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sequoia beach balling

halofan5691

halofan5691

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Oct 3, 2023
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Has anyone experience recent beach balling at startup with macOS Sequoia. It takes about a few minutes to stop and start using it.
 
halofan5691 said:
Has anyone experience recent beach balling at startup with macOS Sequoia. It takes about a few minutes to stop and start using it.
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"stop and start using it"... not sure what you mean.. are you seeing beach balling loading the login screen or loading the desktop after logging in? Some more specifics would be helpful.
 
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Bigwaff said:
"stop and start using it"... not sure what you mean.. are you seeing beach balling loading the login screen or loading the desktop after logging in? Some more specifics would be helpful.
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after logging in, I have to get up and walk away to let it finish the beach balling and actually use my mac, is what Im saying. There is nothing in allow in background running. My fusion drive is 5-6 years old. I have applecare on this machine. Until the drive goes belly up or apple stops support it. So I will have to live with it until then.
 
Sounds like Fusion Drive could be the issue….. 🤪

That technology is very outdated now.
 
I did find through etracheck that a runaway user process is consuming over 90 perfect the CPU and points to an apple file called BackgroundShortcutRunner. There’s nothing in it. Any thoughts?
 
Maybe try this
Macos background shortcut runner - Google Search.png
 
thank for your input.
MarkC426 said:
Maybe try this
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I tried looking for it, in activity monitor it shows up as "Background task management." I don't see it as your doc says. I don't know if I told you that I am running macOS Sequoia, the latest one. The thing is what gets me is I did a reinstall, using Apple's method of resetting the Fusion Drive, using recovery to re-install macOS Sequoia, put all my data back. I've already ruled out a malware. Im right back to same problem of a few minutes of logging in and have to wait about 5 minutes for everything to settle down. There is nothing in "Allow in Background" pane. Apple support is telling after a four hour deep diagnostic system, at the Apple Store that the Fusion Drive many have trouble keeping up and showing signs of slowly petering out. Since I am under Applecare+ for Mac, two things, wait for the drive for completely fail, they'll will replace it. Possibly get a free new superseded system, if the support starts to run out. Thank god, I have Time Machine and have everything backed up. Sorry for the long response.
 
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Take a look at these screenshots (1) is the upper part of the page, (2) is lower part, the rest of it. Let me know what you think.... these are the shortcuts.app contents

Thank you
 

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I found the BackgroundShortcutRunner files (see screenshot attached). Use a find files app to locate it. I don't know how to deal with these files. I don't have it in Activity Monitor. Can I safely delete these files? Need a little help. This is the file(s) that is eating up my CPU according to Etracheck. I read the attachment you sent. still a little foggy.
 

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Come to find out that BackgroundShortcutRunner controls the wallpaper background. It enables and disables by a slider under quick action.
 
It looks like you can try and remove the shortcuts app

  • Completely remove the Shortcuts app (requires disabling SIP temporarily on Intel or using a tool like MisakaX on Apple Silicon in some cases), or
  • Delete the Shortcuts database: In Terminal:
    text

    rm -rf ~/Library/Shortcuts/Shortcuts.sqlite*
    rm -rf ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Shortcuts*
 
MarineBand5524 said:
It looks like you can try and remove the shortcuts app

  • Completely remove the Shortcuts app (requires disabling SIP temporarily on Intel or using a tool like MisakaX on Apple Silicon in some cases), or
  • Delete the Shortcuts database: In Terminal:
    text

    rm -rf ~/Library/Shortcuts/Shortcuts.sqlite*
    rm -rf ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Shortcuts*
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You can’t delete the Shortcuts app, even if you disable SIP.
“All system files are protected on the signed system volume (SSV)”
https://support.apple.com/guide/mac-help/what-is-a-signed-system-volume-mchl0f9af76f/15.0/mac/15.0

It’s easier to use AppCleaner https://freemacsoft.net/appcleaner/ to delete all files/folders created by Shortcuts under the user account.
 
OP wrote:
"My fusion drive is 5-6 years old"

THERE'S your answer.
If you want to solve this, you need A NEWER MAC -- one that has an internal SSD and NOT a fusion drive.

The only other way you might be able to resolve this is to buy an EXTERNAL SSD, and set that up to be the new boot drive...
 
@halofan5691 You can, but there are many more:
Code: 
rm -r ~/Library/Shortcuts
rm ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.siri.shortcuts.plist
rm -r ~/Library/Group\ Containers/group.com.apple.shortcuts
rm -r ~/Library/Group\ Containers/group.is.workflow.shortcuts
rm -r ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.shortcuts
rm -r ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.shortcuts.Run-Workflow
rm -r ~/Library/Application\ Scripts/com.apple.shortcuts
rm -r ~/Library/Application\ Scripts/group.com.apple.shortcuts
rm -r ~/Library/Application\ Scripts/com.apple.shortcuts.Run-Workflow
Besides, if you delete them with AppCleaner, you can restore them from Trash.
Deleted from Terminal with rm are gone forever.
 
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Fishrrman said:
OP wrote:
"My fusion drive is 5-6 years old"

THERE'S your answer.
If you want to solve this, you need A NEWER MAC -- one that has an internal SSD and NOT a fusion drive.

The only other way you might be able to resolve this is to buy an EXTERNAL SSD, and set that up to be the new boot drive...
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I'm under Applecare, Have to wait until the drive fails. AppleCare won't cover If I change it. Just have to live with it.
 
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OP wrote:
"I'm under Applecare, Have to wait until the drive fails. AppleCare won't cover If I change it. Just have to live with it."

That has no relevance here.
A "replaced" fusion drive will probably be just as slow as the one you have now.

You can plug in an external SSD, and set it up to be your boot drive, without impacting the Mac's warranty or AppleCare at all.

Once again...
It might be time to start thinking, "replacement Mac" ...
 
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As long it’s under AppleCare, it won’t cost me anything. What can happen, if it continues and does fail, they either replace the Fusion Drive for a SSD drive or replace the whole unit. That’s why I’m holding out. I’m not a fish out of water. It functional after a few minutes of loading. I’m hopeful the remaining updates of this OS may remedy the issue.
 
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