Mountain Lion overburdened CPU workaround

After upgrading to Mountain Lion I experienced an overburdened CPU with single applications taking up over 100% of my CPU's resources. On the advice of another forum for DropBox I did the following which has resolved my problem:
Open System Preferences
iCloud
Sign Out
Sign In (with your Apple ID and password)
Resolved my issue with Logic Pro and Safari and brought CPU back down to normal. The one caveat is that I can't seem to turn iCloud Mail back on in iCloud. I'm given the error message "Mail can't be enabled at this time. Wait a moment and then try turning on Mail again." But if that's the trade-off, I can live with it until Apple provides an update. Peace.

This problem was solved.
After a lot of frustration (restoring Lion backup and performing the update several times), I managed to have a stable installation without the problem of high CPU usage and high temperatures.
It seems that the installation procedure has an issue, when your user directories are located in an external disk. In this particular case, after the installation of the server software, the two links in /Network/Servers directory, pointing to the / directory, do not get created, so you need to do that manually.
That, in itself, was not causing my excessive CPU usage, but it didn't allow my users to log in the server. Thinking that this was the issue described in http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2938, I was running the command described in the previous link to fix the issue. That command (sso_util configure -r REALM_NAME -a diradmin afp) was what was killing my CPU.
All is well, when it ends well, I guess.

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Mountain Lion back-compatibility, workarounds

Looking around the discussions, it looks like programs running on Mountain Lion will generally open files created in programs from pre-Intel days, but that the old programs themselves won't run. Is that correct? I'm sorry to see the once-vaunted Apple back-compatibility for programs was lost.
I'm still using my old PowerBook G4 17" from 2004, which has Office 2004, Photoshop CS2 and other old programs, running on 10.3.9. It's time to upgrade. I gather I can still run these programs with Mountain Lion by running Snow Leopard in parallel and running them on that. Is that correct? If so, how clunky s that arrangement? Slow? Error-prone?
Thanks.

Yes, I started this thread before I had a basic grasp of what was going on in the other one. I was fishing for some direct experience running Photoshop CS2 on a Mountain Lion machine. Your comments at the other thread and the thread at MacRumors were very helpful.
Now I'm reading about battery problems caused by updating to Mountain Lion or Mountain Lion updates and wondering what used machine and operating system combination I should look for. Still getting up to speed on the basics. Thanks again for your help.
I'll add just for the heck of it that the discussions here have been made much less useful by Apple removing the categories for specific hardware models (e.g. mid-2010 MacBook Pro 17-inch or whatever) and even removing the place to put what hardware one is using along with user ID. It used to be easy to find the pros and cons of each piece of equipment here. I suppose it's the same for software.

Has anyone found a workaround driver for using a Xerox WorkCentre PE220 Series printer with Mountain Lion?

Has anyone found a workaround driver for using a Xerox WorkCentre PE220 Series printer with Mountain Lion?

John -
My "Use" menu only contains Apple print drivers. And Canon drivers, from the location I set this machine up. None for my home use....which is a Xerox machine.
Not being on the menu, I don't know how to acquire this generic driver.
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Mountain Lion: Mail uses 100% cpu

Since the update to Mountain Lion Mail uses always more than 80% of cpu as long as it is running. Has anyone a solution?

my console says
29/07/2012 15:08:54.934 Mail[43196]: Using V2 Layout
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SASL(-1): generic failure:
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Safari hogging cpu after mountain lion upgrade

After upgrading to mountain lion I realized:
1) Constant fan noise
2) Heat
3) Battery drainage
I found out safari is using up cpu to 50%. Is this a problem that only I am facing with?

Same three problems after upgrading here too, late 2010 13" Macbook Air

Whenever i connect the hdmi cable to the tv and the power cord simultaneously on my MacBook Pro running Mountain Lion, the laptop overheats, i noticed in the activity monitor that Loginwindow was taking up to 80% of the cpu, any solutions?

Whenever i connect the hdmi cable to the tv and the power cord simultaneously on my MacBook Pro running Mountain Lion, the laptop overheats, i noticed in the activity monitor that Loginwindow was taking up to 80% of the cpu, any solutions?

