Google Drive putting enormous load on system under Ventura

My iMac became quite sluggish, so I fired up Activity Monitor and bpyTOP. In Activity Monitor I saw the iMac was 20% idle, therefore 80% busy. And bpyTOP showed Google Drive as one of the top processes for CPU usage, with the iMac's load average at about 10. I killed Google Drive and the load and busyness of the iMac quickly dropped back to normal levels.


Has anyone else seen this behaviour of Google Drive under Ventura? I've subsequently restarted Google Drive and the load remains fine. I wasn't using Google Drive, e.g. copying files, when the load went very high. So I'm curious why it would develop such a high load.

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ksaro1 wrote:

My iMac became quite sluggish, so I fired up Activity Monitor and bpyTOP. In Activity Monitor I saw the iMac was 20% idle, therefore 80% busy. And bpyTOP showed Google Drive as one of the top processes for CPU usage, with the iMac's load average at about 10. I killed Google Drive and the load and busyness of the iMac quickly dropped back to normal levels.

Has anyone else seen this behaviour of Google Drive under Ventura? I've subsequently restarted Google Drive and the load remains fine. I wasn't using Google Drive, e.g. copying files, when the load went very high. So I'm curious why it would develop such a high load.


Did you try uninstalling and compare your results...



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Jan 6, 2023 5:07 AM in response to ksaro1

ksaro1 wrote:

My iMac became quite sluggish, so I fired up Activity Monitor and bpyTOP. In Activity Monitor I saw the iMac was 20% idle, therefore 80% busy. And bpyTOP showed Google Drive as one of the top processes for CPU usage, with the iMac's load average at about 10. I killed Google Drive and the load and busyness of the iMac quickly dropped back to normal levels.

Has anyone else seen this behaviour of Google Drive under Ventura? I've subsequently restarted Google Drive and the load remains fine. I wasn't using Google Drive, e.g. copying files, when the load went very high. So I'm curious why it would develop such a high load.


Did you try uninstalling and compare your results...



third party software—


If in doubt refer to the developers website; Support/Help/FAQ/known issues/compatibility /updates/uninstall:

Contact a third party vendor

Contact a third-party vendor - Apple Support



Google Drive Help


Contact Google Drive support - Computer




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Jan 6, 2023 5:29 AM in response to leroydouglas

leroydouglas wrote:


Did you try uninstalling and compare your results...

Well, Google Drive had been behaving ever since I updated to Ventura (a few months? ago). I'll keep an eye out now and if this issue recurs then I'll take your advice and uninstall and re-install.


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