iconservicesagent OS Mojave issue

But……make sure you have no 32 bit apps still in use as Catalina purges all backward compatibility so you will find a bunch of stuff that no longer works. In my case old copies of Adobe PDF Pro and other adobe products pre the subscription model that has no appeal an dis far to expensive for my world

OK, I understand. I'm very sad to read this. I cant't give up Mojave because my other old apps.

Thank you very much for this (bad) news. For me this are increasing signs of a decline in the quality of Apple.

Question:

What's about encrypted disk images? No more probs with Catalina? Iconserviceagent has big problems with this images...

Unfortunately, upgrading isn't an option for everyone. My 2010 Mac Pro isn't supported (though I plan to install it with the patch tool, since Apple hasn't offered a properly upgrade path since 2012, and the next Mac Pro isn't out yet, nor will it be in my price range for the next few years), Dashboard is removed, and 32-bit apps are no more. For most people, this won't be an issue, but for some, 10.14 is the last system they'll be able to use for the nest few years. It's just a shame they weren't able to fix it. They're in the stop 2-3 software companies on the planet, it definitely seems doable if they wanted to get it done.

I3renden - Does your solution work if the movie files are in individual folders? If not, can you point me to how to extend it to check each file inside a folder?

Yes it should hit all folders inside of the main folder you reference in the command (in my case "~/Movies").

This process is a real showstopper. It renders my Mac literally useless. Video stutters, freezes, Finder freezes. Only hard reset is a solution. This is 10.14.3

I have a MacBookPro with the maximum memory - 16Gb (system limit as I understand) and 10Gb consumed by one app is unsustainable.

So! This mode temporarily solves the problem, but the files have also lost all the tags, comments and normal Finder functions. You can say well: "Stupid Mojave" :-(

I have the same ISA problem but no custom icons.

My previous post got deleted for mentioning a beta, but yeah, they do finally get this fixed. As of 10.14.6 it's still a problem though.

Still an issue in 10.14.6, but it should be resolved in a future release.

Good to know. Thank you.

We shouldn't have to do a workaround for this, but glad to know one.

Same problem here. Have 2 copies of my movie collection, one with custom icons attached to iMac but removed custom icons from one used on Mac Mini HTPC. This restored my ability to watch them at least. My copy with custom icons is unusable, have to go into folders carefully to make any changes or iMac dies. Eagerly awaiting fix (10.14.4?) so I can use my custom icons again.

Clean install of Mojave. Running smoothly. Then i tried to copy a large (200GB+) movie folder from an external ssd to my home folder. It was the default movie folder from my previous High Sierra OS. Then iconservicesagent began rapidly consuming up to 160 GB of physical and virtual memory. Spinning wheels, finder unresponsive. Although I did not see any custom icons in that folder...restarted from High Sierra and copied the folder from there to Mojave. All is well now. I guess this is a bug (mentioned in other posts in this discussion) where an external movie folder contains custom preview icons. I did not use any terminal commands. If anyone has more on this, it would be welcome. I will keep an eye on activity monitor now that i'm aware.

That’s odd about the external drive still not working. I use numerous external drives with Mojave, including an 8TB that had thousands of custom icons which I removed and which became completely functional after I did so. Are you sure you removed all of the custom icons from that external drive?