Mac OS X: What is Safe Boot, Safe Mode?
Mac OS X: Starting up in Safe Mode
I have tried installing a disc to try and reinstall the operating system.
Disconnect all peripherals from your computer. Boot from your install disc & run Repair Disk from the utility menu. To use the Install Mac OS X disc, insert the disc, and restart your computer while holding down the C key as it starts up.
Select your language.
Once on the desktop, select Utility in the menu bar.
Select Disk Utility.
Select the disk or volume in the list of disks and volumes, and then click First Aid.
Click Repair Disk.
Restart your computer when done.
Repair permissions after you reach the desktop-http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25751 and restart your computer.
If you did manage to reach the desktop after doing any of the above
my battery was dying after a few minutes so I was trying to kill the battery and recharge it to see if I couldn't get it back to a full charge.
Apple/About This Mac/More Info/Hardware/Power/Battery Information - copy and paste the information here. Do not include any serial numbers.
I noticed the computer running slow
How large is your hard drive and how much hard drive space do you have left?
Mac OS X (10.4.3)
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Why is Mountain Lion indexing constantly??? sucking up all the my CPU

I've been having this problem since I updated to Mountain Lion, Indexing constantly and randomly
my Macbook Pro is becoming unusable as a result, I rebuild the spotlight database and still it happens
can you get this annoying bug sorted as its driving people mad

Check in Activity Monitor to see what % of your CPU is being used by Spotlight indexing - do a search for "mds". Spotlight works well for me - indexing in the background and taking up very little % of CPU time. If you want to turn it off, for whatever reason, you can go into Terminal and copy and paste:
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I386 CPU installed in Mountain Lion

I recently had a reinstall of Mountain Lion and is showing a i386 CPU.
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Does someone know what does it means. Maybe this is the reason why F2 and letter h on the keyboard is not working and a Port Detect file was installed.
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Maria

i386 is an intel CPU instruction set architecture. Windows PCs and current Macs both use intel CPUs.
I have the same files on my Mac, and hhhhhhh works just fine on my system. And F2 on my Mac increases the brightness, and while I cannot so that, I can assure you it is working just fine.
So as has been discussed in another of your threads, you may have issues with your keyboard.
If you think it might be software, then boot into "Safe Mode" (boot holding the "Shift" key)
<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1564>
Safe Mode will make sure that any 3rd party extensions, 3rd party system preferences, startup items do not start, that way if there is something stealing your keyboard input, it will most likely not be started.
If you have another USB keyboard, you can give that a try to see if that works. If another USB keyboard works, then that would point to your keyboard.

After upgr. Mountain Lion numbers (iwork) eats cpu load 60%

After the Mountain Lion upgrade the numbers (iworks) cpu load is very high. When numbers is in focus the cpu load rises to >60% and the vent is starting after few seconds (macbook air). Any other user with this probs?

See this other discussion. You can see that you aren't alone, and the other group here has a worse problem, by 10%, than you.
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Outlook (MS Office for MAC2011) appears to be using up to 67% of my CPU time even when I'm doing nothing. Also, immediately after installing Mountain Lion, log-ins to the OS and normal operations noticeably slowed. Suggestions?

After installing Mountain Lion, I experienced a noticeable reduction in performance. When I log-in, I must wait several seconds for the cursor to become effective in the log-in window. When I come out of standby mode, I have the same issue. Also, when looking at cpu usage, Outlook appears to be using up to 67% of cpu when not doing anything. I'm not happy with this result.
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Uninstall Office and reinstall it
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Dock process has high CPU usage after Mountain Lion upgrade

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501    263 Dock          28 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Info.plist
501    263 Dock          28 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Info.plist
501    263 Dock          28 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Resources
501    263 Dock          28 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Resources
501    263 Dock          28 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj
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501    263 Dock          28 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/PkgInfo
501    263 Dock          28 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/MacOS/Xcode
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501    263 Dock          28 /Applications/Adobe Dreamweaver CS5/Configuration/Shared/MM
501    263 Dock          28 /Applications/Adobe Dreamweaver CS5/Configuration/Shared/MM/Cache
501    263 Dock          28 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Resources
501    263 Dock          28 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Resources
501    263 Dock          28 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Resources/English.lproj
501    263 Dock          -1 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Resources/Base.lproj
501    263 Dock          28 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/PkgInfo
501    263 Dock          28 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/MacOS/Xcode
501    263 Dock          28 /.vol/16777218/92542858
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Replaced an older IMac that had OS snow leopard and could run microsoft Office 2004 for Mac. I'm told that this version of Office for Mac will not run on OS mountain lion. Is this true? or is there a workaround?

Just received a new Imac running OS10.8 Mountain Lion. I have MS Office 2004 that ran ok on OS 10.6 Snow Leopard. I'm told that this software will not work on the new OS. Are there any work arounds?

