Idle apps using significant CPU time. Is this normal? (Includes Acrobat Reader and Final Cut Library Manager

Was just checking CPU use on Activity Monitor and noticed Acrobat Reader is using like 25% CPU. It was idle. It had two documents open. FCLM came up high CPU briefly (one cycle in Act. Mon.) I'm not very surprised about FCLM, as it might be doing some background stuff, but Acrobat Reader with 2 docs open and doing nothing I could see? (Why do I use Acrobat? Because preview adds random horizontal lines to at least one document and the screen goes blank when I hold down the PgUp or PgDn key.)


macOS 12.7

Acrobat Reader version in a screenshot.


TIA!





iMac 24″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Sep 25, 2023 09:24 AM

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Sep 25, 2023 09:20 PM in response to MartinR

Well, I watched Activity Monitor for a while and Acrobat kept using about 25% for quite a while. FCLM only occasionally, but FCLM is probably scanning for new libraries, new disks, disk dismounts and the like. But Acrobat only had two documents open. Why was it being so active?


No, a few seconds later, and for probably a minute at least, before and after, Acrobat was bouncing in the neighborhood of 25%.

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