Leopard Finder 100% CPU usage

[jeffy.dee-lux]

Hey, I just fixed my Finder draining the CPU, but not quite with the fix mentioned above - it certainly helped get me there though - thank you.

What I did was go to a Finder Window showing my user folders (when viewed as List) and went to "Show View Options" and un-checked "Calculate All Sizes".

...it worked! ...but I investigated further and opened up Activity Monitor, re-checked the Show View Options, as expected CPU on Finder went up to 97-105%, so I went to my Finder Window and moved to my Documents (from the sidebar menu; when viewed as List) - the CPU went right down!

Is Finder getting stuck in a loop? ...just opened up the Library folder (again in List view) and there - somewhere, lies the problem; I think finder is always working to calculate a size of an Invisible file.

Anyone else have the same problem? ...can Apple fix this?

This was the source of my problem too. I had turned on "Calculate All Sizes" a few weeks back, and lately every once in a while, the Finder would get stuck at 100% CPU usage, and wouldn't go away unless i rebooted. Turning off "Calculate All Sizes" fixed the problem.

 

[BigDukeSix]

Not quite the same problem, but Skype on my PowerMac G5 causes CPU to go to 100% with bad audio/video synching. Any similar experiences, or is this to be expected with Skype trying to run on a G5?

 

[cicuz]

hey, guess when I disabled "calculate all sizes"
History inside the icon is short, but trust me that has been going on for a while :-\
Something should be done about this.

 

[Jmouse]

I did the Uncheck show item info, Fixed my problems.

 

[l0uismustdie]

My solution to this was to relaunch the finder...

 

[sirocc0]

ive tried -everything- in this thread and cant get this issue to go away!

please help in my dedicated thread here!

https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=12792569