My iMac 27" slows down tremendously as there is a services named "iconservicesagent" that keeps spawning and consumes close to 100% of my CPU. When I quit it in Activity Monitor, it continually re-spawns.
Does anyone have a clue to solve this issue?
iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.3), iconservicesagent uses CPU
Back up all data before proceeding.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
/Library/Caches/com.apple.iconservices.store
Right-click or control-click the highlighted line and select
Services ▹ Reveal in Finder (or just Reveal)
from the contextual menu.* A folder should open with an item selected. Move the selected item to the Trash. You may be prompted for your administrator login password. Restart the computer and empty the Trash.
*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. In the Finder, select
Go ▹ Go to Folder...
from the menu bar and paste into the box that opens by pressing command-V. You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.
iconservicesagent consuming CPU
