MS Teams Helper using up >100% of CPU MacBook

Anonymous
2020-05-22T10:17:30+00:00

Since the latest update of MS Teams (current version 1.3.00.9271 updated on 07/05/20) on a MacBook (early 2015), every time I now join a Teams call, the Microsoft Teams Helper is using >100% of CPU and causing the laptop to overheat. I have disabled the GPU acceleration as seen on some other message boards but this has no impact, and could do with a fix for this ASAP.

Many thanks in advance.

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-04-20T05:28:47+00:00

    Guys, I found a relatively good workaround. I'm using now the https://webcatalog.io application. In this application, you can run every web-application like a standalone app. It is a free tool (up to 10 apps). It does also sandbox the related web app. Since Teams is also having a webapp, it can be used inside webcatalog. The look and feel is almost identical and the CPU issues are gone. Give it a try :-)

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-04-19T22:13:01+00:00

    Teams app on MacOS has never been snappy, but with version 1.5.00.8073, definitely seems like there is some kind of regression. I see the app's two processes each consistently taking 60-80% CPU, and being very slow to respond to keystrokes. Especially noticeable when I'm in a Zoom call.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-03-15T15:54:13+00:00

    Clearly hasn't been fixed then. 2022 and it's still using 97% CPU on a call with 3 people.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-02-07T07:01:45+00:00

    i am on 12.2 , dont know if that matters

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-02-06T20:17:44+00:00

    Edge runs like **** as well on my Monterey. It does the same thing as Teams. Chrome no issues.

    I see the post below 12.1 may be a fix. Will check that out next.

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