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"bird" process is taking over

I installed Yosemite and configured iCloud Drive. I copied a lot of files yesterday. Today the fan is on constantly. I see a process in Activity Monitor called "bird" that is constantly near 100% CPU. Any ideas what is going on?

MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.0.x)

Posted on Oct 18, 2014 6:44 AM

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"bird" process is taking over

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