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Hey guys,
I've been feeling very frustrated about OneDrive:
Ever since I've switched to Catalina on my MBP 15", OneDrive keeps spinning up a bunch of processes called "OneDrive Finder Integration", about 5-6 of them and then Finder goes over 130% along with another system-level process. Needless to say, this kicks up the fans to the full speed and, if running on battery, chews up through so much of the battery. The only other way around this is to pause the app which defeats the whole point of having a "cloud" backup. I've looked around, run a bunch of scripts suggested, uninstalled, reset and then reinstalled the app with no success. Can someone help me with this?
BTW, why can't I check my Preferences (where the version number is accessible) when OneDrive is paused?!!! this is just poor planning as far as I'm concerned!
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Hi 5ilverorange,
Welcome to post back if there are any updates, and I will try my best to help you on the issue.
Best Regards,
Clark
Hi 5ilverorange,
I understand your feeling and read all your reply carefully. As you can see in the article: Sync files with OneDrive on Mac OS X , Turn on Finder integration part. If you turn on the extension, you will see sync status from overlays on files and folders in Finder. I have tested on my side; OneDrive will not stop syncing if you stop the extension. As pre your screenshots from Activity Monitor, the OneDrive Finder Integration take high CPU usage but not OneDrive App, so please disable it temporally and check the result.
Besides, from the activity Monitor, the Finder and distnoted take the most and second most usage of CPU. Does it stop running if you turn off the extension?
Regards,
Clark
Fix this madness please!
What's the threshold for something to STOP being inconvenient and being pure **** and PIA?... I'd say, having to put up with a bug, every time it's needed is pretty much beyond being "inconvenient".... what are your thoughts?
A picture is worth a thousand words.... NEED I SAY MORE?