djvu file causes iconservicesagent to exhaust cpu on macos sierra

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djvu file causes iconservicesagent to exhaust cpu on macos sierra

I recently downloaded a DjVu file using Chrome on my macbook air running macOS Sierra v10.12.1. Suddenly my computer becomes very laggy, but I managed to get to the terminal and reboot it. When finally I got into desktop again, Finder could not launch because it was not responding. So I checked on activity monitor, and iconservicesagent had almost 100% CPU usage. In the end, I deleted the DjVu file and everything was back to normal.

MacBook Air, macOS Sierra (10.12.1)

Posted on Dec 2, 2016 7:20 AM

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Answer 1

Barney-15E

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Jan 17, 2017 6:24 PM in response to Lovelovesus2

It sounds like the icon preview routine is hanging up on those files. It might be possible to just turn off icon preview for the folders that contain those files. Not a great workaround, but might allow you to access them in the Finder instead of using Terminal.

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Jan 18, 2017 3:28 AM in response to Lovelovesus2

See also the Topic

Mac OS Sierra and djvu files

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Dec 16, 2016 2:41 AM in response to macostundra

Hello,

I'm facing the same issue since last OS update. No way to fix it; I finally put all the djvu files in a single folder (from Terminal) and avoid opening it.

Hope we will find a solution soon.

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Jan 17, 2017 5:30 PM in response to macostundra

Same here. Don't expect Apple to fix it.

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Jan 18, 2017 3:23 AM in response to Barney-15E

Thanks, but it does not fix the problem. Even a directory with only a few DJVU files and without Icon Preview is very slow to open. And opening a DJVU file is equally slow.

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Answer 6

Mar 21, 2017 10:32 PM in response to macostundra

Good news: the problem is fixed with the new version of Djview

DjVuLibre-3.5.27+DjView-4.10.6.

The Finder now shows directories that contain DJVU files as quickly as before.

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