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On booting (OS X 10.92 and at random points, google+ auto backup is using up to 100% of CPU, is there a way I can reduce this or is it a bug?

I cannot post an image but it is currently using 99.9% CPU and 8:32.42 CPU time with 14 threads.

username       955   ??    0.0 S    21T   0:00.76   0:02.35 /Applications/Google+ Auto Backup.app/Contents/MacOS/Google+ Auto Ba
              955         0.0 S    23T   0:00.21   0:00.05 
              955         0.0 S    21T   0:00.00   0:00.00 
              955         0.0 S    21T   0:00.00   0:00.00 
              955         0.0 S    53T   0:00.00   0:00.00 
              955         0.0 S    21T   0:00.00   0:00.00 
              955         0.0 S    30T   0:00.00   0:00.00 
              955         0.0 S    30T   0:00.00   0:00.00 
              955         0.0 S    11T   0:00.01   0:00.01 
              955        99.0 R     0T   0:44.70 323:31.28 
              955         0.0 S    21T   0:00.00   0:00.01 
              955         0.0 S    21T   0:00.00   0:00.00 
              955         0.0 S    21T   0:00.00   0:00.00 
              955         0.0 S    21T   0:00.00   0:00.00
Tom
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a little old now, but I was able to address this on a Windows machine by viewing the "failed uploads" and selecting to "retry" those (it did, and processor usage abated). hope this helps!

more about this here: http://chapmanit.blogspot.com/2015/04/google-auto-backup-high-processor.html

Nick Chapman
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Since the slowest step is transferring the data through your ISP, it is very likely that your files are being compressed before the transfer and are stored in the compressed state online. This way Google saves storage space and CPU hours by having your computer compress the data.

LDC3
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