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Finder Using Nearly 100% CPU

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Mar 15, 202622085 views
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I'm having a problem where the Finder uses WAY too much CPU time. It's using up to 100% of one of my cores. I'm running 10.6.2 on a MacBook Pro w/ 6GB of RAM, plenty of fast (SSD) disk space. I also run DropBox and BackBlaze. I've tried disabling my third party stuff (DropBox and BackBlaze), but th…

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Fix for: Finder Using Nearly 100% CPU

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I think I found my problem—one or more of the files on my desktop. After moving the various clutter off my desktop, the Finder stopped using so much CPU. I suspect that it was either calculating folder sizes (as Benjamin Schollnick mentioned) or may…

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