research needed here!

cpharvey65 wrote:

HRT3039 wrote:

I noticed the same thing on a 13'' M2 MBP running Sequoia. Whenever I connect my external monitor the CPU usage of Google Drive goes up to 40-50%. It drops to almost 0% when I disconnect the drive. This happens consistently and must be at least part of the problem. Maybe Google Drive thinks the monitor is an external disk that it tries to scan?

Confirmed here too! As soon as I unplugged my monitors the CPU drop to almost nothing.

Definitely more research needed here!

Further research. My m2 mac is using the built-in HDMI port for one monitor and a USB-C port (converted to HDMI via a dongle) for my second monitor.

I discovered that having the HDMI monitor connected has the cpu use at around 60%, where as having the USB-C monitor connected drops it to 20%. Having both, puts it back to 60% (or thereabouts).

So external monitors are clearly the issue, but HDMI being the worst.

Veerrrry interesting observation regarding external displays!

I have a CalDigit TS4 that has two 4k displays attached to it, one via the DP1.4 port on the dock, and one through USB-C (both are Dell monitors with USB-C input, as well as a standard DP input).

I don't even have to physically disconnect the displays to see a change in CPU usage - simply powering them off makes a difference.

Thankfully, when I'm unplugged from the dock, I have no external displays, so CPU usage goes down and I'm not killing battery life... but it's really annoying having the GDrive app eating CPU needlessly when plugged in. 🤦‍♂️

Updating from version 99 to version 100 resolved the high CPU usage from Google Drive that I have been seeing for months with multiple monitors connected on my Intel MacBook Pro.

For people that use Homebrew, the "google-drive" package is currently at version 100.0

Two of my machines just auto-updated to Google Drive 100.0.2.0 by themselves, so Google is now rolling out the update to all machines by the look of it.

Thank goodness we can put that to bed now. Thank you all for the community support on this one.

PS - apologies to mod for the need to edit my last post, not sure where I went wrong (I didn't include any links).

I noticed the same thing on a 13'' M2 MBP running Sequoia. Whenever I connect my external monitor the CPU usage of Google Drive goes up to 40-50%. It drops to almost 0% when I disconnect the drive. This happens consistently and must be at least part of the problem. Maybe Google Drive thinks the monitor is an external disk that it tries to scan?

Same. It seems related to the number of external screens currently connected. I disconnected one of my external screens (that uses HDMI) and the cpu usage went down, then connected it back in and it cpu usage went up. Screens connected through USB don't matter for some reason though.

Oh wow, I run 2 monitors as well (1 connected to HDMI and 1 connected with a USB-C to HDMI adapter). I disconnected both monitors and Google Drive's CPU usage drops to near 0. And when I reconnected the monitors it jumps back up to 50% CPU usage.

So that's what it is.

Yes, interesting indeed. I have two external monitors connected via USB to a USB-C dock, which then obviously connects to my MBP via USB-C. I tried removing power from the monitors and Google Drive CPU went from 67% to 44%. I then disconnected the monitor USBs and the CPU went close to zero. The same happens when disconnecting the dock from the MBP. It seems that even though the monitors are powered down, the dock still sees that something is connected. Some monitors have inbuilt docks and can have connected storage - is this what Google Drive is perhaps looking for to give the option of backing up attached storage?

I replaced Google Drive with Mountain Duck. Solved the problem.

Can confirm. Mac mini M4. Google Drive at like 35 - 50%. Unplug external USB monitor (usb-c to hdmi), drops to almost 0%.

Problem solved here as well after upgrading to 100.0.2.0 version!!!