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  1. Romahaaa

    MacbookPro mid 2015 mds_stores or configd CPU high load

    Hi, Here is the case: recently I serviced my MBP (mid 2015 15" Retina) for battery replacement & general cleanup. After that I the problem appeared - each time when I turn on/wake up MBP on batter (power cabble detached) mds_stores process takes 200-350% of CPU according to Activity Monitor...
    • Romahaaa
    • Thread
    • configd cpu consumption high cpu usage macbook pro 15 2015 mbp 15 2015 mds_stores
    • Replies: 140
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  2. J

    iStats Menu Reporting SSD Temps of 117767 degrees during sleep

    I was checking iStats menu with my 2010 MacBook Air 3,2 and I noticed that the SSD temps were freaking out and reporting a temperature of 117767 degrees Fahrenheit during sleep. I wanted to see if anybody had a similar experience and I'm wondering if this is why I keep getting perfpowerservices...
  3. theramajor

    Catalina high CPU Usage, Fans Hot (attached EtreCheck report)

    Can someone please tell me what's causing high CPU usage? --------- EtreCheck version: 5.6.3 (5221) Report generated: 2020-11-22 20:20:22 Download EtreCheck from https://etrecheck.com Runtime: 3:07 Performance: Excellent Sandbox: Enabled Full drive access: Disabled Problem: Other...
  4. S

    Macbook Air 2015 - Running slowly, freezing, kernel_task high usage

    Hello. 2 days ago my Macbook Air got very slowly and started to freezing when i want to open any of apps. I must to hold power button for 5-10 seconds for turn on my Macbook, when i hold the button for less than 5 seconds, I just hear the sound of starting Macbook and nothing after this. My...
    • Swagmen9
    • Thread
    • disk failure freezing high cpu usage slowly
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: MacBook Air
  5. T

    Insanely high and random CPU usage

    I have a base model mid-2017 nTB MacBook Pro. For the most part, I'm satisfied, but there were a couple occasions when the fans kicked on really loudly because of CPU usage. The first major time it did this, I had maybe two applications running, and Safari maybe had 3-4 tabs. The second major...
    • tenniseric98
    • Thread
    • 2017 macbook pro fans high high cpu usage ntbmbp safari
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
  6. J

    xpcproxy using high CPU?

    Can't seem to find anyone with the same issue by searching. Anyone have the process "xpcproxy" take up over 100% CPU after installing Sierra? It didn't seem to start at first, but suddenly started sometime after. This is on a 2010 MacBook Pro 15" with an SSD. The same process seems to be sitting...
  7. E

    Why does my MACBOOK Pro fan run all the time?

    I was having a problem with my fan running all the time. I went to the Finder, Go, Utilities and started the activity monitor. It turned out the Vshieldscanmanager was eating up 100% of the CPU. I called Mcaffee which is now owned by Intel and got tech support. They told me that if I skip...
    • exindigo
    • Thread
    • fan running high cpu usage vshieldscanmanager using 100% cpu.
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: MacBook Pro
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