4/7/2020 Onedrive For Mac High Cpu Usage
If your OneDrive seems to be constantly running at a higher than expected CPU (anything above 10%), then this fix may help. It worked for me. CPU settled down after a while.
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To see what’s eating your CPU, press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC. On the ‘Process’ tab sort the ‘CPU’ column to show the largest number at the top. If you see OneDrive up at the top most of the time, then it probably needs this reset. It should be pretty much on 0% once all is synced.
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All your account settings and files will remain in tact. Make sure you have installed the latest version too ( https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-us/download/ ).
Windows 10 has a long history of high resource usage problems, originally starting with extremely high or 100% hard disk usage. Now the issue has transitioned to high CPU usage from Microsoft’s cloud storage service OneDrive. If you have recently noticed OneDrive is using more than its fair share of CPU power, this guide will show you how to solve the problem.Even though the Microsoft OneDrive high CPU usage problem is most prevalent on Windows 10 it can be found on Windows 7, 8 and 8.1 as well. On top of high CPU usage, you may also find OneDrive is using far too much memory (RAM) The good news is that there are steps you can take to reduce OneDrives resource consumption.
Below you will find detailed step by step instructions showing you how to fix the problem. Troubleshoot High OneDrive CPU and RAM Usage.To kick off the process, you will first have to open the Windows Task Manager. This can be done a variety different ways, the easiest of which is Ctrl+Alt+Delete. Once you have the task manager open, find Microsoft OneDrive, right-click on it and select End Task.You should now see CPU usage drop. Restart OneDrive and see if the problem returns immediately. If it does, follow the same process, however this time instead of clicking End Task select Go to Details.On the Details screen, right-click on OneDrive again, go to Set Priority and change it from Normal to Low.
If you use the OneDrive application and it consumes a disproportionate amount of your CPU, it may be because of your name. There may be. After doing that still the CPU utilisation is high when connected with External Display. Here is the screen shot. With option 2. In both the cases the CPU usage remains at that level ranging from 470 to 500. As soon as I remove my external display here is the reduced CPU usage screen shot.
This should reduce OneDrive CPU and RAM usage considerably.If this didn’t solve OneDrive high CPU usage, you will have to Reset OneDrive. To do this, open the Run tool by pressing Windows Key + R. Once the tool is open enter the following text into the box then press Enter.
%localappdata%MicrosoftOneDriveonedrive.exe /resetPerforming a reset will revert OneDrive back to its default settings, fixing any errors in with the program. To check if the problem has been fixed, sign back into your OneDrive account, wait a few minutes, then check the Task Manager statistics.If none of the above options fixed OneDrive high CPU and RAM usage you will need to try the next method. To do this, open the Windows File Explorer and go to the below address. (obviously swapping out UserName for your account UserName).
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