| High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Dox | 4/24/12 11:48 PM | Drive uses around 100% processor after I've added a folder to Google Drive folder. I can barely use my computer now. Even when the sync is paused, the usage is around 4 - 4.5%. |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | MathieuMa | 4/26/12 1:44 AM | I actually disabled google drive, and start it whenever I need to sync.I can't have a process eating 4% CPU while idle, forever.Maybe it's due to the way it was developed, from a generic framework (instead of using OSX FSEvents for example, or someth |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | SeguraTBlack | 4/26/12 1:49 AM | Same here. Disabling and restarting stopped the 100% load, but it ticks over at 4% when idle. No files or folders shared at all. Very sloppy. |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Drive11 | 4/26/12 3:22 AM | Yep, exactly the same here, although I think 111.8% may be a record to be proud of. I'm topping out at 108%... |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Drive11 | 4/26/12 3:27 AM | Just a thought, which mac are you on? could it be linked to drive type? I've got a MacBook Pro here, running Lion that's running fine (about 4-5% while synching) |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | MathieuMa | 4/26/12 3:32 AM | I'm on a macbook pro with 4G of ram. Not the latest one, but still (2.66Ghz core 2 duo)I changed the hard disk for a Seagate Momentus XT of 500 Go (with 8Gb of SSD cache) - which is pretty fast. I didn't had issues while synching (actually I didn't s |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Dox | 4/26/12 3:34 AM | Macbook pro early 2011 - using Seagate Momentus XT of 500 as well. That's an interesting find. |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Drive11 | 4/26/12 4:55 AM | The MacBook Pro I have here is also on a Seagate Momentus XT 500 and that works correctly, i'm afraid. Nearly on to something! |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | borstel3540 | 4/26/12 5:01 AM | Same problem on MBA2011, about 3 percent cpu load in "idle" mode of Google Drive, question is: Whats doing Google Drive in background? |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Dox | 4/26/12 12:29 PM | Are these user forums only or someone at google actually reads this? |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | TBrum | 4/28/12 8:01 PM | Another Lion 10.7.3 w/ Drive eating over 100% CPU usage while syncing... I'm going to uninstall this piece of software engineering scat and stick to my trusty Dropbox until they figure it out... |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | dogpile | 4/28/12 10:43 PM | Same here, paid account (200 gb), latest MBP 2,2 GHz quadcore, 8 gig of RAM, http://10.7.3.As soon as I launch the drive-app and it starts syncing, I get over a 100% of CPU-usage. Even when I try to let it sync overnight, it crashes after some time and I en |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | dogpile | 4/28/12 10:47 PM | and the worst thimg is, that the fans kicking in immediately after the launch. they go up to 6.200 rpm and stay that way, the cpu heats up to 90° C. I dont think that the software is usable in its current state. |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Dox | 4/28/12 11:10 PM | Yup, I've uninstalled it, cancelled my subscription. It seems you can't really rely on Google these days. |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Rogue_Leader | 4/29/12 4:32 AM | This would be just about acceptable if it were totally free, but as a paid solution and combined with the slow, inflexible upload process it is absolutely not. I won't be renewing my subs next month. |
| High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | iamecks | 4/29/12 4:53 AM | Yeah, me too. Lion 10.7.3 on a new Mac Mini. 100% CPU when uploading a 50GB iPhoto library. Client just crashes after about 30 mins of uploading. This is a joke, does anyone actually read these posts at Google, or is there anyone we can ring or anyth |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | dogpile | 4/29/12 8:22 AM | thats my question as well. I really would appreciate any kind of statement of anyone involved with the product or marketing. this is no minor issue, we are actually paying for a service thats not usable for us. Is there someone? Anyone? Bueller? |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | sit_7 | 4/29/12 11:02 AM | Latest Macbook Air, topping at 100% CPU fans are blowing like an ass. 2GB (714.612 files) already busy for 2 days. Have 6Mbit upload ISP, no wifi, LAN. Not to mention all the sync errors I get, without any explanation why and what to do about it. Som |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | eazizisaid | 5/1/12 9:06 AM | Same here, and i'm using a Windows Seven with Core i3 ! it's not just a mac problem guys ! |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Drive11 | 5/1/12 9:10 AM | As a way of escalating this, how about we take it onto Google+ and invite the key Googlers, if they have engage with us somewhere it's there. Does anyone know which Googlers are best to target? |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | sit_7 | 5/1/12 1:17 PM | <This message has been deleted.> |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Teresa - Docs & Drive Community Manager | 5/1/12 4:02 PM | Hey all, I'm sorry to hear that you're encountering issues when syncing. We'd appreciate if you could help us out by sending a log to our team so we can look into the issues you're experiencing. Please take the following steps: - Press the Shift key |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | davidjcooke | 5/1/12 5:36 PM | E75E8B8C410834F9 - any help that you can give would be great. This has what could be a great product, but it's nearly unusable now. -David |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | davidjcooke | 5/1/12 6:58 PM | And just to add to that - I have a new macbook pro, 8 gigs of ram, and a nice fast internet connection. Still uses 100-120% cpu for uploads, still uses 3-5% just sitting idle... -David |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | MathieuMa | 5/2/12 1:04 AM | As mentioned in the various posts, there are two issues : - High CPU usage while synching - IDLE cpu usage of ~4% - all the time - which is just not acceptablePlease feel free to ask anything to diagnose this second one, but frankly it can be reprodu |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | brazzzuka | 5/2/12 10:02 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | johnmarshall4 | 5/2/12 12:41 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | iamecks | 5/2/12 2:05 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | iamecks | 5/2/12 2:06 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | tovbinm | 5/3/12 11:15 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | munvalk | 5/3/12 11:44 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | eazizisaid | 5/3/12 5:27 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | giblfiz | 5/4/12 7:43 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | BPluss | 5/5/12 4:18 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Alberto Ferreira | 5/5/12 8:13 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | htc | 5/6/12 4:51 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | gustavolb | 5/6/12 5:49 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | egremyl | 5/6/12 2:00 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Papa Bear | 5/7/12 12:43 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | iamecks | 