Mac OS X Lion 10.7.2 100% CPU Use

I upgraded to Lion (10.7.3) last night (from a bang-up-to-date Snow Leopard). Then I did the Firmware update and everything and set up iCloud.

I also saw CPU averaging betwen 95 - 120 % usage by Finder. All the time (MacMini 2011 model with 4GB RAM).

There was a Finder window in the background sitting on the 'All My Files' item. I clicked on 'Documents' and Finder dropped to 2 - 4 %.

Clicking back on 'All My Files' takes it right back up.

Don't know why it happens but I found out how to stop it so I'm relaxed for now.

allisonitc wrote:

There was a Finder window in the background sitting on the 'All My Files' item. I clicked on 'Documents' and Finder dropped to 2 - 4 %.

Clicking back on 'All My Files' takes it right back up.

It shouldn't stay at 100% when you do that. But 'All My Files' is pretty useless otherwise.

I would like your help. I am having troubles with iTunes hogging the cpu. I tried both the guest account and the safe mode login. Both of these techniques resulted in iTunes running beautifully. I followed the 5-step diagnosis tool next and below are the results:

Last login: Thu Jul 12 19:24:27 on ttys000

Travis-Hudsons-MacBook-Pro:~ travishudson$ kextstat -kl | awk '!/com\.apple/ {print $6 $7}'

Travis-Hudsons-MacBook-Pro:~ travishudson$ sudo launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.apple/ {print $3}'

WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss

or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your

typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information.

To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.

Password:

Sorry, try again.

Password:

org.x.privileged_startx

org.postfix.master

org.ntp.ntpd

org.cups.cupsd

com.vix.cron

com.google.keystone.daemon

com.adobe.fpsaud

Travis-Hudsons-MacBook-Pro:~ travishudson$ launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.apple/ {print $3}'

org.x.startx

org.openbsd.ssh-agent

com.google.keystone.system.agent

com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.volumeWatcher

com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.trashSizeWatcher

com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.helperTool

com.google.GoogleContactSyncAgent

Travis-Hudsons-MacBook-Pro:~ travishudson$ ls -1A /e*/mach* {,/}L*/{Ad,Compon,Ex,Fram,In,Keyb,La,Mail/**,P*P,Priv,Qu,Scripti,Servi,Spo,Sta} * L*/Fonts 2> /dev/null

/Library/Components:

/Library/Extensions:

/Library/Frameworks:

AEProfiling.framework

AERegistration.framework

AudioMixEngine.framework

NyxAudioAnalysis.framework

PluginManager.framework

TIAppKit.framework

TIConnectManagerXInteraction.framework

TIDataConversionBase.framework

TIPluginLocator.framework

TSLicense.framework

XSKey.framework

iLifeFaceRecognition.framework

iLifeSQLAccess.framework

iLifeSlideshow.framework

iTunesLibrary.framework

/Library/Input Methods:

/Library/Internet Plug-Ins:

Flash Player.plugin

GarminGpsControl.plugin

Google Earth Web Plug-in.plugin

JavaAppletPlugin.plugin

OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin

Quartz Composer.webplugin

QuickTime Plugin.plugin

Silverlight.plugin

flashplayer.xpt

googletalkbrowserplugin.plugin

iPhotoPhotocast.plugin

npgtpo3dautoplugin.plugin

nsIQTScriptablePlugin.xpt

/Library/Keyboard Layouts:

/Library/LaunchAgents:

com.google.keystone.agent.plist

/Library/LaunchDaemons:

com.adobe.fpsaud.plist

com.apple.aelwriter.plist

com.apple.remotepairtool.plist

com.google.keystone.daemon.plist

/Library/PreferencePanes:

Flash Player.prefPane

Flip4Mac WMV.prefPane

/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools:

/Library/QuickLook:

GBQLGenerator.qlgenerator

iWork.qlgenerator

/Library/QuickTime:

AppleIntermediateCodec.component

AppleMPEG2Codec.component

Flip4Mac WMV Advanced.component

Flip4Mac WMV Export.component

Flip4Mac WMV Import.component

/Library/ScriptingAdditions:

