Problemas com processo searchpartyd consumindo 90% do processamento do MacBook Pro M1. Erro armazenado no iCloud tornando impossível edição de vídeos e imagens

I've been having a problem with searchpartyd for the past 3-4 years across multiple Macbooks (work and personal). Pretty much every Macbook I've signed into iCloud with has had the searchpartyd issue. Disabling bluetooth and force stopping the searchpartyd process worked for me to stop it, but not having bluetooth is pretty annoying. Nothing else suggested across many community threads solved the problem, but since it was happening across multiple Macbooks, it definitely seemed account / iCloud related. My particular issue would always start out using 100% of a CPU core, and every couple of minutes, it would start consuming another CPU core, until my entire CPU was being occupied by searchpartyd.

I was actually able to finally solve it for good last week though. For me, I had some 3rd party Airtags. I can see them in Find My if I go to the Items tab. These ones have a manufacturer "ACCUTag", firmware version "1.7.30". I got them several years ago. One of the tags was out of batteries for years and just showed up as unknown or not seen, I don't quite remember. I figured I would try to remove the tag from my Find My. I wasn't actually able to remove it from my Macbook, and had to go to Find My on my iPhone, find the dead 3rd party Airtag, attempt to remove it multiple times (the first couple of times just loaded forever). Eventually it disappeared from my iPhone, and after rebooting my Macbook, it also disappeared from Find My. And best of all, searchpartyd did not consume tons of CPU anymore. So I suspect there is a bug in Find My on Macs if it is a thirdparty Bluetooth tag and the tag goes missing or runs out of batteries. Annoying though since the issue has persisted across at least 3 MacOS major versions to my recollection.

macelipa wrote:

Issues with the "searchpartyd" process consuming 90% of the M1 MacBook Pro's processing power; an error is being logged to iCloud, making video and image editing impossible.

The "searchpartyd" process is consuming a massive amount of processing power—around 90%, according to Activity Monitor—and the looping error it exhibits is being logged to iCloud. I have tried terminating the process via Terminal and Activity Monitor. The only way to stop this anomaly was to turn off iCloud synchronization, though this disconnects my Documents and other folders. When I re-enable synchronization, the anomaly returns. I then have to turn off Bluetooth and kill the process so I can work with iCloud synchronization active.

If I turn Bluetooth on, "searchpartyd" goes back to using almost all the processing power, making it nearly impossible to type, watch videos, etc.

Have you given adequate time for the Spotlight re-index to finish after your upgrade to macOS 27.0— this includes local files as well as indexing all the iCloud files...

The searchpartyd (Search Party Daemon) process in macOS 27 Golden Gate is a legitimate system service responsible for Apple's Find My offline device discovery and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacon tracking

The resolve typically is signing out and back in to sort sync issue— this would include turning off FindMy—and re-enable after you sigh back in.

ref: Sign out of your Apple ID/Account /iCloud on the Mac and back in again and compare your results

Sign in to or out of your Apple Account on Mac - Apple Support

Note: Uninstall all third party apps that are Cleaners/Optimizers/VPN/Anti-Virus

all known to cause issues on the macOS

ref: If your device has network connectivity issues, check for VPN and other third-party security software

If your device has network connectivity issues, check for VPN and other third-party security software - Apple Support