5/8/12 3:05 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | thetruthkc | 5/9/12 7:30 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Nithilher | 5/9/12 2:23 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | TigPT | 5/10/12 7:50 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | durden | 5/12/12 7:16 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Zelim | 5/12/12 1:18 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Writerphotog | 5/12/12 10:23 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Writerphotog | 5/12/12 10:31 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | dogpile | 5/12/12 11:31 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | ashr | 5/14/12 9:57 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Drive11 | 5/16/12 5:31 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | mariogarcia | 5/16/12 9:50 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | tbel | 5/17/12 10:00 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | dogpile | 5/19/12 10:48 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Zelim | 5/20/12 9:04 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Royal Fool | 5/20/12 1:32 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Teresa - Docs & Drive Community Manager | 5/21/12 4:16 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Teresa - Docs & Drive Community Manager | 6/12/12 1:21 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | lieberherrmi | 6/18/12 10:05 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | zoirusha | 6/18/12 8:12 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | zoirusha | 6/18/12 8:15 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | hubo | 6/19/12 6:54 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Nexus Point Ltd | 6/21/12 2:20 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Gert van Vliet | 6/22/12 3:11 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | mc80 | 6/23/12 4:54 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | irrdev | 6/23/12 11:24 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | markus_ | 6/24/12 6:31 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | hubo | 6/24/12 6:36 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | markus_ | 6/24/12 6:53 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | roginator1 | 6/24/12 9:48 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | dj0007 | 6/24/12 7:45 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | 9m9 | 6/25/12 3:03 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | 9m9 | 6/25/12 3:30 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | zoirusha | 6/25/12 7:57 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Nico Habets | 6/26/12 3:23 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | markus_ | 6/28/12 8:19 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | eMxyzptlk | 6/28/12 9:34 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | eMxyzptlk | 6/28/12 9:44 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Romisc | 7/3/12 1:06 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Romisc | 7/3/12 1:13 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | hwl | 7/16/12 6:53 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | platinumriver | 7/18/12 7:50 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | qdtrinh | 7/19/12 5:04 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Romisc | 7/19/12 5:58 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | clic | 7/21/12 3:46 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | zoirusha | 7/21/12 9:50 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | iamecks | 7/25/12 3:43 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Baggz | 7/27/12 5:10 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Djon | 7/27/12 6:45 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | omail | 7/28/12 7:31 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Monocoque | 7/29/12 3:31 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | buckem | 7/30/12 2:46 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | mgombocz | 7/30/12 8:23 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Jose Cordovilla | 7/31/12 8:16 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | richo12345 | 7/31/12 4:07 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | davidachee | 8/1/12 12:07 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | buckem | 8/3/12 1:40 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Satblip | 8/4/12 4:49 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | ins1dious | 8/7/12 6:05 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | ninjazee124 | 8/17/12 6:57 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Jäger_Meister | 8/18/12 12:59 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Jäger_Meister | 8/18/12 1:01 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | ShaneStevens | 8/20/12 10:14 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | nervoso | 8/22/12 1:55 AM | <This message has been deleted.> |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | nervoso | 8/22/12 1:56 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | euv | 8/22/12 11:09 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | deliot | 8/22/12 11:33 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | nilsonj | 8/31/12 6:48 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | ybatuhan | 9/2/12 5:16 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Jose Cordovilla | 9/2/12 7:07 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | danielem | 9/3/12 12:58 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Gusmaster | 9/3/12 9:39 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | haihoo | 9/28/12 4:48 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | epallazzo | 9/30/12 12:07 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Ramakant Duggal | 10/1/12 7:29 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | geoff davenport | 10/15/12 7:40 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Joel Connolly | 10/16/12 2:56 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Baggz | 10/19/12 8:57 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | platinumriver | 10/19/12 9:17 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | yesblahblah | 10/23/12 2:46 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Jose Cordovilla | 10/23/12 6:55 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | tngle | 10/29/12 2:24 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | weiphi | 11/3/12 3:54 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | danindub | 11/15/12 11:58 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | danielem | 11/28/12 5:33 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | albertoferreira | 11/29/12 3:42 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | Pete Woods | 12/4/12 2:15 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | dave8361 | 12/7/12 10:16 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | njanolo | 12/18/12 4:47 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | psommariva | 12/20/12 12:28 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | bensinclair00 | 1/6/13 7:59 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | gnufied | 1/8/13 10:48 PM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | jdwyah | 1/11/13 8:00 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | joey mason | 2/9/13 3:30 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | dave8361 | 2/9/13 9:00 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | dave8361 | 2/9/13 9:44 AM | |
| Re: High CPU usage (OSX Lion) | geoff davenport | 2/9/13 11:05 AM |