/Library/Services:

TI Connect Manager X.app

/Library/Spotlight:

GBSpotlightImporter.mdimporter

Microsoft Office.mdimporter

iWork.mdimporter

/Library/StartupItems:

/etc/mach_init.d:

/etc/mach_init_per_login_session.d:

/etc/mach_init_per_user.d:

Library/Address Book Plug-Ins:

SkypeABDialer.bundle

SkypeABSMS.bundle

Library/Fonts:

Library/Input Methods:

.localized

Library/Internet Plug-Ins:

Picasa.plugin

Library/Keyboard Layouts:

Library/LaunchAgents:

com.apple.AddressBook.MobileMeSharingAgent.plist

com.apple.AddressBook.ScheduledSync.PHXCardDAVSource.EE3BDE27-5167-4277-A15C-07C 0F8471EE6.plist

com.apple.SafariBookmarksSyncer.plist

com.google.GoogleContactSyncAgent.plist

com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.helperTool.plist

com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.trashSizeWatcher.plist

com.macpaw.CleanMyMac.volumeWatcher.plist

Library/PreferencePanes:

Library/Services:

Import into NOOK Study.workflow

Travis-Hudsons-MacBook-Pro:~ travishudson$ osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get the name of every login item'

Travis-Hudsons-MacBook-Pro:~ travishudson$

taylor-design wrote:

I've looked at the list of extensions. The problem is not there.

OK, so you know what the issue is, why ask us then?

George Coghill wrote:

I've been having the same issue as well. It's been going on since I upgraded to 10.7 (10.7.2 specifically was my upgrade version).

Always seems to involve an Adobe app or two, and Apple Mail. And always the Finder.

That would be because the Finder is always running.

The Finder should not be hogging 100% of my CPU usage just because it's "always running". And there are plenty of other OS Xservices and apps always running that don't up 100% of the CPU.

George Coghill wrote:

The Finder should not be hogging 100% of my CPU usage just because it's "always running". And there are plenty of other OS Xservices and apps always running that don't up 100% of the CPU.

Please don't paraphrase me, I did not say that Finder is causing 100% CPU use, I said that it always appears involved because it is ALWAYS running.

Bye.

How does the fact that the Finder is always running make any difference in regards to the 100% CPU usage? I brought it up because it means that whatever the cause, it affects the Finder as well. It could easily not affect the Finder, even if the Finder is running all the time. In this case it just happens to affect it.

Hi !

I'm also having exactly the same issue described in post #1

(not with the same processes of course, but the same behaviour (and always finder).

What I do when it occurs is terminate all running processes and then restart the finder, after that I can work again and relaunch my applications without any problem.

It's happening since the Lion upgrade (i'm using a macbook pro late 2008). Neither 10.7.3 nor 10.7.4 upgrade did change anything to this problem.

I also suspect something related to the disconnection of the second screen (or perhaps to disconnection of the battery charger, because I often do both at the same time). But in my case I do not use 2d screen with closed MDP: i leave my MBP open and use it as a second screen.

The "100% CPU phenonenum" occurs always some time (little time I would say) after such a disconnection.

Here is below the result of the '5 step diagnosis' (Btw i'm not sure it has anything to do with some "external" application, because the problem occured just afer Lion upgrade without another change in my installed application)

Note2: in the list below I can find some 'oldies' I did not use anymore (and that I've deinstalled long time ago), like VBOX*

