Picasa 3.0.5 takes up to 90 percent of my CPU - jguentert

UPDATE: Since even today's update to Picasa 3.0.5 still didn't fix the unacceptable CPU problem I downgraded to Picasa for Mac version 3.0.0.310 and now everything is fine. No more CPU hogs, a highly recommendable approach for all affected users :-)

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Tuesday, May 05 2009 @ 07:03 AM PDT

Picasa 3.0.5 takes up to 90 percent of my CPU - wonderama

Same issue here. I have a Core2Duo Macbook and I was hearing the fan revving constantly like a jet engine, and the notebook felt hot to the touch. I looked at the Activity Monitor and even in the background Picasa was stressing my system. Once I shut down Picasa, the Macbook CPU load was low and the fan was silent again.

It's a shame because I prefer the interface and performance much better than iPhoto or Canon Imagebrowser. What I like about Picasa is that it deals with photos where they are stored rather than having to import it in its own file system.

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Saturday, June 27 2009 @ 07:28 AM PDT