[phoenix78]

Hey guys,

anyone notice that Apple Mail uses a lot of CPU when running?? I have it open in a work space and a text editor in another workspace. I noticed my MBP(CD2.16) becoming rather hot. So i open up activity monitor and Mail's cpu usage is constantly hovering between 35-55%. Even when not really active. One account is an IMAP, others POP.

istat tells me that cpu temp is 70C.

Any thoughts? experiences?

Rob.

[Big Mac]

Mail shouldn't be occupying anything more than a negligible amount of processor time when it's supposedly idle. I have four instances open in four different accounts right now, and each one is taking 0.2% processor time. Does it show any activity if you press the small triangle icon on the bottom left side of the mailboxes pane?

[Sage]

Mine normally uses <1% CPU. However, if I leave it selected for a while on a message that has a Word/Excel/PPT attachment in it, it’ll jump to 50% or higher. (Sometimes it’ll completely take over all CPU cycles and I have for Force Quit.)

[phoenix78]

Hmm odd, the cpu usage has dropped right down now.

No mail activity shown. I also selected an email that has a word attachment and no unusual activity.

I reckon i'll put this down to just the instability i have been having with Apple Mail. Honestly, sometimes i have to force-quit it. It just wont close on a normal quit. Sometimes it stalls and recovers. I have about 2k+ emails now... but surely apple designed mail to handle this?

I like apple mail though, so ill continue to use it... but im a little irked.