Google Drive CPU usage is high after upgrading to Sequoia

My solution was to move to Dropbox. I used Multicloud to transfer everything, and I have yet to look back: Dropbox offers better pricing, better file recovery technology, and faster download and sync speeds.

I hope Google gets it together someday.

After opening a case at the Google Drive Team 3 days ago and being in contact with them since, I got this answer from them:

Quote:

"We've been made aware of the issue you're facing with Drive for Desktop. We want to inform you that a workaround for this issue will be included in an upcoming version of the Drive for Desktop app.

We don't have a specific timeline for the release of this update at this time.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and appreciate your patience."

Thank you for sharing the download link,

For those who have email alerts turned on, you can go into your email client and find the link that Braden kindly shared, that's how I updated to 100.02 and this has resolved this issue for me.

Just wish I didn't have to use Google Drive........

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I provided feedback to the Google Drive team via the settings in the desktop app. I assume that the more feedback they get, the more attention the issue will get, so has everyone done this?

Seems to be the same for me too, anywhere between 49-70% cpu at all times. I uninstalled and re-installed, and it made no difference. I did note however the re-install had all the same account preferences, making me think that the uninstall didn't entirely clear out all preferences, which may be a factor.

I thought I was going insane... glad to see others are having this issue:

M1 Pro, GD 99.0, same issue. 40-55% when an external display is connected. 0% when not.

I'm shocked Google let this issue continue for as long as it has.

So the blinkers are firmly in place at Google... Not sure what testing they do, but surely this issue would show up????? I've moved all files to OneDrive and disabled Google Drive until it's resolved, but even then do I want / need the extra process running?

Confirmed this happens even after a clean install (no Migration Assistant) on a brand new MacBook Pro M4 Pro. 54% CPU usage all the time, even after sync completed 24hours ago. Unplug monitor, CPU usage drops to near zero.

This has been plaguing me for months. I only just this thread. I'm shocked at how Google has reckless disdain for and actively gaslights users reading @ozsmacd comment at Nov 10, 2024 5:53 PM.

Same here. Solved it unplugging my screen. But not a long-term solution unfortunately.

Yup same issue. Only started happening when I upgraded to Sequoia. I've had Google Drive open for 2 days now so it's not some indexing or syncing issue but CPU is still pegged at 50% from Google Drive. Macbook Pro M1 14 inch.

That's an interesting observation. I normally run with 2 external monitors. If I close the MBP lid, the Google Drive CPU roughly halves (from 61% to around 30%). So not the same experience as yours, but equally odd. I don't have much on Google Drive other than email, so I'm just not running Google Drive to avoid the problem until it's resolved.

Some interesting differences there - perhaps due to different docks? As an update, I provided additional feedback to Google explaining the impact external monitors seem to have on Google Drive CPU. It makes me feel better, but I'm not convinced anyone actually reads it, and they don't seem to have any page showing known issues.

I'm facing the exact same issue. Any type of external Monitor (HDMI or DP with Thunderbolt Dockingstation), the CPU goes up to 40-50% for GDrive while connected.

I also have OneDrive running but that one does not panic.

Macbook Air M3 btw...