Nancy L F wrote:
Just received a new Imac running OS10.8 Mountain Lion. I have MS Office 2004 that ran ok on OS 10.6 Snow Leopard. I'm told that this software will not work on the new OS. Are there any work arounds?
... and have only used Word and hate to try to learn something new if not necessary.
The dirty little secret that they are keeping from you, is YES, there is a way to continue to use Microsoft Office's Word 2004 in Mountain Lion!
It is to install Snow Leopard Server into Parallels 8 on your new Mac and then install and run Word 2004 there:
[click on images to enlarge]
Apple is now selling Snow Leopard Server for $19.99 + sales tax & shipping costs at 1.800.MYAPPLE (1.800.692.7753) - Apple Part Number: MC588Z/A (telephone orders only). Parallels 8 retails for $79 but can be found for less searching for discounts on the internet.
Personally I hate the way Microsoft has changed Word 2008 and Word 2011, because I was 100% comfortable with how Word 2004 was setup and utilized. There is a learning curve to both of these upgrades and a more steeper one to the "free" alternatives that were suggested to you.
In a perfect world, you should upgrade to Office 2011; I did (actually it was a gift, but the price was not an object for me anyway). But the world is not perfect...
So, if, like me, there are times that you are most comfortable operating in the Word 2004 environment, my suggestion offers you a easy, stable, relatively inexpensive means to continue to do so in Mountain Lion.
GOOD LUCK!

HT201343 AirPlay Mirroring Not supported - After downloading OS X Mountain Lion I found out that AirPlay is only Supported for Mid 2011 or newer iMacs - Is there a workaround

I got a new Apple TV for Christmas, I read tha the OS X Mountain Lion supported AirPlay with the Apple TV, so I paid for the OS upgrade. After the upgrade I found out that AirPlay is not supported on iMac's older than mid 2011. This ***** because this was the only reasion I needed the upgrade, It should have been more clearly posted that the features of the new OS were only supported on specific machines!
Short of buying a new iMac is there a way to use Airport Mirroring from my iMac to the TV ?
What other Mountain Lion features don't work on a late 2009 iMac ?

First, if you would have visted http://www.apple.com/osx/specs/ you would have seen there is a VERY LARGE and IN BOLD section that covers what functions of 10.8 are limited to what macs. Second "needed the upgrade"... spare me.
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Will a PowerMac G4 support OSX Mountain Lion?

I've acquired a PowerMac G4 (CPU type PowerPC G4 2.9). It is at least 6 years old to my knowledge. The previous owner passed away 4 years ago and it has not been used since that time. I am trying to determine whether or not to upgrade but would like to know if this model with 768MB of memory will be able to handle OSX Mountain Lion? Any advice on upgrades is welcome. The majority of the products on this G4 are out of date and I can not update because I do not know the previous "deceased" owner's admin password. The OS start up disk that belongs to the computer has been lost. Should I try to purchase another OS start up disk? Would that work to by pass the admin password? Thanks I know this was a lot of questions all packed into one.

Hello, sadly the highest OSX it can run is 10.5.8/Leopard.
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With only 768 MB of RAM I wouldn't advise anything beyond 10.4.11 actually.
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minimum system requirements
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Classic/OS9 Apps no longer supported.
Trouble is Apple no longer sells it, check eBay & such for the Retail version, not the Gray Discs...
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=mac+os+x+leopard+retail+10.5
You have to call Apple & likely ask for a Product Specialist to get it, if they still have it! Helps to tell them you have an iPad/iPhone & you can't run 10.6.
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/leopardassist/
http://lowendmac.com/osx/leopard/unsupported.html
List of Applications Not Compatible with Leopard...
http://guides.macrumors.com/List:Applications_Not_Compatible_with_Leopard
If you don't know the model, find the Serial# & use it on one of these sites, but don't post the Serial# here...
http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel.html
http://www.appleserialnumberinfo.com/Desktop/index.php
How to find the serial number of your Apple hardware product...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1349

I just upgraded to mountain lion osx and now my applications are crossed out and out of date. they will not run. how do i fix this?

I just upgraded to mountain lion osx and now my applications are crossed out and out of date. they will not run. how do i fix this?

Here is a recent post I assembled for a similar question:
Unfortunately you got caught up in the minor miracle of Rosetta. Originally licensed by Apple when it migrated from the PowerPC CPU platform that it had used from the mid-1990's until the Intel CPU platform in 2006, Rosetta allowed Mac users to continue to use their library of PPC software transparently in emulation.
However, Apple's license to continue to use this technology expired with new releases of OS X commencing with Lion (and now Mountain Lion). While educational efforts have been made over the last 6 years, the fact is that Rosetta was SO successful that many users were caught unaware UNTIL they upgraded to Lion or Mountain Lion.
Workarounds:
1. If your Mac will support it, restore OS X Snow Leopard;
2. If your Mac will support it, partition your hard drive or add an external hard drive and install Snow Leopard into it and use the "dual-boot" method to choose between your PowerPC software or Lion/Mt. Lion;
3. Upgrade your software to Intel compatible versions if they are available, or find alternative software that will open, modify and save your data files;
3. Install Snow Leopard (with Rosetta) into Parallels:
[click on images to enlarge]
Full Snow Leopard installation instructions here:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1365439
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