QuickLookSatellite CPU usage

Whenever my computer is just started or I am using the internet for a prolonged amount of time the fan in my computer sounds like it is working over time. I also noticed that the battery in my laptop dies after 2 hours of use.


I have been able to find the root of the problem by going into Activity Monitor and finding the program that is using 100% (even sometimes 200%) of my battery life and it is QuickLookSatellite.


QuickLook is supposed to be the program that gives me the ability to press the spacebar and view a document from the icon, so I don't know why it would be using up this much of my CPU.


Below is a screen shot of what the process looks like in my Activity Monitor...

User uploaded file


When I use the inspector to find the details of the process this is what I come up with...


/

/System/Library/Frameworks/QuickLook.framework/Versions/A/Resources/quicklookd.a pp/Contents/XPCServices/QuickLookSatellite.xpc/Contents/MacOS/QuickLookSatellite

/System/Library/Frameworks/Security.framework/PlugIns/csparser.bundle/Contents/M acOS/csparser

/Applications/DraftSight.app/Contents/Library/QuickLook/FxQuickLookDrawing.qlgen erator/Contents/MacOS/FxQuickLookDrawing

/private/var/folders/vj/wdxf1df50l115lck13_yngnc0000gn/C/com.apple.LaunchService s-036501.csstore

/usr/lib/dyld

/private/var/db/dyld/dyld_shared_cache_x86_64

/dev/null

/dev/null

/dev/null

count=1, state=0x2

/private/var/db/DetachedSignatures

->0x336e591bf34c4935



My question is...HOW DO I STOP THIS? I've looked at a similar discussion at https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2148759?answerId=10160531022#10160531022&messageID=10160531#10160531?messa geID=10160531, but this is for an incomplete video file and I have no video files open. Please help


Thanks,

Keith


MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.3)

Posted on Mar 15, 2013 10:59 AM

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Jun 22, 2013 1:26 PM in response to Keith Randy

Hi Keith,


Joined the community to answer your question. This process has been driving me nuts too for the last few weeks. 😠


It's a problem with Draftsight, specifically this file:

/Applications/DraftSight.app/Contents/Library/QuickLook/FxQuickLookDrawing.qlgen erator/Contents/MacOS/FxQuickLookDrawing

Go to Applications, right-click (or ctrl-click) on Draftsight, then "Show Package Contents". Navigate to the file FxQuickLookDrawing and move it to trash.


Your CPU usage will drop a few seconds after deleting it.


More here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4146723?start=15&tstart=0


Hope this answer is not too late! All the best, Andrew

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