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iconservicesagent consuming CPU

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

Posted on Jun 22, 2015 8:45 AM

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Jun 22, 2015 10:36 AM in response to BarryCaplan

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

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