[thomas ~]$ kextstat -kl | awk '!/com\.apple/ {print $6 $7}'
com.Logitech.ControlCenter.HID
com.github.osxfuse.filesystems.osxfusefs(2.3.8)
net.tunnelblick.tun(1.0)
[thomas ~]$ sudo launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.apple/ {print $3}'
Password:
com.bjango.istatlocaldaemon
org.x.privileged_startx
org.postfix.master
org.ntp.ntpd
org.cups.cupsd
org.apache.httpd
com.vix.cron
gs-server
com.rogueamoeba.hermes
com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper
com.google.keystone.daemon
com.bitcasa.BitcasaUpdateCheck
com.adobe.fpsaud
[thomas ~]$ launchctl list | sed 1d | awk '!/0x|com\.apple/ {print $3}'
com.bjango.istatlocal
com.growl.GrowlLauncher
org.x.startx
org.openbsd.ssh-agent
com.Logitech.Control
com.google.keystone.root.agent
com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager
com.valvesoftware.steamclean
com.bitcasa.BitcasaUI
[thomas ~]$ ls -1A /e*/mach* {,/}L*/{Ad,Compon,Ex,Fram,In,Keyb,La,Mail/**,P*P,Priv,Qu,Scripti,Servi,Spo,Sta}* L*/Fonts 2> /dev/null
/Library/Components:


/Library/Extensions:
VBoxDrv.kext
VBoxDrvTiger.kext
VBoxNetAdp.kext
VBoxNetFlt.kext
VBoxUSB.kext
VBoxUSBTiger.kext
ext2fs.kext


/Library/Frameworks:
AEProfiling.framework
AERegistration.framework
Adobe AIR.framework
AudioMixEngine.framework
DL81ACE.framework
DL81AGM.framework
DL81ARE.framework
DL81AXE8SharedExpat.framework
DL81BIB.framework
DL81BIBUtils.framework
DL81CoolType.framework
DL81JP2K.framework
DL81PDFL.framework
DL81XMP.framework
ExtFSDiskManager.framework
HPDeviceModel.framework
HPPml.framework
HPServicesInterface.framework
HPSmartPrint.framework
HPSmartX.framework
KodakCMS.framework
LogoSync.framework
MacFUSE.framework
Mono.framework
NyxAudioAnalysis.framework
OSXFUSE.framework
PluginManager.framework
Python.framework
QtCore.framework
QtGui.framework
StuffIt.framework
StuffItCore.framework
TSLicense.framework
WesternDigital
Xalan-c-xc.framework
Xerces-c-xc.framework
cisco-vpnclient.framework
iTunesLibrary.framework


/Library/Input Methods:


/Library/Internet Plug-Ins:
AdobePDFViewer.plugin
DRM Plugin.bundle
Disabled Plug-Ins
Flash Player.plugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.webplugin
JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
OfficeLiveBrowserPlugin.plugin
Quartz Composer.webplugin
QuickTime Plugin.plugin
SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
SharePointWebKitPlugin.webplugin
Silverlight.plugin
flashplayer.xpt
iPhotoPhotocast.plugin
nsIQTScriptablePlugin.xpt


/Library/Keyboard Layouts:
Logitech.bundle


/Library/LaunchAgents:
com.Logitech.Control Center.Daemon.plist
com.adobe.CS4ServiceManager.plist
com.bjango.istatlocal.plist
com.google.keystone.agent.plist
com.teamviewer.teamviewer.plist
com.teamviewer.teamviewer_desktop.plist


/Library/LaunchDaemons:
com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
com.apple.remotepairtool.plist
com.bitcasa.BitcasaUpdateCheck.plist
com.bjango.istatlocaldaemon.plist
com.google.keystone.daemon.plist
com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
com.rogueamoeba.hermes.plist
com.siber.gs-server.plist
com.teamviewer.teamviewer_service.plist
com.tenablesecurity.nessusd.plist


/Library/PreferencePanes:
ExtFSManager.prefPane
Flash Player.prefPane
Flip4Mac WMV.prefPane
Logitech Control Center.prefPane
MacFUSE.prefPane
TeXDistPrefPane.prefPane


/Library/PrivilegedHelperTools:
com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper


/Library/QuickLook:
GBQLGenerator.qlgenerator
StuffIt.qlgenerator
iWork.qlgenerator


/Library/QuickTime:
AppleIntermediateCodec.component
AppleMPEG2Codec.component
Flip4Mac WMV Advanced.component
Flip4Mac WMV Export.component
Flip4Mac WMV Import.component


