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can someone please help me to understand why the MaxMSP activity is so high (103 % of CPU usage dixit Activity Monitor) without doing anything : even if no patch is loaded .

Can it be a configuration (preferences) issue ?

or may it be due to a very old extensions or externals somewhere in my file preference option ? If yes how can I clean my database up ?

Hello,
can someone please help me to understand why the MaxMSP activity is so high (103 % of CPU usage dixit Activity Monitor) without doing anything : even if no patch is loaded .
Can it be a configuration (preferences) issue ?
or may it be due to a very old extensions or externals somewhere in my file preference option ?  If yes how can I clean my database up ?

my configuration :
 Model Name:	MacBook Pro
  Model Identifier:	MacBookPro2,2
  Processor Name:	Intel Core 2 Duo
  Processor Speed:	2.33 GHz
  Number Of Processors:	1
  Total Number Of Cores:	2
  L2 Cache:	4 MB
  Memory:	3 GB
  Bus Speed:	667 MHz


maxmsp-cpu-at-103-level-without-doing-nothing

strandely, i had some trouble with cpu usage these days too (max 5.1.4).

my patch was running randomly fine/heavy cpu (163%), with a "relatively small" jitter patch. no idea what went on...

strandely, i had some trouble with cpu usage these days too (max 5.1.4).
my patch was running randomly fine/heavy cpu (163%), with a "relatively small" jitter patch. no idea what went on...

I have also Max4Live installed (if that does matter)

Max 5.1.3 for mine
I have also Max4Live installed (if that does matter)


well if you can provide a patch here, this could be better.

well if you can provide a patch here, this could be better.
i personally can't... 

for now I have disconnected my huge "database" folder in which I think there are very old extensions and externals that are surely disturbing ?

Now the cpu usage of Max/MSP is normally low (around 7%) when nothing is running .

Then I have to check one by one all the packages in that database and I'll find the culprit ;-)

Thanks G for your support ,
for now I have disconnected my huge "database" folder in which I think there are very old extensions and externals that are surely disturbing ?
Now the cpu usage of Max/MSP is normally low (around 7%) when nothing is running .
Then I have to check one by one all the packages in that database and I'll find the culprit ;-)
I'll report here if that can help.

MaxMSP CPU at 103% level without doing nothing !!