Maxed out Processor "MaintenanceProce"

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  1. macbwizard, Jul 17, 2006

    macbwizard macrumors 6502

    macbwizard

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    Hello,

    I got back to my MBP and its fans were spinning full speed. Thanks to menu meters I was able to see that my processor was maxed out. This is the second time that this has happened (last time I rebooted) and now am wondering how to prevent this in the future. Does anyone know what this/these program/programs is/are?

    Thank you very much

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    EDIT: I just rebooted and unlike last time, the problem is still there. I checked my start-up items and there's nothing suspicious. Strange.

    EDIT2: These are powerpc processes, so they aren't part of the OS. I started manually forcing them to quit... and then they reappear as OpenScript.proc and seem to take as much of the CPU as they can.

    EDIT3: I tracked down the location on the disk and it appears that these are part of the system files.

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  2. funkychunkz, Jul 17, 2006

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    That's not a system file. That is a file that is used system-wide. As far as I can tell, it's only related to the app 'Sticky Brain'. At least this is what google tells me. It's not a file I've ever seen, you're are probably safe to delete the file for now.
     
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  3. bmorsh, Dec 25, 2006

    bmorsh macrumors newbie

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    MaintenanceProce

    I believe this is a script that is kickstarted by the open database that comes with your original mac os x installation. I have had this problem from time to time, and I have killed the processes (and their parents).

    I am not sure if this database is used by anything useful on my mac. I have downloaded a very large update for the database, and I hope this fixes it. If it does not, I will just remove the database and get it over with.
     
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  4. bmorsh, Dec 25, 2006

    bmorsh macrumors newbie

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    Confirmed ...

    I have updated my open database and can confirm now that the problem has gone away. It is a 100 MB update. But you need to download it directly from their website @ www.openbase.com.
     
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