/Library/ScriptingAdditions:
Adobe Unit Types.osax
QXPScriptingAdditions.osax


/Library/Services:
Cloudify.workflow
SendThis.workflow


/Library/Spotlight:
GBSpotlightImporter.mdimporter
Microsoft Office.mdimporter
iWork.mdimporter


/Library/StartupItems:
HP IO


/etc/mach_init.d:


/etc/mach_init_per_login_session.d:


/etc/mach_init_per_user.d:


Library/Address Book Plug-Ins:
AdiumAddressBookAction_AIM.scpt
AdiumAddressBookAction_ICQ.scpt
AdiumAddressBookAction_Jabber.scpt
AdiumAddressBookAction_MSN.scpt
AdiumAddressBookAction_SMS.scpt
AdiumAddressBookAction_Yahoo.scpt
SkypeABDialer.bundle
SkypeABSMS.bundle


Library/Fonts:


Library/Input Methods:
.localized


Library/Internet Plug-Ins:
Macromedia
WebEx.plugin
WebEx64.plugin


Library/Keyboard Layouts:


Library/LaunchAgents:
.DS_Store
com.apple.AddressBook.ScheduledSync.PHXCardDAVSource.8239281C-0B8F-44E5-99DE-9C6FBC05A3A2.plist
com.apple.FolderActions.enabled.plist
com.apple.FolderActions.folders.plist
com.bitcasa.BitcasaUI.plist
com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist


Library/PreferencePanes:
Cameras.prefPane
Perian.prefPane


Library/QuickTime:
AC3MovieImport.component
Perian.component
[thomas ~]$ osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to get the name of every login item'
2012-07-17 21:42:52.946 osascript[9810:707] Error loading /Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types:  dlopen(/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types, 262): no suitable image found.  Did find:
        /Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax/Contents/MacOS/Adobe Unit Types: no matching architecture in universal wrapper
osascript: OpenScripting.framework - scripting addition "/Library/ScriptingAdditions/Adobe Unit Types.osax" declares no loadable handlers.
2012-07-17 21:42:52.973 osascript[9810:707] Error loading /Library/ScriptingAdditions/QXPScriptingAdditions.osax/Contents/MacOS/QXPScriptingAdditions:  dlopen(/Library/ScriptingAdditions/QXPScriptingAdditions.osax/Contents/MacOS/QXPScriptingAdditions, 262): no suitable image found.  Did find:
        /Library/ScriptingAdditions/QXPScriptingAdditions.osax/Contents/MacOS/QXPScriptingAdditions: no matching architecture in universal wrapper
osascript: OpenScripting.framework - scripting addition "/Library/ScriptingAdditions/QXPScriptingAdditions.osax" declares no loadable handlers.
gfxCardStatus, TweetDeck, Psi, gfxCardStatus (2.1), Tunnelblick

Hello,

FWIW, when this happened to me, it was due to Preview being open (I had a few large PDF's I had been editing); and it kept writing snapshots:

Oct 27 10:47:03 darcy Preview[47021]: snapshot of document took: 0.00224799 secs, calling unblockUserInteraction

Oct 27 10:47:05 darcy Preview[47021]: writing of document took: 1.2488 secs, success = YES

Oct 27 10:47:20 darcy Preview[47021]: snapshot of document took: 0.00261199 secs, calling unblockUserInteraction

Oct 27 10:47:21 darcy Preview[47021]: writing of document took: 1.2004 secs, success = YES

Oct 27 10:47:36 darcy Preview[47021]: snapshot of document took: 0.00264603 secs, calling unblockUserInteraction

Oct 27 10:47:37 darcy Preview[47021]: writing of document took: 1.21536 secs, success = YES

Remember also that MacOS has a very handy dtrace tool which will allow you to look into various aspects of what the system is doing.

Read more on Brendan Gregg's log: http://dtrace.org/blogs/brendan/2011/10/10/top-10-dtrace-scripts-for-mac-os-x/ which should give quite a few good answers to many of the issues posted in this thread.

Kind regards,

Tor