"google chrome helper" using too much CPU?

Very good advice. Opera works much better and handles memory resources more efficiently. If the memory is available Opera will use it, but if memory is low it will drop it quick.

http://www.opera.com/download

Hi, thanks for the info...I followed the steps great!!! I did reboot my computer, but, I still see Google Chrome Helper using a bunch of MB's of memory? Any way to reduce the balance of the Chrome Helper still bring used? I have 8 MG memory and I am always around 7.5 + MB's in us.

I have an IMac OS x 10.9.5 Mavericks. The computer is not running as fast as I would like. Is it difficult to add additional memory to my iMac? Where can I see a video on how to install additional MBs of memory for my iMac?

Thanks,

TonyDi31

Adding RAM to an iMac is fairly easy. I have purchased RAM several times from Other World Computing and have always been very satisfied with the product and service. They have on-line instructions on how to replace the RAM. OWC has also tested RAM above what Apple states is the maximum.

Other World Computing

I cannot accept that any computer, be it Mac, Windows or Linux, should ever require more than 8GB to run an internet browser. More RAM is not the solution.

I'm not sure what is the solution, but it certainly ain't RAM.

It started playing up for me after installing El Capitan and I have recently tried the process of Google Preferences > Settings > Show advanced settings > Content Settings (under Privacy) > Plugins and marked "Let me choose when to run plugin content".

So far my Mac Pro 3,1 with 8GB of RAM has not crashed again, though Activity Monitor is still displaying Google Chrome Helper with the occasional random CPU spike. Not as bad as has been though.

I have a feeling this could be some kind of Malware issue, but I cannot track it down.

I would really appreciate a decent answer to this issue. Someone must know!

OK, so if you want something done, do it yourself.

I have analysed the various Google Chrome Helper activities and it would seem that many of them are Extensions that I have added over the past few months. These include;

Mozbar

Page Analytics (Google)

Tag assistant (Google).

(In case you are wondering what these are and why one would install them, I use these extensions for SEO and Internet Marketing work.

I have just deactivated these extensions and first impressions would indicate far less Google Chrome Helper nonsense in the Activity Monitor and relaxed CPU levels.

Now, I might be barking up the wrong tree and everything could turn to crap tomorrow, but this discovery makes a lot of sense.

If you are having trouble still, perhaps try >Google Chrome Settings > Extensions (Top Left). If you have any extensions active, try deactivating and see if life gets any better for you.

Fingers crossed, I've nailed it. If so, I apologise for insinuating that El Capitan is a pile of horse poo.

Thank me later.

Nah! Google Extensions are not the problem, Mac Pro still faulting and I cannot begin to understand why?

Help!

You might want to consider starting a new discussion. Since this one is a couple of years old, less people are likely to look at it. A new post would be much more visible. You can link to this one.

I can't find the plugins settings - does this mean I don't have any? 😝

I wished it would be easier to identify and differentiate: plugins vs extensions vs add-ons

quite a mess!

and my cpu is running above 100% for google chrome helpers!

google sheets previously without problems are now unresponsive to useless without having changed them ...

Any one to shed light on this?

Thank you very much, your post help me a lot!

Cheers

I found that closing my Yahoo mail tab solved this problem. Perhaps the new version of Yahoo mail runs some continuous script that causes Chrome Helper to be more highly active?

So what are we supposed to do with OS Sierra since there is no Plug Ins choice in the Settings?

No "Plugins" sections exist in my browser version.

So I can't able to find "Click To Play" button for stop automatic behaviour.

Chrome Version 58.0.3029.110

The 2017 setting are now found under advanced settings/Privacy/content settings/Plugins

The choice would be "Let me choose when to run plugin content"

I have been having problems with Google Chrome for months. Turns out my ad blocker-program took up about 2 GB. I don't use that one anymore 😐

Hello, can you tell me wich Add-Blocker were you using?